Jason Herber appears to have written the following on 3/13/07 2:18 PM: > I'm sorry I don't have an answer to your question, but I wanted to > point out that > > #containAbt .features li { > background-color: #F7EFD5; > } > > is all you need for that first style. It'll set the color for all li > elements, then your second style re-colors the even ones for you.
Thanks fo the reply, Jason. I agree that that's how it would seem. But in my testing with FF2 Mac, when I use this CSS: #containAbt .features li { background-color: #F7EFD5; } /* darker shades for alternate li's */ #containAbt .features li+li, #containAbt .features li+li+li+li, #containAbt .features li+li+li+li+li+li, #containAbt .features li+li+li+li+li+li+li+li{ background-color: #ebdab3; } the first list item gets the lighter color, and ALL OF THE REST get the darker shade but if I use the following CSS, all is well. Makes no sense to me, but it works. #containAbt .features li, #containAbt .features li+li+li, #containAbt .features li+li+li+li+li, #containAbt .features li+li+li+li+li+li+li, #containAbt .features li+li+li+li+li+li+li+li+li { background-color: #F7EFD5; } /* darker shades for alternate li's */ #containAbt .features li+li, #containAbt .features li+li+li+li, #containAbt .features li+li+li+li+li+li, #containAbt .features li+li+li+li+li+li+li+li{ background-color: #ebdab3; } ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- 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/