Styling the a Element

Styling the <a> Element

The bottom-right image is applied to the <a> element.

In order for the image to display correctly, the <a> element must first be converted to block level using display: block.

The next step is to add padding using padding: 0 20px 20px 0;. This will apply padding to the right and bottom of the element.

The content of the <a> element can be aligned to the right by using text-align: right.

Finally, the background image is applied using background: url (lesson17d.gif) no-repeat 100% 100%; as shown in Listing 17.7. This will apply the image to the bottom-right edge of the <a> element. The results can be seen in Figure 17.9.

Listing 17.7. CSS Code for Styling the <a> Element

div#pullquote {     margin: 2em;     background: #09f url(lesson17a.gif) no-repeat; } div#pullquote h2 {     margin: 0;     padding: 20px 20px 0 20px;     background: url(lesson17b.gif) no-repeat 100% 0; } div#pullquote p {     padding: 0 20px; } div#pullquote p.furtherinfo {     padding: 0 0 0 20px;     background: url(lesson17c.gif) no-repeat 0 100%; } div#pullquote p.furtherinfo a {     display: block;     padding: 0 20px 20px 0;     text-align: right;     background: url(lesson17d.gif) no-repeat 100% 100%; } 

Figure 17.9. Screenshot of styled <a> element.