Re: [WSG] Generated Content
So what I understand from your tutorial Moose, and from my own
experimenting, is that simple content can be displayed in Mozilla, eg.
img:after {content: attr(alt)} but anything complex, including counters
doesn't appear (anyone got a hack?) From literarymoose though it appears
that Opera does display the generated content.
Peter.
http://www.literarymoose.info/=/article/conquistadors.html
Allo Peter,
Opera will display generated content in all combinations, including
arbitrary elements. Also, Opera supports floating and positioning of
generated content.
Safari 1.2 (not yet released) will support generated content via :before
and :after, but not for arbitrary elements. Version 1.2 introduced support
for floating and positioning.
Gecko supports GC for :before and :after, but does not support floating or
positioning, nor does it support GC for arbitrary elements.
In addition to all that, yes, only Opera supports counters for arbitrary
element - has been supporting it since version 5.12 (I heard).
There are some workarounds to force Mozilla "position" or "float" GC, via
normal flow positioning, i.e margins, but that is a pain to do, and
requires the html[xmlns] hack.
I use almost all techniques from that article on my site, and if I can
make Gecko immitate the feature, I do so. If I can't, I hide GC from it
via the hack I mentioned.
Counters though, cannot be forced to non-Opera browsers, unless we
hardcode the numbers :)
M.
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Re: [WSG] Generated Content
So what I understand from your tutorial Moose, and from my own
experimenting, is that simple content can be displayed in Mozilla, eg.
img:after {content: attr(alt)} but anything complex, including counters
doesn't appear (anyone got a hack?) From literarymoose though it appears
that Opera does display the generated content.
Peter.
Moose wrote:
I'm wondering if anyone out there can point me to an article or
crib-sheet discussing the current support for generated content in
CSS2. Such as are discussed here
http://www.richinstyle.com/guides/generated2.html. I would like to use
counters to add numbering to headings in web-versions of some
technical documents.
Allo,
See here:
http://www.literarymoose.info/=/article/conquistadors.html
3 pages full of generated content. Enjoy!
M.
p.s. IE will see nothing, hear nothing... so it's safe to use GC.
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Re: [WSG] Generated Content
I'm wondering if anyone out there can point me to an article or crib-sheet discussing the current support for generated content in CSS2. Such as are discussed here http://www.richinstyle.com/guides/generated2.html. I would like to use counters to add numbering to headings in web-versions of some technical documents. Allo, See here: http://www.literarymoose.info/=/article/conquistadors.html 3 pages full of generated content. Enjoy! M. p.s. IE will see nothing, hear nothing... so it's safe to use GC. * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
[WSG] Generated Content
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone out there can point me to an article or crib-sheet discussing the current support for generated content in CSS2. Such as are discussed here http://www.richinstyle.com/guides/generated2.html. I would like to use counters to add numbering to headings in web-versions of some technical documents. Thanks, Peter. * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *
