Using !important in jQuery's css() function

Question

I have a dialog with an overlay declared like so:

     .ui-widget-overlay  {
         position: absolute;
         left: 8px;
         top: 9px;
         hei         


        

Answer 1

Unless I've misread your question, what you're doing does work in jsfiddle.

EDIT: My fiddle only works in some browsers (so far, Chrome: pass, IE8: fail).