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• fixate

  hey all out there.

  I'm wondering if this is possible in CSS

  What I aim to do is change the color of every instance of a * symbol in a paragraph.

  Is there a way to say with CSS2

  p * {
  color: red
  }

  so every * in a p tag is red.

  I know i could put every * in a span, but was wondering if i could do it a way similar to above.

  thanks.

  fixate

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• gabriel_pc0

  With just CSS it's not possible, but you could do it fairly easily with javascript and css. Just use javascript to search for * and then put spans around it with the color designation you want.

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• versa0

  well i guess you already said it, but why not put the *s inside a span or other container and just use a child selector:

  p > fooSpanName {css...

  i mean it is still really efficient, just not as ideal

  i prolly am not helping...

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• fixate0

  yeah i knew i could run through it with javascript or do child (span) selecting within CSS but i thought maybe they had something like what i ultimately wanted in place.

  maybe in CSS3

  thanks for the help anyway,

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