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Created December 3, 2009 17:20
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This requires CSS2.1 "counter" and ":before". As of now, every browser except IE supports it.
Actually, IE8 supports it, if and only if IE8 is set to render as IE8.
You can check out the compatibility chart PPK made at his site.
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/contents.html
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dt numbering with css2.1 counters.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Definition List numbering via CSS</title>
<style type="text/css">
/* http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/generate.html#counters */
dt:before {
content: counter(dt) ". ";
}
dt {
counter-increment: dt; /* Add 1 to dt */
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<!-- http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/lists.html#h-10.3 -->
<dl>
<dt>Dweeb</dt>
<dd>young excitable person who may mature into a <em>Nerd</em> or <em>Geek</em></dd>
<dt>Hacker</dt>
<dd>a clever programmer</dd>
<dt>Nerd</dt>
<dd>technically bright but socially inept person</dd>
</dl>
</body>
</html>
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