import cssutils def show(style): print "style.length ==", style.length print "style.item(0) ==", style.item(0) print "style.item(1) ==", style.item(1) print "style.getProperties('color', all=True) == [" for x in style.getProperties('color', all=True): print "\t", x.cssText print "\t]" print "style.getPropertyValue('color') ==", style.getPropertyValue('color'), '\n' styledeclaration = ''' x:1; color: yellow; color: red; c\olor: green !important; c\olor: blue; FONT-FAMILY: serif; ''' print "\nGiven styledeclaration:" print styledeclaration print "------------" print "setting cssText" style = cssutils.css.CSSStyleDeclaration(cssText=styledeclaration) show(style) print "------------" # overwrite in any case print "style.setProperty('color', 'yellow','!important')" style.setProperty('color', 'yellow','!important') show(style) # overwrite in any case, even !important print "style.setProperty('color', 'red')" style.setProperty('color', 'red') show(style) print "------------" # overwrite in any case, even !important print "style.setProperty('color', 'green', '!important')" style.setProperty('color', 'green', '!important') show(style) # overwrite in any case, even !important print "style.setProperty('color', 'blue')" style.setProperty('color', 'blue') show(style)