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<!DOCTYPE html public '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd'> <!--*- Mode: Text; fill-column: 95 -*-->
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
  <title>CSS3 Generated and Replaced Content Module</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../default.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-ED.css">
  <style type="text/css">
   .green { color: green; }
   .navy { color: navy; }
   .purple { color: purple; }
  </style>
</head>

<!-- TODO:
 !
 ! * place 'property' into marked up property elements
 ! * similarly with '::pseudo' and examples
 ! * http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-css-wg/2003JanMar/0170.html
 ! * string-set and co
 ! * need to increment the footnote, endnote and section-note counters
 ! * cross references, as in http://www.w3.org/Style/Group/2001/MO-css3-page-20010205
 ! * date() and time()
 ! * drop nesting
 !
 !-->

<body>

<div class="head">
<p><a rel="home" href="http://www.w3.org/" class="logo"><img height="48"
width="72" alt="W3C" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home"></a><a
rel="in-activity" href="../../" class="logo"><img
src="../../../Woolly/woolly-icon.png" alt="CSS WG"></a></p>

<h1>CSS3 Generated and Replaced Content Module</h1>

<h2 class="no-num no-toc">[LONGSTATUS] [DATE: 10 July 2005]</h2>
<dl>
  <dt>This version:</dt>
    <dd><a href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-content/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-content/</a></dd>
 <!--   <dd><a
      href="http://www.w3.org/TR/[YEAR]/WD-css3-content-[CDATE]">http://www.w3.org/TR/[YEAR]/WD-css3-content-[CDATE]</a></dd> -->
  <dt>Latest version:</dt>
    <dd><a
      href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-content">http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-content</a></dd>
  <dt>Previous versions:</dt>
    <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-css3-content-20030514/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-css3-content-20030514/</a></dd>
    <dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512/generate.html">http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512/generate.html</a></dd>
  <dt>Editors:</dt>
    <dd>Ian Hickson, <a href="mailto:ian@hixie.ch">ian@hixie.ch</a></dd>
</dl>

<!--begin-copyright-->
<p>[Here will be included the file "../copyright.inc"]</p>
<!--end-copyright-->

<hr title="Separator for header">
</div>

<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="abstract">Abstract</h2>

<p>This CSS3 Module describes how to insert and move content around a
document, in order to create footnotes, endnotes, section notes. Inserted
content can also introduce counters and strings, which can be used for
running headers and footers, section numbering, and lists. Finally,
techniques for declaring replaced images, as well as scaling and cropping
them using CSS, are described.</p>

<h2 class="no-num" id="status">Status of this document</h2>

<p>This is <em>not yet</em> a working draft of a CSS level 3 module. It aspires to eventually
become a CSS3 Recommendation.</p>

<p>This document is written in the context of the CSS working group which is part of the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/Style/">style activity</a> (see <a
href="http://www.w3.org/Style/Activity">summary</a>).</p>

<p>Comments on, and discussions of this draft can be sent on the (<a
href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/">archived</a>) public mailing list <a
href="mailto:www-style@w3.org">www-style@w3.org</a> (see <a
href="http://www.w3.org/Mail/Request">instructions</a>). W3C Members can also send comments
directly to the CSS working group.</p>

<p>This is a working draft and may therefore be updated, replaced or rendered obsolete by other
W3C documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use W3C Working Drafts as reference material
or to cite them as other than "work in progress". Its publication does not imply endorsement by
the W3C membership or the <a href="http://www.w3.org/Style/Group">CSS Working Group</a> (<a
href="http://cgi.w3.org/MemberAccess/AccessRequest">members only</a>).</p>

<p>Patent disclosures relevant to CSS may be found on the Working Group's public <a
href="http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Disclosures">patent disclosure page.</a></p>

<p>To find the latest version of this working draft, please follow the "Latest version" link
above, or visit the list of W3C <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/">Technical Reports</a>.</p>

<p>This document may be available in translations in the future. The English version of this
specification is the only normative version.</p>


