I'm wondering if it's possible to have certain pieces of 'static' text in the css3 instead of in the HTML, just like one can also have 'background-image' in css3 ?
I have searched on Google but cannot seem to find any reference to this.
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What is your use case?– weigltCommented Sep 17, 2013 at 19:00
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Short answer: no. Longer: CSS is styling information. HTML is content information. static text is content, thus it is part of the HTML.– DwBCommented Sep 17, 2013 at 19:01
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Pseudo selectors like :before and :after can specify a content property, which can be text.
p:before {
content: "this will appear before all paragraph content";
}
Put simply, no, not like a background-image.
You may use :before/:after selectors with the content property, but that wouldn't work like a background image, it would place the text either before or after the element.
Fiddle demo: http://jsfiddle.net/YkerN/ and support table: http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-gencontent (IE8+; no problems in other browsers)
