https://nalar.dev/tags/specificity/ Recent content in Specificity on Nalar Hugo en-us Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/css-cascade-layers-for-predictable-specificity/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/css-cascade-layers-for-predictable-specificity/ <p>Specificity problems often appear gradually. A stylesheet starts with simple class selectors, then an override needs a more specific selector, then another rule adds an ID or <code>!important</code>, and eventually changing one component requires understanding a long chain of accidental precedence.</p> <p>Cascade layers give authors a separate way to express priority. Instead of making selectors stronger, you define which groups of rules are allowed to win.</p> <h2 id="what-a-cascade-layer-changes">What a cascade layer changes</h2> <p>CSS already resolves conflicts using several inputs, including origin, importance, layer order, specificity, and source order. <code>@layer</code> adds an explicit ordering step for normal author rules.</p>