 <h3 class="no-num" id="crec">Candidate Recommendation Exit Criteria</h3>
 <p>For this specification to exit the CR stage, the following conditions must be met:</p>
 <ol>
  <li>
   <p>There must be at least two interoperable implementations
   for every feature. For the purposes of this criterion,
   we define the following terms:</p>
   <dl>
    <dt>feature</dt>
    <dd>
     <p>
      A section or subsection of the specification.
     </p>
    </dd>
    <dt>interoperable</dt>
    <dd>
     <p>passing the respective test cases in the test suite, or,
     if the implementation is not a web browser, equivalent tests.
     Every relevant test in the test suite should have an equivalent
     test created if such a UA is to be used to claim interoperability.
     In addition if such a UA is to be used to claim interoperability,
     then there must one or more additional UAs which can also pass
     those equivalent tests in the same way for the purpose of
     interoperability. The equivalent tests must be made publicly
     available for the purposes of peer review.</p>
    </dd>
    <dt>implementation</dt>
    <dd>
     <p>a user agent which:</p>
     <ol class=inline>
      <li>implements the feature.</li>
      <li>is available (i.e. publicly downloadable or available
      through some other public point of sale mechanism). This is the
      "show me" requirement.</li>
      <li>is shipping (i.e. development, private or unofficial
      versions are insufficient).</li>
      <li>is not experimental (i.e. is intended for a wide audience
      and could be used on a daily basis).</li>
     </ol>
    </dd>
   </dl>
  </li>
  <li><p>For every feature, error handling must be well defined, and
  non-supporting UAs with a significant market share (if any) must
  interoperate on correct error handling, even if supporting UAs
  interoperate on the correct support as per the previous criterion.
  For the purposes of this criterion, we further define the following
  terms:</p>
   <dl>
    <dt>error handling</dt>
    <dd>...</dd>
    <dt>non-supporting UAs with a significant market share</dt>
    <dd>...</dd>
    <dt>interoperate</dt>
    <dd>...</dd>
   </dl>
  </li>
  <li><p>A minimum of six months of the CR period must have elapsed.
  This is to ensure that enough time is given for any remaining major
  errors to be caught.</p></li>
  <li><p>The CR period will be extended if implementations are slow to
  appear.</p></li>
  <li><p>Features will be dropped (thus reducing the list of "all"
  features mentioned above) if two or more interoperable
  implementations of those features are not found by the end of the CR
  period.</p></li>
  <li><p>Features will also be dropped if sufficient and adequate
  tests (by judgment of the working group) have not been produced for
  those features by the end of the CR period.</p></li>
  <li><p>If implementation feedback warrants it, or if implementations
  are not found to be sufficiently interoperable, this specification
  will be returned to Working Draft stage to address the issues
  raised and reasons for implementation differences.</p></li>
 </ol>


<h2 class="no-num no-toc"
8096
; id="contents">Table of contents</h2>
<!--toc-->


<h2 id="dependencies">Dependencies on other modules</h2>

<p>This CSS3 module depends on the following other CSS3 modules:</p>
<ul>
  <li><cite>CSS3 module: syntax</cite> [[!CSS3SYN]]</li>
  <li><cite>CSS3 module: values and units</cite> [[!CSS3VAL]]</li>
  <li><cite>CSS3 module: selectors</cite> [[!SELECT]]</li>
  <li><cite>CSS3 module: lists</cite> [[!CSS3LIST]]</li>
  <li><cite>CSS3 module: block box model</cite> [[!CSS3BOX]]</li>
  <li><cite>CSS3 module: inline box model</cite> [[!CSS3LINE]]</li>
  <li><cite>CSS3 module: paged media</cite> [[!CSS3PAGE]]</li>
</ul>

<!--=======================================================================-->
<h2>Introduction</h2>

<p>In some cases, authors may want user agents to render content that
does not come from the document tree. One familiar example of this is
a numbered list; the author does not want to mark the numbers up
explicitly, he or she wants the user agent to generate them
automatically. Counters and markers are used to achieve these
effects.</p>

<pre>
ol { counter-reset: item; }
li { display: list-item; counter-increment: item; }
li::marker { content: counter(item, decimal) '.'; }
</pre>

<p>A simpler way to write this is:</p>

<pre>
li { display: list-item; list-style: decimal; }
</pre>

<p>Similarly, authors may want the user agent to insert the word
"Figure" before the caption of a figure, or "Chapter 7" on a line
before the seventh chapter title.</p>

