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CSS reset – purpose of asterik within a style
I was reading through the CSS styles for HTML5BoilerPlate, and I came across this unfamiliar line:
button, input, select, textarea {
font-size: 100%; margin: 0; vertical-align: baseline; *vertical-align: middle;
}
In particular, the second ****vertical-align***, why call twice and put an asterisk in front of it.
If anyone knows the name of the technique or why it’s used, it would be a great help
Thanks!
-Adrian
It’s a nasty hack that can be used to target older versions of IE (other browsers ignore the invalid asterisk-prefixed value). Definitely not a good idea, far better to use IE conditional stylesheets or similar techniques.