Hi Kerri 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 \ * html is something only IE recognizes. So, this is a way to activate a quirky behavior in IE Windows without messing around with the other browsers. These are the things that you glean from various posts and web sites. www.positioniseverything.com is a good place to learn about more of these hacks. Did I get it right everyone? Ted -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kerri McKenna Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [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. ----------------------- 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. ****************************************************** 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 ******************************************************
