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CSS CSS Selectors Advanced Selectors Pseudo-Elements - ::before and ::after

Posted by gregsmith5
gregsmith5
32,615 Points

How would I get two adjacent orange dots?

Pretend that I'm totally bonkers and want to have not just one coral block before the h1 element, but TWO. Is there a way to do this via CSS? I tried h1::before::before, but that didn't work.

Not a pressing matter, just curious.

2 Answers

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

You could use :before and :after with absolute positioning.

h1 {
    position:relative;
    padding-left: 20px; /* padding left so we have room for our dots */
}
h1:before {
    content:"\2219";
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    color:coral;
}
h1:after {
    content:"\2219";
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 10px;
    color:coral;
}

Something along those lines

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

Bullet point is content:"\2219";

Edited answer to reflect.

makishamaier
makishamaier
3,070 Points
makishamaier
makishamaier
3,070 Points

Something like:

h1::before {
  display: inline-block;
  content: "\B7 \B7";
  font-size: 4em;
  color:coral;
  margin: 0 10px; 
}

will give you circular bullet points of a similar size, but the positioning would still require tweaking.