- From: fantasai <fantasai@escape.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 03:18:31 -0500
- To: www-style@w3.org
Etan Wexler wrote: > Michael Day wrote to <www-style@w3.org> on 31 December 2002 in > "CSS3 Pseudo-elements" > (<mid:200212301023.36617.mikeday@yeslogic.com>), quoting the CSS3 > Selectors Candidate Recommendation: > >> When the ::first-letter and ::first-line pseudo-elements are >> combined with ::before and ::after, they apply to the first letter or >> line of the element including the inserted text. ... >>So can multiple pseudo-elements be used in a single selector or not? > > Multiple pseudo-elements remain forbidden within a selector. > > The prose deals with the case of two selectors, where each has a > pseudo-element and where both select the same element. The following > rule sets are an example. > > element-type::before { > content: "Prefix. "; > } > element-type::first-letter { > font-size: 1.5em; > } > > In this example, the user agent would render the letter "P" in a large > font. hm... That seems a bit awkward. p { counter-increment: para; } p::before { content: counter(para, upper-latin) ". "; } p::first-letter { color: green; } <p>This is the first paragraph.</p> I would expect the 'T' in "This" to be green, not the 'A' before it. Consider, especially, the 27th paragraph: AA. This is the twenty-seventh paragraph. Coloring the first A green would look very strange. IMO. As for generated *words*: p.note::before { content: "Note: "; color: #6666FF; border: 1px solid } p::first-letter { color: green; } <p class="note">This is a notice.</p> _____ |Note:| This is a notice. ŻŻŻŻŻ I still think the 'T' should be green. Perhaps the change should be to remove that sentence and note instead that ::first-letter and ::first-line (if the pseudo's a block and therefore has its own first line) do not apply to pseudo-elements' content. ~fantasai
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