[thelist] Understanding CSS with 3 digit colors ?
Nemesis
nemesis at nemesis1.f2o.org
Wed Aug 20 13:49:48 CDT 2003
Rob Smith wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I've been trying to beef up my CSS skills and I've noticed something that
> I'm not real familiar with. Would someone please explain to me why people
> are defining colors with only 3 hex numbers? For example:
>
> A:hover {
> FONT-WEIGHT: 900; COLOR: #555; Font-Size: 10px;
> }
>
it is color shorthand. You can't do it with all colors only with grouped
pairs
color: #FF0000;
becomes color: #F00;
color: #000000
becomes color: #000
color: #66CC66;
becomes color: #6C6;
BTW font-weight: breaks in Mac IE every weight is bold.
HTH
Gary
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