Title: CSS problem.
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# CSS problem.

 *  [dpu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpu/)
 * (@dpu)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-problem-47/)
 * Hi,
 * I recently updated my website to the latest version (1.9.7.7) of the Responsive
   theme (I was using the 1.9.7.6 version before).
    To avoid any customization problem,
   I use a child theme. After this upgrade, all the bullet points disappeared! This
   is certainly a minor bug but I had to restore the previous Responsive version(
   without touching the child theme) to get my CSS right.
 * Just to let you know.

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 *  [Herbert van-Vliet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remarkno/)
 * (@remarkno)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-problem-47/#post-6357235)
 * Changes in css of the parent theme certainly can do a lot of “damage”, even if
   you’re using child themes.
 * As a theme author it’s good to take as many precautions as possible when making
   changes, but it’s impossible to imagine all (weird) uses people think of.
 * It has happened to me often enough so that I don’t use child themes and don’t
   automatically update themes anymore; but I do read through the list of changes
   so from time to time I make minor changes.
 * This is a weakness in the system (but I remember the situation before WordPress
   very well, so I do not complain).
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-problem-47/#post-6357245)
 * [@dpu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpu/), are you saying your CSS in 
   your Child Theme style.css file was lost on the update?
 *  [Herbert van-Vliet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/remarkno/)
 * (@remarkno)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-problem-47/#post-6357286)
 * I think what happened (as it has happened to me a couple of times) is that new
   css rules were introduced that had unintended effect on this specific child theme.
   
   Generally speacking, you cannot rely on changes in the parent’s css not affecting
   your child theme. For example:
 *     ```
       * {
          transition: 0.4s ease-in-out;
          -webkit-transition: 0.4s ease-in-out;
       }
       ```
   
 * might be nice to add, but not to everyone’s liking.
 * I don’t think there’s a useful way around it.
    So updates need to be checked,
   which takes time.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-problem-47/#post-6357290)
 * If you don’t want to inherit updates from the parent’s stylesheet, you can just
   choose not to enqueue it. Or not to [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)
   it, depending on how to set it up. So, if you do that you can just copy the parent
   theme’s CSS code itself into your Child Theme css file.
 *  Thread Starter [dpu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpu/)
 * (@dpu)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-problem-47/#post-6357315)
 * Concerning the CSS in my Child Theme, nothing was lost.
    However, after the update,
   all the bullet points were not displayed anymore and I had to go back to get 
   my bullet points again.
 *  Thread Starter [dpu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpu/)
 * (@dpu)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-problem-47/#post-6357316)
 * For your information, here is my child CSS/style.css (I mainly added rounded 
   boxes):
 *     ```
       pre {
               -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
               -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
               box-sizing: border-box;
               width: 100%;
               height: auto;
               margin: 0;
               padding: 6px 10px;
               border: 1px solid #aaa;
               border-bottom-color: #ccc;
               -webkit-border-radius: 2px;
               -moz-border-radius: 2px;
               border-radius: 2px;
               outline: none;
               background: #f4f4f4;
               -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff, inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
               -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff, inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
               box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #fff, inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
               vertical-align: middle;
               overflow-x: auto;
               word-wrap: normal;
               white-space: pre;
       }
       ```
   

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