- From: Ian Hickson <py8ieh@bath.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 21:28:45 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Matthew Brealey <thelawnet@yahoo.com>
- cc: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Matthew Brealey wrote:
>>> This fails to define the rendering of
>>> P.note:before { content: "Note: "; display: block; }
>>> P.note { border: solid green }
>>> - does the border cover the block before.
>>>
>>> The spec does not say whether it does. Clearly the best answer is
>>> no, [...]
>>
>> (Clearly?)
>>
>> The answer is actually yes.
> Spec reference please - I don't think it is possible to say for
> certain either way.
Section 12.1:
# [The] :before and :after pseudo-elements specify the location of
# content before and after an element's document tree content.
>> In the case above, you get pseudo markup
>> equivalent to:
>>
>> <p>
>> <p:before>
>> <anonymous-inline>Note: </anonymous-inline>
>> </p:before>
>> <anonymous-block>
>> <anonymous-inline>....</anonymous-inline>
>> </anonymous-block>
>> </p>
>>
>> Thus the border surrounds the :before as well as the element's
>> 'real' content.
>
> The reason I think you are wrong is because given
> P.note:before { content: "Note: "; display: marker}
> P.note { border: solid green }
>
> the border doesn't cover the marker box (the spec is very explicit
> on this), so there is certainly is an indication that this result is
> possible at least for some generated content.
This is because marker boxes, like positioned and floated boxes, are
not in the normal flow.
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