<pre>
figure > caption::before { content: "Figure: "; }
chapter:nth-child(7) > title::before { content: "Chapter 7\A"; }
</pre>

<p>The last example could also be written in a more generic way using
counters:</p>

<pre>
chapter { counter-increment: chapter; }
chapter > title::before { content: "Chapter " counter(chapter) "\A"; }
</pre>

<p>Another common effect is replacing elements with images or other
multimedia content. Since not all user agents support all multimedia
formats, fallbacks may have to be provided.</p>

<pre>
/* Replace &lt;logo&gt; elements with the site's logo, using a format
 * supported by the UA */
logo { content: url(logo.mov), url(logo.mng), url(logo.png), none; }

/* Replace &lt;figure&gt; elements with the referenced document, or,
 * failing that, with either the contents of the alt attribute or the
 * contents of the element itself if there is no alt attribute */
figure[alt] { content: attr(href, url), attr(alt); }
figure:not([alt]) { content: attr(href, url), contents; }
</pre>

<p>Authors may also wish to move content to a later position in a
document, for instance placing images at the bottom (or top) of the
page.</p>

<pre>
img { move-to: page-top; } /* move images to page-top */
@page { padding-top: 10em; } /* leave a gap at the top of the page */
body:after { /* place a box at the top of each page */
  position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; height: 10em;
  content: pending(page-top); /* insert the images moved to page-top */
}
</pre>

<p>In some cases, content may be inserted, alternate content moved to
a later place in the flow, and a list marker inserted next to this
alternate content. For example, footnotes or endnotes.</p>

<pre>
a[href]::after {
  counter-increment: footnote-number;
  content: counter(footnote-number, footnotes);
}
a[href]::after::alternate {
  display: list-item;
  content: attr(href);
  move-to: footnotes;
}
a[href]::after::alternate::marker {
  content: counter(footnote-number, footnotes);
}
@page {
  counter-reset: footnote-number;
  @footnote {
    content: pending(footnotes);
  }
}
</pre>

<p>Using initial values, the last example can also be written as:</p>

<pre>
a[href]::after { content: footnote; }
a[href]::after::alternate { content: attr(href); }
</pre>

<p>For simpler cases, e.g. where an element is simply to be used as an
endnote directly, only a single declaration is required.</p>

<pre>
p.note { content: endnote; }
</pre>

<p>The initial values of the other properties are set up so that the
result is as expected.</p>

<p>Another effect commonly requested by authors is that of line
that is attached to the front of every line box, which can be used for
this purpose.</p>

<pre>
pre { counter-reset: line; }
pre::line-marker { counter-increment: line; content: counter(line) "."; }
</pre>

<p>This pseudo-element can also be used to simulate the indentation
style found in e-mail communication:</p>

<pre>
blockquote { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 2em; } <!-- replace 'em' with 'ch' XXX -->
blockquote > blockquote { margin-left: -1em; }
blockquote::line-marker { width: 2em; text-align: left; content: ">"; }
</pre>

<p>Generated content based on the <code>cite</code> and
<code>datetime</code> attributes can create introductions or citations
on the fly as well.</p>

<h3>Conformance Requirements</h3>

words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL" and "SHALL NOT".
Recommendations are expressed using the key words "SHOULD", "SHOULD
NOT" and "RECOMMENDED". "MAY" and "OPTIONAL" are used to indicate
optional features or behavior. These keywords are used in accordance
with [[!RFC2119]]. For legibility these keywords are used in lowercase
form.</p>


<!--=======================================================================-->
<h2>Terminology</h2>

<p>This module introduces several pseudo-elements and allows them to nest in certain predefined
ways. In order to explain the relationships between these nested pseudo-elements, three new
terms have been coined.</p>

<dl>
<dt><dfn>superior parent</dfn></dt>
<dd>
   A pseudo-element's superior parent is the element or pseudo-element
   to which it is associated. e.g. the superior parent of the
   pseudo-element matched by '::before::after' is the pseudo-element
   matched by '::before', and <em>that</em> pseudo-element's superior parent
   is the element itself. The suporior parent of an '::outside(<var>n</var>)'
   pseudo-element is the '::outside(<var>n-1</var>)' pseudo-element. Note that an
   element never has a superior parent, and a pseudo-element always
   has exactly one.
</dd>

