I am trying to style a pull-quote div tag. I want to style the quote mark " so it is bigger than the rest of the statement.
I thought of using the first-letter pseudo-element. However when I did so, it did not work properly. Here are the cases I tried:
If I wrote the sentence like this: "This is a test,(with no spaced between the "and theT then both the "Tappear big.
If I wrote it with a space between them, none of them get bigger.
My question is: is there a way to get the " only to be bigger?
Here is the html code I used: <div class="pullquote-right">"this is a test</div>
The css:
.pullquote-right {
display: inline-block;
max-width: 350px;
float: right;
padding-left: 15px;
margin-left: 25px;
border-left: #3b5998;
border-left-width: thick;
border-left-style: solid;
font-style: italic;
color: darkgray;
font-size:115%;}
.pullquote-right::first-letter {font-size: 200%;}
Thanks.
An option would be to use the ::before and ::after pseudo elements.
.quote::before,
.quote::after {
content: "\0022";
font-size: 2em;
font-weight: bold;
color: green;
vertical-align: -.3em;
}
<p class="quote">This is a great quote</p>
The first-letter pseudo class refers to the first letter and the punctuation directly preceding it. Reference:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/::first-letter
I think the easiest way to do what you want might be to put a span tag around the punctuation you want to make bigger and style that from the css.
Or you can check out this work-around: https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/simple-and-nice-blockquote-styling/
I ended up combining the two answers to be able to use the div tag and not neet to add extre <p></p>as follows:
.pullquote-left {
display: inline-block;
max-width: 350px;
float: left;
padding: 20px;
margin-left: 15px;
border-left: #3b5998;
border-left-width: thick;
border-left-style: solid;
font-style: italic;
color: darkgray;
font-size: 110%;
background-color: white;
box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #888888;
text-align: center;
}
.pullquote-left::before {
font-size: 2em;
font-weight: bold;
content: "\201C";
}
<div class="pullquote-left">This is the final result.</div>
Related
How do I exclude pseudo-elements like :before and :after from being changed by selectors like for example: :hover?
Maybe there's some sort of 'main pseudo element' that I'm not aware of?
I've tried using CSS3 :not() statement but this didn't work.
Using: .facebook:hover:before {color: black;} works fine, but I'm sure that there's a better solution.
Example:
I want the Facebook logo to remain black and change the texts color.
body {
background: #F7F7F7;
margin: 0px;
}
.share-button {
background: #FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid #D8D8D8;
display: inline-block;
font-family: 'Open Sans';
font-weight: 600;
font-size: 12px;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 2px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 12px 24px 12px 12px;
transition: color 1s;
}
.facebook:before {
display: inline-block;
height: auto;
font-family: 'FontAwesome';
font-size: 12px;
padding-right: 12px;
width: auto;
content: '\f09a';
}
.share-button:hover {
color: #374D8D;
}
<button class="share-button facebook">
Share on facebook
</button>
The problem here is not that the pseudo-element is being "matched" by the :hover selector per se, but that it is inheriting the color property from the corresponding CSS rule on the element.
That is the reason why you need to set it explicitly on the :before pseudo-element — you cannot block inheritance using a selector, or using a style on the parent or originating element.
This is my site:
http://www.michelepierri.it/
I correctly see my theme in FF and IE but if I open it in Chrome menu voice are not correctly visualized:
Can you help me to resolve this problem?
After reviewing your css, I found too many unused styling please remove those and use these rules:
.menu li {
float: left;
}
.menu a {
white-space: nowrap;
border-left: 1px solid #585858;
color: #fff;
display: inline-block;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: 700;
height: 45px;
line-height: 45px;
padding: 0 0.9em;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #242424;
}
Please see the attachment after doing that changes.
See I am also using the same version and for me its fine
Prevent menu options from wrapping text
Add an additional style rule to your menu links CSS so all text stays in the same line.
.menu a {
border-left: 1px solid #585858;
color: #fff;
display: block;
font-size: 13px;
font-weight: 700;
height: 45px;
line-height: 45px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0.9em;
position: relative;
text-decoration: none;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #242424;
white-space: nowrap; /* THIS ONE */
}
And add the same thing to .sub-header-menu a style definition because when I check the site even Cloud Computing is wrapped and breaks the whole situation.
Advice: It is ok that you're exploring the possibilities of CSS but you're playing a bit too much with it producing legibility problems. Letter and word spacing should only be cautiously manipulated. I'd suggest to remove majority of letter and word spacing settings.
I am talking about the "Previous" and "Next" post navigation links below the articles on my website, which look like this (below) in all modern browsers (IE > 7)
But in IE6 and IE7, it looks like this
Yes, the rest of my website looks very fine in these browsers as well, and want to get this to work, and without breaking anything else. I see that IE6 and IE7 can have float issues, and that there's a fix as well (a working one, I couldn't find).
