Assume I select a certain element and want to assign NOT only ONE but MULTIPLE css statements.

How do I do this?

For ONE .css() this works fine:

$(......).css({'background-color' : 'red'});

But what if I want to assign a new font-size as well?

Do I really have  to write two separate lines?

I would appreciate if I could group them together into one line similar to

$(......).css({'background-color' : 'red', 'font-size' : '11px !important';});

but this does not work.

By the way: Is the !important statement necessary if it is applied through jQuery and an existing rule

should be overwritten?

Peter