[thelist] Pseudo-content (:before, :after) doesn't work on form elements

Lee Kowalkowski lee.kowalkowski at googlemail.com
Wed Sep 30 03:53:34 CDT 2009


2009/9/29 Barney Carroll <barney at clickwork.net>:
> I have found that it's impossible to attach CSS pseudo elements to
> interactive form elements [http://barneycarroll.com/pseudo/] — does anybody
> know why this is?

Hmm, it's just not supported?  Opera seems to be the only browser that
does it - at the expense of the appearance of the form controls.

I've never had any time for the content property.  I struggle to
justify having content in CSS.

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Lee
www.webdeavour.co.uk



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