Jukka K. Korpela wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Ben Darlow wrote: > >> The first important distinction is between a selector and a >> pseudo-selector. > > There is no such distinction.
I think there is an important distinction, actually (regardless of my own nomenclature mistakes) in this case, in that one applies to elements which the content creator can directly affect, whereas the other arises from interaction from the end user. Given the original poster's question, semantic pedantry really is slightly less important than helping him understand the basic difference between what he was using. Just saying they're both selectors is, frankly, unhelpful. >> When you write a:<something> you are using what is >> called a pseudo-selector, > > No, it is a selector, which contains the pseudo-class selector > :<something>. This is more or less just a terminology issue, but the CSS > terminology is confusing enough without added confusion. Substitute my original paragraph for "you are using what is called a pseudo-class", then. I was referring to the contents of the angle brackets, whatever name you want to give it (although I reckon 'pseudo-class' is a very ambiguous term given that it can be applied in addition to normal classes). ~B ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
