- From: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 12:45:14 -0700
- To: "Dan Connolly" <connolly@w3.org>, "Christopher Kho" <coop2e82@nortel.ca>
- Cc: <www-html@w3.org>, <www-style@w3.org>
Dan Connolly wrote:
> Hmmm... it's not clear to me that the color of the 'disc' can
> be specified in CSS1.
>
> Can anybody come up with actual syntax that works?
<SCRIPT TYPE="text/css">
UL { list-style: disc outside; color: red }
SPAN { color: black }
</SCRIPT>
...
<BODY>
<UL>
<LI><SPAN>here is item one</SPAN>
<LI><SPAN>here is item two</SPAN>
</UL>
A bit clumsy, but it works.
Content markup would be cleaner if there were a 'marker-color' property
that determines the color of disc | circle | square | decimal |
lower-roman | upper-roman | lower-alpha | upper-alpha.
Of course, if we have marker color, then we should surely have
'marker-font-family', 'marker-font-weight', 'marker-font-size',
'marker-font-style', 'marker-font-variant', and
'marker-text-decoration' (we shouldn't have to use an animated gif to
get blinking bullets!).
-------------------------
'marker-color'
Value: <color>
Initial: Same as list-item color
Applies to: elements with 'display' value 'list-item'
Inherited: yes
Percentage values: N/A
This property is used to determine the color of the list-item marker if
'list-style-image' is 'none' or if the image pointed to by the URL
cannot be displayed.
OL { marker-color: red } /* red alphanumeric markers */
UL { marker-color: rgb(0,0,255 } /* blue graphical markers */
with similar declarations for other properties.
David Perrell
Received on Monday, 14 April 1997 15:50:46 UTC