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Errata for CSS Cookbook

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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

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Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Printed
Page 6
last line before figure 1-4

"visibility: none"

NOW READS:
"display: none"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 29
paragraph in Discussion, line 2

"The difference between class and type selectors is that selectors..."

NOW READS:
"The difference between class and type selectors is that type selectors..."

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 34
first paragrah under Discussion

":first-line selectors"

NOW READS:
":first-line psuedo-elements"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 36
last line

"Designers refer to the line height as the leading."

NOW READS:
"Designers notice a similarity to line height and leading"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 43
"See Also"

Says:
"...Recipe 3.3 for changing the cursor...".

NOW READS:
"...Recipe 3.4 for changing the cursor...".

Anonymous    Jan 01, 2005
Printed
Page 45
3rd block of code on page

th {
hext-align: left;
}

NOW READS:

th {
text-align: left;
}

Anonymous    Jan 01, 2005
Printed
Page 49
Figure 2-9

Figure 2-9 previously state that the image is in the upper right corner.
It NOW READS upper left corner.

Anonymous    Jan 01, 2005
Printed
Page 50
Discussion, 1st line

"The background-position element"

NOW READS:
"The background-position property"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 55
first sentence under "See Also", second clause.

"Recipe 10.5 for a hack to fix Internet Explorer for Windows' lack of support for background-fixed;"

NOW READS:
"Recipe 9.4 for a hack to fix Internet Explorer for Windows' lack of support for background-fixed;"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 58
heading

"Problems"

NOW READS:
"Problem"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 72
table 3-2, description for "text"

Illustrates that text can be edited; ...

NOW READS::
Illustrates that text can be selected; ...

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 77
2nd paragraph

"places a one-pixel border at the bottom of the list item"

NOW READS:
"places a one-pixel border at the top of the list item"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 80
3.8 Problem, 1st line

"ordered"

NOW READS:
"unordered"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 91
1st paragraph

"as explained in Recipe 10.2"

NOW READS:
"as explained in Recipe 9.2"

Anonymous    Jan 01, 2005
Printed
Page 92

"http://www.pixy.cz/blogg/clanky/cssnopreloadrollovers/"

NOW READS:
"http://wellstyled.com/css-nopreload-rollovers.html"

Anonymous    Jan 01, 2005
Printed
Page 101
table, Description for "katakana"

"traditional katana system" NOW READS "traditional katakana system"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 105
last line

"{list-style-type: none:}" NOW READS "{list-style-image: none;}"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 114

- Figure reference in first paragraph on page 114: Figure 5-2 NOW READS Figure 5-3.
- Figure reference in second paragraph on page 114: Figure 5-3 NOW READS Figure 5-2.

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 114
last para, line 2

"input forms" NOW READS "input fields"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 123
5.6 printed html code

<label for="pname">Password</label>
<input type="text" name="uname" id="uname" value="" /><br />
<label for="pname">Remember you?</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="recall" id="recall" class="checkbox" /><br />

NOW READS:
<label for="pname">Password</label>
<input type="text" name="pname" id="pname" value="" /><br />
<label for="recall">Remember you?</label>
<input type="checkbox" name="recall" id="recall" class="checkbox" /><br />

Code example 5.06.html
<label for="pname">Password</label>
<input type="text" name="uname" id="uname" value="" /><br />

NOW READS:
<label for="pname">Password</label>
<input type="text" name="pname" id="pname" value="" /><br />


Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 125
last para

"the :after pseudo-class" NOW READS "the :after pseudo-element"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 128
last para

"change the Submit button's background to green"

NOW READS:
"change the Submit button's color to green"

Anonymous    Nov 01, 2005
Printed
Page 133
first paragraph (immediately below Figure 5-22)

"while the content inside the cell is aligned to the left, ..."

NOW READS:
"while the content inside the cell is aligned to the right, ..."

Anonymous    Jan 01, 2005
Printed
Page 202

The paragraph after the "Finishing with the Footer" referenced Figure 8-9.
There is no Figure 8-9, and this parenthetical reference to Figure 8-9 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Anonymous    Jan 01, 2005
Printed
Page 219

The "See Also" for Recipe 10.3 referenced Recipe 8.6.
This reference NOW READS Recipe 10.6

Anonymous    Jan 01, 2005
Printed
Page 253
6th paragraph

67

NOW READS:
6'7

Anonymous    Jan 01, 2005