How can I set a text input's width to 0px with Bootstrap included?

Question

I want a 0 width input that expands into view, but it seems like Bootstrap's styling is not letting me do this without !important . But when I do mark it !important , I cannot seem to make it expand with jQuery's .animate({width: "170px"}, 200) .

Perhaps another alternative to make the box expand into view?

Answer 1

Use stronger/more specific selector than Bootstrap uses.

Bootstrap uses a lot of classes in their CSS, so stronger selector will be each one with ID. eg. #content .col-md-6 .col-md-4 is stronger than .col-md-6 .col-md-4 etc.