At 5:11 PM +0100 9/23/10, Geoff Lane wrote:
Unfortunately, this doesn't give "proper" hanging indents. So I'm
guessing I need some way of setting tab stops and inserting a tab
after each para number; or some way of reinstating the "standard" LI
behaviour while retaining the legal-style numbering.
In theory you could do it with a combination of ::marker and CSS
counters. In practice, nobody ever implemented ::marker. And I
agree with the assertions made in the link from David H.'s post, that
you want the numbering in the HTML source instead of auto-generated
(at least for legal documents).
Given that, however, you might be able to get away with a markup
structure like this:
<li><span class="num">2.1.1.2</span> It shall be construed a crime
against humanity to recover an ancient musical instrument from a
secluded cave and subsequently play it in front of others.</li>
...and then float or position the classed 'span' next to the list
item. I'd probably try positioning first, actually. Something along
these lines:
ol.legal li {position: relative; padding-left: 7em;}
ol.legal li span.num {position: absolute; top: 0; left: -7em;}
The numbers there are just wild guesses, so adjust to taste; and I
imagine there would be a bit more needed to fine-tune the placement
and appearance of the numbers. But I think that basic approach
should work for what you're trying to do.
--
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"CSS is much too interesting and elegant to be not taken seriously."
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