Thanks Klaus.
On Feb 29, 11:28 pm, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wasn't clear to me you were talking about solely jQuery, e.g. > *JavaScript based* element selection. > > There are a few CSS selectors that are hardly - if at all - to > recreate with JavaScript. :first-line as well as :link and :visited > belog to these... > > It may work somehow, but I doubt it would be in any way much reliable. > > --Klaus > > On Feb 29, 9:12 pm,bweaverusenet<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Klaus, thanks, but I'm talking about jquery selectors. (IE 6 doesn't > > seem to support the next operator + in CSS, as in h2 + p:first-line.) > > Try the following in FF and IE. The :first-line alert gives an error, > > while :first works fine. Previous versions of jquery simply returned > > nothing. So to sum-up: > > > * jquery doesn't seem to handle the :first-line selector > > * IE6 doesn't support h2 + p:first-line in CSS > > > Thanks! > > > <html> > > <head> > > <script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery- > > latest.pack.js"></script> > > <style> > > #w{width:20em;} > > h2 + p:first-line{color:red;} > > </style> > > <script> > > $(document).ready(function(){ > > alert(":first=" + $("p:first").text()); > > alert(":first-line=" + $("p:first-line").text());//jquery error}); > > > </script> > > </head> > > <body> > > <div id="w"> > > <h2>Test</h2> > > <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Nulla id > > magna quis quam fermentum ultricies. Donec ac magna. Duis commodo > > leo.</p> > > <p>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.</p> > > <p>Testing one two three.</p> > > </div> > > </body> > > </html> > > > On Feb 29, 2:45 pm, Klaus Hartl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Feb 29, 6:53 pm,bweaverusenet<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi. Is there some workaround for the unsupported :first-line pseudo- > > > > selector to get the first line of text? Even if it involves javascript > > > > code. The only thing I can come up with is some overly-complex > > > > typographical guesstimate of where the line ends, but that seems > > > > fraught with problems. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -bill > > > > The :first-line pseudo-element is supported since IE 5.5. > > > >http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms530754(VS.85).aspx > > > > --Klaus