<dt><dfn>superior siblings</dfn></dt>

<dd>   The '::before' or '::after' pseudo-elements that have lower numeric
   arguments. e.g. '::before(2)' is a superior sibling of
   '::before(5)'. Only '::before' and '::after' pseudo-elements with
   numeric arguments greater than 1 have superior siblings.</dd>

<dt><dfn>superior</dfn></dt>

<dd>   Any element or pseudo-element that is either a superior parent or
   superior sibling.</dd>

</dl>

<p class="issue">These terms are horrible, but they were the only ones I could think of that didn't confusingly clash
with DOM terminology. Example of the horridness of the terms: the superior parent of an '::outside' pseudo-element is
its rendering tree child, whose rendering hree sibling '::before' has the '::outside' pseudo-element as its superior
parent.</p>

<p class="issue">We need a term which means "element or pseudo-element".</p>


<!--=======================================================================-->
<h2>Pseudo-elements</h2>

<p>At the heart of generated content lies pseudo-elements.
Pseudo-elements create abstractions about the document tree beyond
those specified by the document language. For instance, document
languages do not offer mechanisms to access the first letter or first
line of an element's content. CSS pseudo-elements allow style sheet
designers to refer to this otherwise inaccessible information.
Pseudo-elements also provide style sheet designers a way to assign
style to content that does not exist in the source document.</p>

<h3>Syntax</h3>

<p>Certain combinations of multiple pseudo-elements per selector are
allowed. All pseudo-elements must appear in a single chain at the end
of the selector, with no intervening combinators.</p>

<p>The pseudo-element part of the selector consists of an optional set
of "structural" pseudo-elements, optionally followed by a single
formatting pseudo-element.</p>

<p>The structural pseudo-elements are alternating sets of an
'::outside' pseudo-element and one or more '::before', '::after', or
'::alternate' pseudo-elements. (So basically any number of
'::outside', '::before', '::after', and '::alternate' pseudo-elements,
so long as no two '::outside' pseudo-elements are adjacent, as that is
meaningless.)</p>

<p>The formatting pseudo-elements are '::first-line',
'::first-letter', '::marker', '::line-marker', and '::selection'. Only
one of these may occur, and if present, it must be the last
pseudo-element in the chain.</p>

<p>The allowed order for pseudo-elements is formally described by the
following pseudo-BNF grammar:</p>

<pre>
pseudo-elements := structural-pseudo-elements? formatting-pseudo-element?

structural-pseudo-elements :=
  ( '::outside'? [ '::before' | '::after' | '::alternate' ] )* '::outside'?

formatting-pseudo-element :=
  '::first-line' | '::first-letter' | '::marker' | '::line-marker' | '::selection'
</pre>

<p>The '::outside', '::before', and '::after' pseudo-elements have two
forms, '::outside', '::before', and '::after' and
'::outside(<var>n</var>)', '::before(<var>n</var>)', and
'::after(<var>n</var>)', where <var>n</var> is an integer. If the
parameter part is omitted then '1' is implied. For example,
'::before(1)' is the same as '::before'.</p>

<p>For compatability with previous levels of CSS, the '::before',
'::after', '::first-line' and '::first-letter' pseudo-elements do not
require two colons. This does not apply to any other pseudo-element.
Authors are encouraged to use the new two-colon forms.</p>


<!--=======================================================================-->
<h3>Inserting content into an element: the '::before' and '::after'
pseudo-elements</h3>

<p>The '::before' and '::after' pseudo-elements are used to insert
content immediately before and immediately after the content of an
element (or other pseudo-element). The 'content' propety is used to
specify the content to insert.</p>

<div class="example"> <p>For example, the following rule replaces the
content of <code>&lt;abbr&gt;</code> elements with the contents of the
element's <code>title</code> attribute:</p>

<pre>
abbr { content: attr(title); }
</pre>

<p>The following rule inserts the string "Note: " before the content
of every P element whose "class" attribute has the value "note":</p>

<pre>
P.note:before { content: "Note: " }
</pre>
</div>

<p>The formatting objects (e.g., boxes) generated by an element include
generated content. So, for example, changing the above style sheet
to:</p>