This is the HTML code pertaining to the post navigation (mentioned above):
<div class="post-entries">
<div class="nav-prev fl"><span class="meta-nav">?</span> LG's A530 3D Notebook Shoots And Plays In 3D [PICS]</div>
<div class="nav-next fr">LG's Mouse Scanner Saves Scanned Material To Image, PDF or DOC <span class="meta-nav">?</span></div>
<div class="fix"></div>
</div>
and here's the CSS code pertaining to the above:
.post-entries { clear:both; margin-top:20px; background-color: #F8F8F8; border-bottom: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; border-top: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 5px 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; }
.post-entries a:link, .post-entries a:visited { font-size:0.9em; color:#888; }
.fl{float: left;}
.fr{float: right;}
.fix{clear: both;height: 1px;margin: -1px 0 0;overflow: hidden;}
I hope I am clear. Can someone help me out with this?
How about this? Added css:
/*.post-entries{float:left;width:600px}*/
.nav-prev,.nev-next{display:block;width:100%}
Updated fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/y3MBC/14/
I think if you just add a <div style="clear:left;></div> in between the two divs it will format the way you want. I tested it in ie7 but don't have an effective way of testing for ie6. Here's the updated fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/D3Jja/
Looks like you haven't specified a width for the div's. Try this:
.fl{float: left; width: 100%}
.fr{float: right; width: 100%}
Also if you plan on using margin/padding add a display: inline to your floated elements to prevent old IE from doubling the amount of margin/padding.
Thanks to #marissa.c for the help, this is the answer...
modify this line:
.post-entries { clear:both; margin-top:20px; background-color: #F8F8F8; border-bottom: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; border-top: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 5px 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; }
to his:
.post-entries { clear:both; margin-top:20px; background-color: #F8F8F8; border-bottom: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; border-top: 1px dashed #AAAAAA; line-height: 1.7; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 5px 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; height: 100%; }
And then add this line:
.nav-prev, .nev-next { display:block; width:100%; }
And that fixes the float issues. It now even works in IE6, all credit to #marissa.c
Some times I may may want an anchor beside a submit button, but I always seem to have problems lining them up ...
a, input[type=submit], input[type=button], button {
font-family: arial;
background: #fff;
color: #777;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
font-size: 12px;
line-height: 20px !important;
padding: 5px 10px;
margin: 0;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/cXgzM/
with that, anchors are still 2 pixels short
Simply add this to your CSS:
a
{
display: inline-block;
}
I updated your example. Note that this property doesn't work in IE7 and lower. :)
I'm using the following CSS:
h2 {
font-weight: normal;
border-bottom: 1px solid #DDD;
font-size: 1.6em;
font-style: italic;
}
h2 span {
position: absolute;
top: 7px;
padding-right: 6px;
background-color: #F9F9EE;
}
When used like:
<h2><span>abc</span></h2>
Gives the following effect:
abc ------------------
The text 'abc' is the heading content while the dashed line is the border being shifted. The following approach works well so long as you only use it once on the page. My question is, how can I achievement the same effect without using absolute positioning or even perhaps line-height since I suspect either or both are the culprits.
I do remember seeing the same effect being used on a few blogs but the url slips my mind.
Thank you. :)
As Rory mentioned, using position relative on the H2 tag solves the problem without the use of an image.
h2 {
font-weight: normal;
border-bottom: 1px solid #DDD;
font-size: 1.6em;
font-style: italic;
position:relative;
}
h2 span {
position: absolute;
top: -0.8em;
padding-right: 6px;
background-color: #F9F9EE;
}
This works in the three browsers I use for testing (IE, Firefox, and Chrome).
I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to do and what the problem is exactly, but adding position: relative; to the h2 style will create a positioning container in which the span position: absolute; will calculate its values from.
I don't see the effect that you described in Firefox, only in IE6.
One way you could achieve this effect is to use a single pixel background image, tiled horizontally at 50% of the height of the div. It's not as nice, since you do have to use an image, but it should look how you want without affecting the HTML.
I'd suggest something like:
h2 {
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 1.6em;
font-style: italic;
background: url(pixel.png) repeat-x 0% 50%;
}
h2 span {
padding-right: 6px;
background-color: #F9F9EE;
}
I've checked it in IE6 and Firefox, using it multiple times on the same page. :)
My favorite way to do this is:
<fieldset class="blah">
<legend>Heading</legend>
content...
</fieldset>
and then add
fieldset.blah {border-top: 1px solid #999;}
in your CSS. Hope that helps.
Try this:
h2 {
font-weight: normal;
border-bottom: 1px solid #DDD;
font-size: 1.6em;
height: 0.75em;
margin-bottom: 1.85em;
overflow: visible;
font-style: italic;
}
h2 span {
padding-right: 6px;
background-color: #F9F9EE;
}