> Wondering how we can get CSS to specifity the spearator used in ordered > lists (ie: the thing between the list item number and the value of the list > item). For example...
As someone has already mentioned, http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/generate.html#counters will eventually be the way to do this, but right now only Opera natively supports it. You could test the extent of support for IE that the IE7 script adds: http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/compatibility/ ...you might be able to support exact formatting in IE6 and Opera 8. I guess it depends on your required browser list. If you have to support Netscape and Firefox as well I'd say you'll be stuck using standard ordered lists and type="a" ordered lists; hide the numbers using list-style-type: none; then add the exactly-formatted numbering using Javascript (I'm sure it can be done, but I can't tell you how ;)). That way, if styles are disabled then you get the closest possible reproduction of the style; but your average user will probably see the exact formatting. If styles are on but javascript is off, you'd have a problem; so you'd have to use your <noscript> messages to alert the user. > I need this ability to replicate government legislation and apparently it > has to be an EXACT duplicate. I'm assuming of course this is entirely non-negotiable.. if "they" can handle an extra full stop in there you could insert the extra formatting, it wouldn't be pretty, but it would mark the difference between : and ) points. Not sure that helps... sorry :-/ h -- --- <http://www.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
