[WSG] CSS Comments
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:
But, it looked horrible in Firefox, so I dropped the two rules down to
my trusty Holly Hack section.
/* \*/
* html #mainnav li {
height: 1%;
float:left;
}
* html #mainnav li a {
height: 1%;
}
/* */
And it is now looking good in both browsers.
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Re: [WSG] CSS Comments
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 can read through it, some skip it. more info: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/browser-specific-css-hacks ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] CSS Comments
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.
---
Excerpt from Ted Drake:
But, it looked horrible in Firefox, so I dropped the two rules down to
my trusty Holly Hack section.
/* \*/
* html #mainnav li {
height: 1%;
float:left;
}
* html #mainnav li a {
height: 1%;
}
/* */
Hi :-)
The \*/ part looks somehow like a way to mess with a specific browser's
parser so that certain parts of the CSS are ignore, although I have to
admin that I don't know what browser actually falls for this.
Normally a singe asterisk is used as a wildcard in CSS. If you have for
example this rule:
#menu * {
border-left: solid 2px #000;
}
...it will add a black 2px left-border to every element within the #menu.
I hope this helps :-)
MfG, Horst
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Re: [WSG] CSS Comments
Hi, it's a CSS filter to rule out IE5Mac, see http://www.dithered.com/css_filters/css_only/escaped_comment_end.html -- Jan Brasna aka JohnyB :: www.alphanumeric.cz | www.janbrasna.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] CSS Comments
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 ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] CSS Comments
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 from IE Mac \*/
selector {property:value}
/* end hiding from IE Mac */
Philippe
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