Remove Default SharePoint Web Part CSS

**UPDATE: See this revision.

It’s always been a struggle for me to style a web part in SharePoint because of the default Microsoft classes that get added (i.e. .ms-WPBody a:link, .ms-WPBody a:visited, blah, blah, blah).  These stylings are annoying and difficult to override because they’re directly on the web part and sometimes replace general site CSS.

Well…just turn them off.

For the DataViewWebPart...

<SharePoint:DataFormWebPart runat=”server” NoDefaultStyle=”true” …>

</SharePoint:DataFormWebPart>

(This also works for the CoreResultsWebPart as it’s essentially just a DVWP).

If you're creating your own web part...

public class NoCssWebPart : WebPart

{

      public NoCssWebPart()

     {

          this.UseDefaultStyles = false;

     }

}

References:

DataViewWebPart.NoDefaultStyle Property 

WebPart.UseDefaultStyles Property