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Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:03 PM
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Subject: [css-d] external link indicators
Can you or has anyone ever used CSS to indicate that a link would take you
outside the current web site? Trying to come up with some way to let the
user know they are exiting my site. I open the link in a blank target, but
was wondering if there is a better way to communicate this. Really do not
want to say (external) by the link itself. Thanks in advance for your
ideas.
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You could do
a[target="_BLANK"]:after {
content: " (external)";
}
Or content: url(some_icon.jpg);
But this wouldn't work in IE6 (it doesn't support the selector OR the generated
content), and I'm not sure it'll work in IE 7 (I don't remember its generated
content capabilities, but the selector works).
This way, at least your (external)s aren't cluttering up your markup. And
really, you could style those links any way you want, once you've selected them.
---Tim
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