> > > Does an element hidden with css load? > > Yes.
> That may be a "perhaps." If "hiding" means "visibility: hidden" I believe > you are correct. But if Christy means "display: none" then I do know some > browsers do not download the image. I don't recall which browsers, > though. Sorry. If "element" refers to an element in (X)HTML, it will indeed load and you'll see it in the rendered source, even if its display is set to none. CSS doesn't command the existence of an element, merely its presentation. But it's an interesting question of whether background images in CSS are downloaded when the rule also includes a "display:none" property. I would assume yes, but it would depend on browser implementation and the order in which the properties are rendered. It might be the case that if "display:none" comes before "background-image", some browsers wouldn't request the image file, but I would be surprised and annoyed by any desktop browser that behaved this way. It would mean display:none is being interpreted as "stop reading at this point and continue to the next rule" which is just plain wrong. -- Craig, www.focalcurve.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
