- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:15:23 -0700
- To: Brad Kemper <brkemper@comcast.net>
- CC: Bruce Lawson <bruce@brucelawson.co.uk>, www-style@w3.org
Brad Kemper wrote:
>
> On Mar 19, 2008, at 1:40 PM, fantasai wrote:
>
>>
>> Bruce Lawson wrote:
>>> At 19:16 19/03/2008, David Hyatt wrote:
>>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/selector.html#pseudo-elements
>>>>
>>>> "Pseudo-classes are allowed anywhere in selectors while pseudo-
>>>> elements may only be appended after the last simple selector of the
>>>> selector."
>>> I've seen this before, and often wondered: why?
>>
>> <p>This is a one-sentence <em>paragraph that
>> has two lines</em> of text.</p>
>>
>> p::first-line em { display: block; }
>>
>> is one reason I can think of.
>
> Nope, that's not a good enough reason, but nice try. The pseudo-elements
> define what properties are applicable to them, and for "first-line" it
> does not include "display"
The rule there doesn't select :first-line, though, it selects an 'em' element.
~fantasai
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