Hi everyone,
I realize that /* */ are used to add comments to CSS, but I'm not
clear on what /* \*/ means, or what the single asterisk is used for.
Kerri
PS - I've only just joined the list so I do apologize if this is
perceived as off topic.
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Excerpt from Ted Drake:
Kerri McKenna wrote:
Hi everyone,
I realize that /* */ are used to add comments to CSS, but I'm not
clear on what /* \*/ means, or what the single asterisk is used for.
/* */ pairs alone are comments, yes, but they are also used as hacks
when they are used in the right sequence. Some browsers
Kerri McKenna wrote:
Hi everyone,
I realize that /* */ are used to add comments to CSS, but I'm not
clear on what /* \*/ means, or what the single asterisk is used for.
Kerri
PS - I've only just joined the list so I do apologize if this is
perceived as off topic.
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Excerpt
Hi, it's a CSS filter to rule out IE5Mac, see
http://www.dithered.com/css_filters/css_only/escaped_comment_end.html
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Drake, Ted C. wrote:
This is a hack to send a style to Internet Explorer on windows and
not mac.
IMHO, IE CCs are a better alternative to this hack:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/ccomment_ovw.asp
Thierry | http://www.TJKDesign.com
On 12 May 2005, at 5:15 am, Drake, Ted C. wrote:
This is a hack to send a style to Internet Explorer on windows and not
mac.
/* \*/ hides it from IE Mac, which doesn't understand the escape \
It would be better formulated as:
'A filter to hide the next rule block from IE Mac'.
In full:
/* hide
