diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_parser.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_parser.h
index cfaf03caa..a6dc92022 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_parser.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_parser.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	class CCssParser {
 	public:
 		// parse style declaration, eg "color: red; font-size: 10px;"
-		static TStyle parseDecls(const std::string &styleString);
+		static TStyleVec parseDecls(const std::string &styleString);
 
 		// parse css stylesheet
 		void parseStylesheet(const std::string &cssString, std::vector<CCssStyle::SStyleRule> &rules);
diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_style.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_style.h
index b553881d1..4eabe26ba 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_style.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/css_style.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	class CHtmlElement;
 
 	typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> TStyle;
+	typedef std::pair<std::string, std::string> TStylePair;
+	typedef std::vector<TStylePair> TStyleVec;
 
 	/**
 	 * \brief CSS style rules
@@ -118,7 +120,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 
 		struct SStyleRule {
 			std::vector<CCssSelector> Selector;
-			TStyle Properties;
+			TStyleVec Properties;
 
 			// pseudo element like ':before'
 			std::string PseudoElement;
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		void apply(CStyleParams &style, const CStyleParams &current) const;
 
 		// merge src into dest by overwriting key in dest
-		void merge(TStyle &dst, const TStyle &src) const;
+		void merge(TStyle &dst, const TStyleVec &src) const;
 
 		// match selector to dom path
 		bool match(const std::vector<CCssSelector> &selector, const CHtmlElement &elm) const;
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/css_parser.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/css_parser.cpp
index 39a4496bc..e59cf832b 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/css_parser.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/css_parser.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	//
 	// key is converted to lowercase
 	// value is left as is
-	TStyle CCssParser::parseDecls(const std::string &styleString)
+	TStyleVec CCssParser::parseDecls(const std::string &styleString)
 	{
-		TStyle styles;
+		TStyleVec styles;
 		std::vector<std::string> elements;
 		NLMISC::splitString(styleString, ";", elements);
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			{
 				std::string key = trim(toLower(elements[i].substr(0, pos)));
 				std::string value = trim(elements[i].substr(pos+1));
-				styles[key] = value;
+				styles.push_back(TStylePair(key, value));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		std::vector<ucstring> selectors;
 		NLMISC::explode(selectorString, ucstring(","), selectors);
 
-		TStyle props;
+		TStyleVec props;
 		props = parseDecls(styleString.toUtf8());
 
 		// duplicate props to each selector in selector list,
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/css_style.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/css_style.cpp
index 3f13dbb10..4555de6c9 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/css_style.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/css_style.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					elm.setPseudo(i->PseudoElement, i->Properties);
+					TStyle props;
+					merge(props, i->Properties);
+					elm.setPseudo(i->PseudoElement, props);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -110,17 +112,18 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		// style from "style" attribute overrides <style>
 		if (elm.hasNonEmptyAttribute("style"))
 		{
-			TStyle styles = CCssParser::parseDecls(elm.getAttribute("style"));
+			TStyleVec styles = CCssParser::parseDecls(elm.getAttribute("style"));
 			merge(elm.Style, styles);
 		}
 	}
 
-	void CCssStyle::merge(TStyle &dst, const TStyle &src) const
+	void CCssStyle::merge(TStyle &dst, const TStyleVec &src) const
 	{
 		// TODO: does not use '!important' flag
-		for(TStyle::const_iterator it = src.begin(); it != src.end(); ++it)
+		for(TStyleVec::const_iterator it = src.begin(); it != src.end(); ++it)
 		{
 			dst[it->first] = it->second;
+			expandShorthand(it->first, it->second, dst);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -312,7 +315,10 @@ namespace NLGUI
 	// style.StrikeThrough; // text-decoration: line-through;  text-decoration-line: line-through;
 	void CCssStyle::getStyleParams(const std::string &styleString, CStyleParams &style, const CStyleParams &current) const
 	{
-		TStyle styles = CCssParser::parseDecls(styleString);
+		TStyleVec stylevec = CCssParser::parseDecls(styleString);
+
+		TStyle styles;
+		merge(styles, stylevec);
 
 		getStyleParams(styles, style, current);
 	}
@@ -442,10 +448,6 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				else
 					style.DisplayBlock = (it->second == "block" || it->second == "table");
 			}
-			else
-			{
-				expandShorthand(it->first, it->second, style.StyleRules);
-			}
 		}
 	}