Unsetting CSS attributes?

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I currently use Twitter's Bootstrap for some small projectsand. I put all the CSS changes in a new .css file. But how can I unset CSS attributes from the original bootstrap.css?

Already tired setting it to 0, but that won't work for all attributes.

.example { color: 0; } for example doesn't work.

Any ideas?

I don't see any reasons why would you reset a property. You probably won't like it's default or inherited value, so why not just set it to a value you want? You can use [**Reset CSS**](http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/). — Nikola K., Sep 25 '12 at 19:09
Maybe you should apply Twitter Bootstrap only to specific elements ? This might give you some pointers : http://stackoverflow.com/a/11841957/1478467 (not the same context, but still valid) — Sherbrow, Sep 25 '12 at 19:19

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '12 at 19:15

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It's better you specify your own value, since setting it to default may be tricky:

Initial value for color property depends on user agent

answered Sep 25 '12 at 19:15

Juicy Scripter

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Correct; then you just 'set' it back to your initial value. There is no common default value for `color`. – Andrew Barber Sep 25 '12 at 19:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 25 '12 at 19:01

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Try this:

.example { color:inherit; }

answered Sep 25 '12 at 19:01

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This will take color from parent, which is not the same thing as reseting in to default value which may be different across browesrs – Juicy Scripter Sep 25 '12 at 19:10
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It also is going to be different across elements; the default value for an tag won't be `inherit`, for example. – Andrew Barber Sep 25 '12 at 19:19
@JuicyScripter `inherit` is as close as you'll get to "unsetting" the color property, whether it's good or bad practice. The better thing to do is set your own value to override. – Rick Kuipers Sep 25 '12 at 20:49
@Rick the problem is - inheriting it from parent may be completely undesired if applied on certain tags like `a`, `input`, `select`, etc... – Juicy Scripter Sep 26 '12 at 06:53

Unsetting CSS attributes?

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