<pre class="example">
P.note:before { content: "Note: " }
P.note        { border: solid green }
</pre>

<p>...would cause a solid green border to be rendered around the entire
paragraph, including the initial string.</p>

<p>Typically, the '::before' and '::after' pseudo-elements inherit any
inheritable properties from the element in the document tree to which
they are attached. In the general case, they inherit their properties
from their superior parent.</p>

<p>For a '::before' or '::after' pseudo-element to be generated, all of the elements and
pseudo-elements leading to it must be generated, and the pseudo-element must not have its
'content' property set to 'inhibit' or its 'display' property set to 'none'. Note that for
'::before' and '::after' pseudo-elements, the initial value of 'content' computes to
'inhibit'.</p>

<p>Using a '::before' pseudo-element in the context of the anonymous table elements works
exactly as if an actualy element had been introduced. For example:</p>

<pre>
.example::before { content: "D" }
</pre>

<pre>
&lt;table&gt;
 &lt;tr&gt;
  &lt;td&gt;A&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;B&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;C&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;tr class="example"&gt;
             &lt;td&gt;E&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;F&lt;/td&gt;
 &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
</pre>

<p>An anonymous table cell box is generated around the '::before' content in this case,
resulting in a 3&times;2 table.</p>

<h4>Nesting '::before' and '::after' pseudo-elements</h4>

<p>The selector '::before::before' represents a pseudo-element
contained at the start of a pseudo-element contained at the start of
an element.</p>

<p>For example, the following rules:</p>

<pre>
div { content: 'A' }
div::before { content: 'B'; }
div::before::before { content: 'C'; }
</pre>

<p>...would result in the following rendering objects:</p>

<pre>
,-----------------------.
| ,---------.           |
| | ,---.   |           |
| | | C | B | A         |
| | `---'   |           |
| `---------'           |
`-----------------------'
</pre>

<h4>Inserting multiple '::before' and '::after' pseudo-elements</h4>

<p>In contrast with the previous section, the selector '::before(2)'
represents a pseudo-element before another, both of which are
contained at the start of an element.</p>

<p>For example, the following rules:</p>

<pre>
div { content: 'A' }
div::before { content: 'B'; }
div::before(2) { content: 'C'; }
</pre>

<p>...would result in the following rendering objects:</p>

<pre>
,-----------------------.
| ,---. ,---.           |
| | C | | B | A         |
| `---' `---'           |
`-----------------------'
</pre>

<p>The '::before' selector is exactly equivalent to '::before(1)'.</p>

<p>A pseudo-element only exists if all the elements and
pseudo-elements leading up to it exist. For instance, in the following
example, only one pseudo-element is generated, the first one:</p>

<pre>
div { content: 'A' }
div::before { content: 'B'; }
div::before(2) { content: inhibit; }
div::before(3) { content: 'C'; }
</pre>

<p>It would result in the following rendering objects:</p>

<pre>
,-----------------------.
| ,---.                 |
| | B | A               |
| `---'                 |
`-----------------------'
</pre>


<!--=======================================================================-->
<h3>Wrapping elements in pseudo-elements with '::outside'</h3>

<p>An '::outside' pseudo-element is one that is generated immediately
outside the pseudo-element's <span>superior</span>.</p>

<p>When given a parameter, '::outside(<var>n</var>)' represents an
<var>n</var>th pseudo-element generated immediately around the
<var>n-1</var>th pseudo-element.</p>

<p>For example, the following rules:</p>
<pre>
div { display: block; border: dashed; }
div::outside { display: block; border: dashed; }
div::outside(2) { display: block; border: dashed; }
</pre>
<p>...would result in the following rendering objects:</p>
<pre>
,-----------------------.   &lt;-- border of ::outside(2)
| ,-------------------. |   &lt;-- border of ::outside
| | ,---------------. | |   &lt;-- border of DIV
| | | DIV           | | |
| | `---------------' | |
| `-------------------' |
`-----------------------'
</pre>

<p>A similar result would be achieved by using three nested DIV
elements (except of course that would require changing the document
source, which is not always possible).</p>

<p>One difference between using elements and using pseudo-elements is
that the pseudo-elements inherit from the elements (or
pseudo-elements) that generate them, not from those they are contained
within.</p>

