*HTML CSS Code Question

[jollymoon]

This is silly.

I just spent three hours wading through CSS related sites, HTML Cheat Sheets, Typography junk, etc.

What is the *HTML code in a CSS external sheet? *HTML #nav { BACKGROUND: #2F3F3F} or
* HTML .clearfix { HEIGHT: 1%}

This is driving me crazy. Shouldn't be that hard to find an answer.

HELP

[jollymoon]

Almost found something?

CSS Cheat Sheet (V1) - Cheat Sheets - Added Bytes
lists a cheat sheet * as "all elements"

uhh, ok?

[Dubbya]

"* HTML" is a CSS hack which is used to cater code specifically to IE6 and below. It allows developers to take advantage of a known bugs in the browser software.

CSS Hacks can be applied to any web page element that CSS can alter.

In this case, if I want negative padding applied to a named div when a page is displayed in IE6 or below, I might do this:

* html #testdiv {padding-bottom:-2px;}

Firefox, Opera and Safari browsers would ignore the hack so, for them I'd code in the standard fashion.

div#testdiv {padding:10px;}
* html #testdiv {padding-bottom:-2px;}

The hacked CSS should always be placed after standard code so that the targeted browser applies the hack.

For more info on CSS Selectors and hacks, check out:
CSS Hacks

enjoy!

[sheanhoxie]

Yea IE hack, best not to use a hack though, you should use a separate stylsheet for IE instead of hacks.

To do: Create two stylesheets, one for FF one for IE. Call the FF stylesheet first in your head, then call your IE stylesheet using this code:

       <!--[if IE]>
		<link rel="stylesheet" href="ie_stylesheet.css" type="text/css" />
	<![endif]-->

This allows you to create one stylesheet that works for FF/Opera browsers, and then you can tidy up any quirks in IE by overriding with your IE stylesheet and still have w3 compliant code