On 7 Jan., 21:56, "L. David Baron" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 2009-01-07 12:44 -0800, Jon wrote: > > > I'm I misreading the specs or is there any reason why you can't use > > the pseudo-elements :after and :before on input elements? > > Input elements are replaced elements, which means they don't display > their contents. (For example, if an input element has a p child, or > a text node child, that child won't show up.) :before and :after > add contents to the element (like an extra first or last child), > which isn't meaningful for elements that don't display their > contents. > > See also: > # Note. This specification does not fully define the interaction > # of :before and :after with replaced elements (such as IMG in > # HTML). This will be defined in more detail in a future > # specification. > inhttp://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/generate.html > > -David > > -- > L. David Baron http://dbaron.org/ > Mozilla Corporation http://www.mozilla.com/
Thanks, it make sense. I was trying to invent a way to use gradient, variable width styling for input type submit, but am now looking into the button element. Missing some documentation unforturnately... https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Element/button _______________________________________________ dev-tech-layout mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-layout