<p>For example, if we assume the following rules:</p>
<pre>
   div { display: block; border: green solid; }
   div::outside(1) { display: block; border: inherit; }
   div::outside(2) { display: block; border: red solid; }
</pre>

<p>...then the outermost border (from the '::outside(2)') will be red,
but the middle border (from '::outside(1)') will be the same colour as
the inner most border (from the element itself), namely green.</p>

<p>For an '::outside' pseudo-element to be generated, all of the
elements and pseudo-elements leading to it must be generated, and the
pseudo-element itself must not have its 'display' property set to
'none'. Note that the initial value of 'display' computes to 'none' on
'::outside' pseudo-elements.</p>

<p>It is possible to float an element and then give it an '::outside' pseudo-element, in which case the pseudo-element
is in-flow, not floated.</p>

<p>For example:</p>
<pre>
  p { float: right; color: green; }
  p::outside { display: inline; border: solid; }
</pre>
<p>...results in an empty inline element with a solid green border being placed in the flow at the point where the float
is taken out of flow.</p>

<p>When an element is moved with the 'move-to' property, however, '::outside' pseudo-elements are moved too.</p>

<p>The 'content' property does not apply to '::outside' pseudo-elements.</p>

<h4>Mixing '::outside' with '::before' and '::after'</h4>

<p>An '::outside' pseudo-element can have any number of '::before' or
'::after' pseudo-elements of its own. They are inserted before and
after the '::outside' pseudo-element's contents (the element or
pseudo-element that generated the '::outside' pseudo-element).</p>

<p>For example, the following rules:</p>
<pre>
span                     { content: "span"; }
span::before             { content: "B";    }
span::outside(1)         { display: inline; }
span::outside(1)::before { content: "A";    }
span::outside(2)         { display: inline; }
span::outside(2)::after  { content: "C";    }
</pre>
<p>...would result in the following rendering objects (including
construction lines for clarity):</p>
<pre>
,--------------------------------.   &lt;-- border of ::outside(2)
| ,----------------------.       |   &lt;-- border of ::outside(1)
| | ,---. ,-+---+------. | ,---. |   &lt;-- border of span, ::before,
| | | A | | | B | span | | | C | |          and ::after boxes
| | `---' `-+---+------' | `---' |
| `----------------------'       |
`--------------------------------'
</pre>

<p>This can be used to leave markers in the flow, as in:</p>
<pre>
  note { float: right; }
  note::outside { display: inline; }
  note::outside::before { content: " (see sidebar) "; }
</pre>

<p>Care must be taken when styling cases like this. If the note element was given a smaller 'font-size' or a different
'color', then, by default, the generated in-flow text would end up inheriting it.</p>

<!--=======================================================================-->
<h3>Inserting new content later in the document tree with '::alternate'</h3>

<p>This pseudo-element is created by setting its 'move-to' property to
an identifier. It is rendered at the next occurrence of 'pending()' in
a 'content' property.</p>

<p>In other respects it is just like a normal pseudo-element.</p>

<p>Note that '::alternate' pseudo-elements inherit from their
associated pseudo-element or element, not from the element in which
they are inserted. (The same applies to any content moved using
'move-to'). This is discussed in the section on the '<a
href="#pending-inheritance">pending()</a>' value</p>

<p>For an '::alternate' pseudo-element to be generated, all of the
elements and pseudo-elements leading to it must be generated, and the
pseudo-element must not have its 'display' property set to 'none', its
'content' property set to 'inhibit', or its 'move-to' property set to
'here'. Note that on '::alternate' pseudo-elements the initial value
of 'move-to' is 'here' and the initial value of 'content' is
'inhibit'.</p>


<h4>Mixing '::alternate' with '::outside', '::before', and '::after'</h4>

<p>An '::alternate' pseudo-element can have any number of '::outside',
'::before', or '::after' pseudo-elements of its own, and each of these
four structural pseudo elements can have an '::alternate'
pseudo-element of its own.</p>

