Re: [IUG] Subject search re-direct

["Welch, Andrew" <AWelch at auroragov dot org>]

>There is a <span> tag in place that is supposed to reinsert 
>the underline for that link.  Why Internet Explorer is 
>ignoring it is beyond me.  But then a lot of things IE does 
>are beyond me.

Actually, I think IE is behaving correctly in this case (hard to
believe, I know). Since the text-decoration is applied to the <span> and
not to the <a>, the '.roundedContentInfo a:link' style (text-decoration:
none) still takes precedence. It is applied to the span's descendant
element (the <a> tag); descendant styles take precedence over parent
styles, even when the parent style is an inline declaration. What I
can't figure out is why *FireFox* is incorrectly applying the style.

You can recreate this on a small scale (tags are in square brackets to
prevent email clients from rendering the HTML):

[style]
.red a:link, .red a:visited { color: red }
[/style]

[div class="red"]
 [span style="color: blue"][a href="#"]What color am I?[/a][/span]
[/div]

The color of the link will be red in IE and FF. 


Andrew Welch
Sr. Library Systems Technician
Aurora Public Library
Aurora, CO 80012
http://auroralibrary.org

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>[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Helga McCann
>Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:10
>To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
>Subject: [IUG] Subject search re-direct
>
>If doing a Subject Search in the Web Cat (webpac pro) and you 
>get the "is not used in this library's catalog" message, the 
>message then suggests that you "try a search for xxx"
> 
>For example:   Subject search for CLAY, CASSIUS results in a page that
>states:
>"Clay Cassius 1942"  is not used in this library's catalog.  
>Try a search for Ali, Muhammad, 1942-.
> 
>Although the new search term is actually a link to the new 
>term, it does not appear to be a link - the words are not 
>underlined or a different color, which would make it obvious 
>to the patron that they only need to click on the new term.
> 
>I can't figure out where I can change the appearance of the 
>words that re-direct the patron to the new search.
> 
>Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>Thank you.
> 
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