CSS Content

CSS has a property called content. It can only be used with the pseudo elements :after and :before. It is written like a pseudo selector (with the colon), but it's called a pseudo element because it's not actually selecting anything that exists on the page but adding something new to the page. With this CSS in place, we could have this HTML: <ul><li class="email-address">chriscoyier@gmail.com</li></ul> And the output would be like: • Email address: chriscoyier@gmail.com Maybe that example doesn't get you drooling, but pseduo element content can be quite useful and do cool things. Hey! The first concern might be that of a separation-between-content-and-design purist. I think it's awesome and perfectly suited for CSS. I'm going to publish an article tomorrow with this kind of idea. Using Special Characters If you need to use a special character in the CSS content, it's kinda weird. Here's some random useful ones: Example Trick: Checkmark visited links Mark your visited links with checkmarks: More

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