Closed
Bug 537837
Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
::first-letter styles should be applied within descendant elements
Categories
(Core :: CSS Parsing and Computation, defect)
Core
CSS Parsing and Computation
Tracking
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RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 214004
People
(Reporter: zwol, Unassigned)
Details
Firefox (tried 3.5, 3.6beta, and trunk as of two weeks ago) makes the first 'x' red in
<!doctype html><style>div ::first-letter{color:red}</style><div><p>xx</p></div>
but not in
<!doctype html><style>div::first-letter{color:red}</style><div><p>xx</p></div>
Opera 10 does the same. Webkit and IE make the first 'x' red in both cases.
My reading of CSS2.1 §5.1.2 is that the Webkit behavior is correct:
# The :first-letter pseudo-element can be used with all such elements that contain
# text, or that have a descendant in the same flow that contains text. A UA should
# act as if the fictional start tag of the first-letter pseudo-element is just before
# the first text of the element, even if that first text is in a descendant.
Similar text appears in css3-selectors §7.2.1.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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