I sometimes run into people on the Drupal IRC channels that have a theming issue they just can’t fathom – dysfunctional CSS. Some poor guy has overridden a core CSS class, but his styles just don’t work. I’ve been there myself before and I know it can be very frustrating.

Rather than showering your CSS with !important tags, here is an alternative – remove the offending style file altogether. You can then copy the style information into your own theme, remove any bits that you don’t want and alter it as you see fit.

Drupal themer? Can't override that pesky CSS class? Let's fix that right up.

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