How do I stop Chrome overriding a CSS link colour I set?

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Hi,

I have a site-wide CSS that sets the colour for links. This works fine on IE, but in Chrome, the links have a purple colour that is almost invisible against my background.

Checking in Developer Tools, I see that my global colour is crossed out and instead the active rule is as follows:

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a:-webkit-any-link { color: -webkit-link; }

I don't see why my rule isn't the one with the highest specificity. I thought default rules built into the browser had the lowest priority, but this one appears to be higher than my rule.

Does anyone have any idea what's happening here, and - more importantly - how I can fix it?

Kind wishes ~ Patrick

Posted 17-Jan-14 2:26am

Patrick Skelton

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♥…ЯҠ…♥ · Answer 1 · 2014-01-17T02:35:00

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Hi Patrick,

You could use this line in your css file

CSS

a:-webkit-any-link { color: -webkit-link !important; }

this will insist priority to the browser.
See this image[^]
Hope this helps you a bit.

Regards,
RK

Posted 17-Jan-14 2:35am

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Updated 17-Jan-14 3:44am

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Patrick Skelton 17-Jan-14 9:21am

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to have any effect at all.

- Patrick

♥…ЯҠ…♥ 17-Jan-14 9:33am

have you try the same in google chrome DOM? try adding this option in there and check it ;-)

Patrick Skelton 17-Jan-14 9:35am

Sorry - I don't understand what you mean.

♥…ЯҠ…♥ 17-Jan-14 9:45am

updated my solution

Patrick Skelton 17-Jan-14 9:58am

Thanks for that. I tried adding it in there. When the new rule (as you have written it above) is active (has a tick), it changes another link in another part of the page to be the same purple colour as the link I am trying to 'fix'. Ticking and unticking the box next to the new rule has no effect on the link I am trying to fix.

(Sorry if this is unclear; it is a difficult thing to explain.)

- Patrick