- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:53:44 -0700
- To: Patrick Garies <pgaries@fastmail.us>
- Cc: Markus Ernst <derernst@gmx.ch>, www-style@w3.org
On Jun 7, 2010, at 11:31 PM, Patrick Garies wrote:
> On 2010-06-07 11:10 AM, Brad Kemper wrote:
>> Using the ::marker pseudo-element, this may be possible, once that
>> CSS3 list stuff[1] is actually implemented (AFAIK, it hasn't, but I
>> might be mistaken). For instance:
>>
>> UL { padding:3em; } LI { list-style-position: inside; } LI::marker {
>> margin-left: -3em; }
>
> I was just having this problem a week or two ago, so I'll chime in here:
>
> An issue with your method of creating a hang is that I can't see any way to set a hang that's (A) exactly the width of the marker *and* (B) starts exactly where text would normally start in a block box. Presumably, I could use something like...
>
> *::marker {
> content: "✔ ";
> display: inline-block; /* to apply margin */
> margin-left: -100%; /* left offset: width of the marker */
> white-space: pre; /* keep marker space */
> }
>
> However, while the above would solve (A), it does not meet the (B) requirement since, as far as I know, there is no way to set a left padding-/margin-length on an ancestor such that it's the exact width of a text marker.
In theory, the marker is supposed to be like an inline block already.
I think under the ::marker model, you would have to choose which was more important: distance from text, or distance from left.
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