Vinson Gracia (777) wrote: > Totally rains on my parade... but thanks for the W3C Spec! > > I think the W3C is wrong on this one though. >
Whether or not this is the right decision for the W3C is not relevant to this list, but I can at least provide an explanation for the current way it works. Let's say you want to use :first-letter to create a drop cap (the most common usage). Let's say your paragraph starts out like this: <p>"I can't believe it's not butter!" I exclaimed as I took a bite of my toast.</p> When you apply the :first-letter pseudo-element (pseudo-class? always forget), you don't want the first *character* of the paragraph (the opening quotation mark) to be the drop cap. You want everything up to and *including* the first *letter* to be the drop cap (ie, you want the "I to be big). If there are multiple characters before the first letter, all of them should go along for the ride. For instance: <p>"'I can't believe it's not butter' is what Zoe said," said the man.</p> In this case, "'I would be the drop cap. Again, doesn't solve your problem, but hopefully makes it clear that this is actually good that it works as it does. Zoe ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
