On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:49:26 +0100 Alan K Baker wrote: [snip]
> > Without me looking up specifications, if color has no meaning, then > how do you propose to change the color of a horizontal rule? It is > not a border, neither is it a background, so how else would you > style its color property? To answer my own question, Mozilla > obviously think it's a background element, but then you can't simply > put printable characters on top of it, so they are breaking the > rules. > [snip] It is an empty container with a border which is not allowed to contain anything other than a background colour or background image. http://www.highdots.com/css-editor/html_tutorial/block/hr.html NOTE: "Contents: Empty" in the above. http://blakems.com/experimental/hr/ http://www.3internet.co.uk/resources/Design/theHRtag.aspx To compare browsers here is a test page (groove is usually the default for a hr line): http://www.comptutor.org/mytest/HR_Examples.html However the HTML specs on it are light allowing browser manufacturers to do as they please. No rules are being broken by either browser. HTML2: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_5.html#SEC5.9 HTML3.2: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#hr HTML4: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/graphics.html#edef-HR I do ask you this, if it is the foreground that is see-through in IE then how does IE allow a background image? That question is rhetorical and requires you only to think it through. Upshot is if you want to acheive a solid colour HR either use both the background-color and color or use a solid coloured border and overflow hidden. I usually put a bottom border on the content div above instead but this is not always practical. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
