Adding a Break in :after

**GLSmyth** · 03-29-2011, 06:55 PM

I am wondering if it is possible to include a line break within the content area of the :after pseudo element. I would like to create a class that adds text following an image, i.e.

.click_for_larger:after {
font-size: 0.8em;
content:"<br />- Click for larger version -";
}

Of course, in this example the "<br />" would be printed. Is there any way to indicate that there should be a line break before the text is displayed?

Cheers -

george

**coothead** · 03-30-2011, 10:15 AM

Hi there GLSmyth,

and a warm welcome to these forums.

Here is an example that may help to get you started....

Code:


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<base href="http://www.coothead.co.uk/images/">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name="language" content="english"> 
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">

<title>The CSS "after" method</title>

<style type="text/css">
body {
    background-color:#f0f0f0;
 }
.click_for_larger {
    width:220px;
    padding:10px 0;
    border:3px double #630;
    margin:5px auto;
    background-color:#fc9;
 }
.click_for_larger img {
    display:block;
    border:2px solid #c96;
    margin:auto;
 }
.click_for_larger:after {
    content:'- Click for larger version -';
    display:block;
    padding-top:10px;
    font-size:0.8em;
    text-align:center;
 }
</style>

</head>
<body>

<div class="click_for_larger">
 <img src="buddha_thumb.jpg" alt="">
</div>

<div class="click_for_larger">
 <img src="blood_thumb.jpg" alt="">
</div>

<div class="click_for_larger">
 <img src="girl_thumb.jpg" alt="">
</div>

</body>
</html>

coothead

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