Thanks Lea, I was afraid of that! I'll see what I can do, but some experiments using that idea have failed miserably.
You say it may not have been proposed to the W3C, do people think it would be a useful addition to some future version of CSS? I certainly do. Chris -----Original Message----- From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lea de Groot Sent: 04 April 2006 11:36 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Styling parent link where child is not an image Chris Taylor wrote: > .externalLink < img The concept has been mooted before, but I'm not aware its been formally proposed at W3C, even in CSS3 :( Your only option (that I can think of) is something like: <a href="http://www.webstandards.org"; class="externalLinkText">Web Standards group</a> <a href="http://www.webstandards.org"; class="externalLinkImage"><img src="wsg.png" alt="Web standards group" /></a> .externalLinkImage { background: transparent; padding: 0; } HIH! Lea -- Lea de Groot Brisbane, Australia ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
