florynth Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Hi,I'm trying to change the first-letter element to a capitalize and the rest of the text to lowercase. The information's coming from a database in capital so I cannot (easily) take the first letter and do the job "manually".this is what I go so far .name{ text-transform:lowercase;}.name:first-letter { color:#0000ff; text-transform:uppercase;} It's not working on a <span> element but it does work in a <div> element... The problem is the line return of the div ! So if I set div{ display:inline;} Now the first letter is not afect anymore ?&$%Any suggestion ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reportingsjr Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Put spaces inbetween the : and the code first off.Why put it in div? Why not <p> or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florynth Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 Here is some sample of what does and doesn't work...This work for the first letter but the second part not on the same line <html><head><style type="text/css">.test:first-letter{color: #ff0000;text-transform:uppercase;}</style></head><body><p class="test">first part who I want to have the first letter in uppercase</p>Other text who should be on the same line</body></html> Now the line is on the good place but the uppercase doesn't work... <html><head><style type="text/css">.text{display:inline;}.test:first-letter{color: #ff0000;text-transform:uppercase;}</style></head><body><p class="test">first part who I want to have the first line in uppercase</p>Other text who should be on the same line</body></html> And now with a span who's already inline by default... <html><head><style type="text/css">.test:first-letter{color: #ff0000;text-transform:uppercase;}</style></head><body><span class="test">first part who I want to have the first line in uppercase</span>Other text who should be on the same line</body></html> It's like if you have a inline attribut the first-letter option is ignore !If there's anyone who's able to confirm me that or the explain what I do wrong !Thank'sp.s. You just have to cut and paste the code section in any try it yourser of the siteTryItYourSelf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpfiction Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 If this capitalizing the text is not working out using CSS, i guess you can use server side scripting for such string manipulation..you had earlier mentioned that you are getting the string from a database, then manipulate it and display in using server side scripting.I tried doing it in asp.net (vb) Dim str As String = "HI FELLAS HOW ARE DOING"str = str.ToLowerstr = str.Concat(str.Substring(0, 1).ToUpper, str.Substring(1, str.Length - 1))response.write(str)Correct me if I am wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florynth Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 Yes of course it will work that way but I want to use a css as much has I can because I'm using this database access script for many site and for exemple if I put :Hi, we are <p class="date">monday</p> welcome on my site !I don't want the first letter to be capitaliseIf I put :<p class="date">monday</p> is the best day of the week !I will want the first letter to be capitalise so I just have to change my css not my script (If we figure that monday is the result of a database)Of course the exemple is not great but I think you do understand what I meantMartin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Goat Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 why dont you just put the first letter in it's own span and uppercase that?LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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