I knew there was a good reason for that out there. Thanks for the explanation!
On 2/23/06, Zoe M. Gillenwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/ > ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