<p>For example, the following rules:</p>
<pre>
span                     { content: "span"; color: green; }
span::alternate          { content: "alternate1"; move-to: example1; }
span::alternate::before  { content: "before1"; }
span::after              { content: "after1" pending(example1); color: navy; }
span::after::alternate   { content: "alternate2"; move-to: example2; }
span::after(2)           { content: "after2" pending(example2); color: purple; }
</pre>
<p>...would result in the following rendering objects (including
construction lines for clarity):</p>
<pre>
,----------------------------------------------------------------------.
|      ,-----------------------------------.                           |
|      |        ,------------------------. | ,-----------------------. |
|      |        | ,---------.            | | |        ,------------, | |
| <span class="green">span</span> | <span class="navy">after1</span> | | <span class="green">before1</span> | <span class="green">alternate1</span> | | | <span class="purple">after2</span> | <span class="navy">alternate2</span> | | |
|      |        | `---------'            | | |        `------------' | |
|      |        `------------------------' | '-----------------------' |
|      `-----------------------------------'                           |
`----------------------------------------------------------------------'
</pre>


<!--=======================================================================-->
<h3>Block markers: The '::marker' pseudo-element</h3>

<p>For a '::marker' pseudo-element to be generated, its <span>superior
parent</span> must have a computed 'display' value of 'list-item'.</p>

<p>For further details on the rendering model for list markers, see
the CSS3 Lists module.</p>

<!-- XXX once that is CR, the text can move over to here for further
tweaks as necessary. -->


<!--=======================================================================-->
<h3>Line markers: The '::line-marker' pseudo-element</h3>

<p>The '::line-marker' pseudo-element is positioned in exactly the
same way as the '::marker' pseudo-element, but appears on every line,
not just the first.</p>

<p>Line boxes are responsible for generating '::line-marker'
pseudo-elements. For each line, one such marker is created for every
block ancestor in the current formatting context. (Formatting contexts
are created by the root element, floats, positioned content, cells, and
inline-blocks. See the CSS3 Box Model module for more information.
[[!CSS3BOX]]) In addition, the '::line-marker' pseudo-element itself
must have a 'content' property that has a computed value other than
'none' or 'inhibit'.</p>

<!-- XXX need examples. Also, show overlap of nested blocks' ::marker,
::line-marker, etc. -->

<!--=======================================================================-->
<h2>Moving content to later in the document: the 'move-to' property</h2>

<table class="propdef">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th>Name:</th>
      <td><dfn>move-to</dfn></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Value:</th>
      <td>normal | here | &lt;identifier&gt;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Initial:</th>
      <td>normal</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Applies To:</th>
      <td>all elements, ::before, ::after, and ::alternate</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Inherited:</th>
      <td>no</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Percentages:</th>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Media:</th>
      <td>all</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Computed&nbsp;value:</th>
      <td>The specified value unless that is 'normal', as per the prose below.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<p>The 'move-to' property causes the element or pseudo-element to be removed from the flow and
reinserted at a later point in the document. The content is reinserted using the 'pending()'
<!-- XXX link --> value of the 'content' property.</p>

<p>This property applies to all elements as well as the '::before', '::after', and
'::alternate' pseudo-elements. The '::alternate' pseudo-element in fact exists exclusively for
the purpose of being moved by this property, e.g. in the creation of footnotes.</p>

<dl>

<dt><dfn>normal</dfn></dt>
<dd>
<p>For '::alternate' pseudo-elements, if the superior parent uses the 'footnote' counter in its 'content' property then
the computed value of 'move-to' is 'footnotes'.</p>
<p>For '::alternate' pseudo-elements, if the superior parent uses the 'endnote' counter in its 'content' property then
the computed value of 'move-to' is 'endnotes'.</p>
<p>For '::alternate' pseudo-elements, if the superior parent uses the 'section-note' counter in its 'content' property
then the computed value of 'move-to' is 'section-notes'.</p>
<p>Otherwise the computed value of the move-to property is 'here'.</p>
</dd>

<dt><dfn>here</dfn></dt>

<dd>The element or pseudo-element is not moved. This value inhibits
the creation of '::alternate' pseudo-elements and any pseudo-elements
that have such a pseudo-element as a superior. </dd>

<dt>&lt;identifier&gt;</dt>

<dd>The element is not displayed at the current location, but at the next occurrence of 'pending(&lt;identifier&gt;)'
(where the identifiers match), with all other elements moved to that point, in document order. If at the end af the
document (after the '::after' pseudo-elements of the root element) there are outstanding elements, then they are all
inserted in document order at that point.</dd>

