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  • Ubo Town
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    what does he mean when he says that Pseudo-Elements

    Posted March 3, 2021 5:54pm by Ubo Town
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    • Pseudo-Elements - ::first-line and ::first-letter

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  • mk37
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    strange how ::first-line messes with chrome

    Posted January 17, 2019 12:35pm by mk37
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  • Terri Valentine
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    Pseudo Classes and Pseudo Elements

    Posted December 22, 2017 6:43pm by Terri Valentine
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  • Aiden Mitchell
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    First line not bold!

    Posted June 9, 2016 12:51am by Aiden Mitchell
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  • Benjamin Hedgepeth
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    What is a virtual element?

    Posted March 31, 2016 8:11pm by Benjamin Hedgepeth
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  • Tom Hackett
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    Problem styling first letter, can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

    Posted October 14, 2015 9:26pm by Tom Hackett
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  • John Fisher
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    What's the difference between a Pseudo Class and a Pseudo Element?

    Posted March 8, 2015 1:18pm by John Fisher
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  • Christopher Aporta
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    Browser support for double colon (::) vs. single colon (:) notations

    Posted January 30, 2015 8:49pm by Christopher Aporta
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