Tag: pseudo

How To Use CSS3 Pseudo-Classes

We can use pseudo-classes to style content dynamically. CSS pseudo-classes come in four groups: structural pseudo-classes, pseudo-classes for the states of UI elements, a target pseudo-class and a negation pseudo-class. This in-depth article explains how and where to use them effectively…
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Selectivizr – CSS3 pseudo-class and attribute selectors for IE 6-8

selectivizr is a JavaScript utility that emulates CSS3 pseudo-classes and attribute selectors in Internet Explorer 6-8. Simply include the script in your pages and selectivizr will do the rest.
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CSS Content Property

CSS has a property called content. It can only be used with the pseudo elements :after and :before. It is written like a pseudo selector with the colon, but it’s called a pseudo element because it’s not actually selecting anything that exists on the page but adding something new to the page…
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A Complete Guide to CSS pseudo-classes

An in-depth article covering both CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 Pseudo Classes…
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Get to Grips with CSS Pseudo-Elements

Pseudo elements include :first-line, :first-letter, :before and :after. In the CSS specification, W3C define pseudo-elements like this: Pseudo-elements create abstractions about the document tree beyond those specified by the document language. For instance, document languages do not offer mechanisms to access the first letter or first line of an element’s content. CSS pseudo-elements allow style […]
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Forgotten CSS selectors

Anyone who has been using CSS for any length of time has probably been frustrated by the lack of selector support in Internet Explorer 6. There are quite a lot of cases where a CSS 2.1 selector will let you target elements in all other relevant browsers, but where you, if you want it to […]
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The Mysterious Pseudo Class in CSS

Pseudo classes are those things with colons in them, you know, like :hover or :link. They let you control the CSS of stuff in different forms, states and places easily and efficiently, without taking up too much room. CSS3 is going to introduce a ton of new pseudo classes, and they’re going to make our […]
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pseudo-class, pseudo-element, pseudo-CSS: IE bugs

This article is intended to summarize bugs and inconsistencies regarding pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes in IE6 and IE7…
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