</dl>

<p>Note that elements and pseudo-elements that have been moved using
'move-to' still inherit from their associated pseudo-element or
element, and not from the element in which they are inserted. This is
discussed in the section on the '<a
href="#pending-inheritance">pending()</a>'. value</p>


<!--=======================================================================-->
<h2>The 'display' property</h2>

<table class="propdef">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th>Name:</th>
      <td><dfn>display</dfn></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>New values:</th>
      <td>normal</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Initial:</th>
      <td>normal</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Applies To:</th>
      <td>all elements, ::before, ::after, ::alternate, and ::outside</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Inherited:</th>
      <td>no</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Percentages:</th>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Media:</th>
      <td>all</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Computed&nbsp;value:</th>
      <td>The specified value unless that is 'normal', as described below.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>


<p>Note: all values apply to the four pseudo-elements listed. Thus you can create entire tables, insert rubies, or
generate other complex layouts using only generated content. This differs from CSS2 which only allowed a limited subset
of values to apply to each pseudo-element.</p>

<dl>

<dt><dfn>normal</dfn></dt>
<dd>

<p>For elements, '::before', and '::after', computes to 'inline'.</p>

<p>For '::alternate': if the superior parent's 'content' property uses the 'footnote', 'endnote', or 'section-note'
property then it computes to 'list-item', otherwise it computes to 'block'. Note that if the 'move-to' property doesn't
compute to an identifier then the '::alternate' pseudo-element isn't generated in the first place and therefore the
value of 'display' is not relevant. In those cases, 'normal' still computes as described above but the result does not
affect layout.</p>

<p>For '::outside', computes to 'none'. This prevents the generation of the pseudo-element, but does not stop the
pseudo-element's superior parent from being generated (as it would if the '::outside' pseudo-element was replaced by a
real element in an attempt to produce the same layout).</p>

</dd>

<dt><dfn>none</dfn><dt>
<dd>
<p>On elements, this inhibits the element, including any children and
any pseudo-elements which have this element as a superior parent, from
being rendered, anywhere.</p>
<p>On pseudo-elements, this inhibits the creation of the element and
furthermore prevents the creation of any pseudo-elements which have
this pseudo-element as a superior.</p>
</dd>

<dt><dfn>list-item</dfn></dt>
<dd>
<p>To declare a list item, the <span class="property">'display'</span> property should be set to 'list-item'. This, in
addition to generating a '::marker' pseudo-element and enabling the properties described 
70E9
in the Lists module, causes
that element to increment the list item counter 'list-item'. (This does not affect the specified or computed values of
the counter properties.)</p>

<p>The 'list-item' counter is a real counter, and can be directly affected using the <span
class="property">'counter-increment'</span> and <span class="property">'counter-reset'</span> properties. It can also be
used in the 'counter()' and 'counters()' function forms.</p>

<p class="issue">The CSS3 box module may define other <span class="property">'display'</span> values which generate a
list marker. These should also affect the 'list-item' counter.</p>

</dd>

</dl>

<p>Note that the new list marker model makes the 'marker' display type
redundant. That display type is therefore obsolete in the CSS3 Lists
model.</p>

<p>Note that while this property doesn't apply to '::marker'
pseudo-elements, they only get generated if their superior parent has a
computed 'display' value of 'list-item', and they are always rendered
as if they had an 'inline-block' display type.</p>

<p>Similarly, while this property applies to '::before', '::after',
'::alternate', '::outside' those pseudo-elements only get generated if
they have no superiors with computed values of 'display' that are
'none' or superiors with computed values of 'content' that are
'inhibit'.</p>

<!--=======================================================================-->
<h2><a name="quotes-specify">Specifying quotes</a> with the <span
class="propinst-quotes">'quotes'</span> property</h2>

<table class="propdef">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th>Name:</th>
      <td><dfn>quotes</dfn></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Value:</th>
      <td>foo | bar</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Initial:</th>
      <td>text</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Applies To:</th>
      <td>all elements, ::before, ::after, ::alternate, ::marker, ::line-marker, margin areas, and @footnote areas</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Inherited:</th>
      <td>no</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Percentages:</th>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <th>Media:</th>
      <td>visual</td>
    </tr>