The unique identifier for a specific child element in Firefox

While working on this website:

I customized the right sidebar navigation using:

.sidenav a:after {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 0;
    top: -3.6em;
    left: 0.15em;
    width: 90%;
    content: ".";
    font-family: 'Ropa Sans', helvetica, arial, sans-serif !important;      
    font-size:1.5em;
    padding-top:1em;
    padding-bottom:1em;
    padding-left:0.7em;
    margin-bottom:1.16em;
    background-color: rgba(51,50,48,0.9);
    background-image: url('http://uweb.txstate.edu/~j_f166/codepen/images/notch.png');
    background-position: top right;
    background-repeat:no-repeat;     
}

.sidenav a:nth-child(n+2) li{
  margin-top: -4.4em;
}

In Firefox 3.6.17 it shows up as follows:

(Please allow a moment for loading...Unfortunately, I am unable to provide a screenshot as I'm new here).

Interestingly, these pseudo-classes should be supported from version 3.5 onwards according to caniuse.

To make things more complicated, I am constrained by our university's Magnolia content management system and cannot insert JavaScript in the header.

This leads me to three questions:

Is there a CSS workaround to make these pseudo-classes function properly in this and similar versions of Firefox?

Is there a polyfill available?

If so, where can I implement such a polyfill without access to the HTML head?

Thank you in advance. Unfortunately, this issue was only noticed during random colleague testing and not captured in BrowserShots. The website is scheduled to launch tomorrow at the University.

Excitedly,

Jill

cssfirefoxcss-selectors

Answer №1

It seems that Firefox 3.6 is having trouble with the way your HTML elements are organized, specifically with li tags nested inside anchors within ul tags. This could be causing a conflict with your CSS as Firefox may be trying to automatically correct the structure, resulting in broken styles.

A comparison of screenshots from Firefox 3.6 and Chrome reveals the issue of duplicate anchor tags in the Firefox rendering:

Firefox 3.6

In contrast, Chrome displays the correct markup structure without duplication:

Chrome

This discrepancy may not necessarily be caused by your CMS, but rather by Firefox's interpretation of non-semantic markup. To address this, consider modifying your CSS to align with a more standard HTML structure like the one below:

<ul>
    <li>
        <a href=""></a>
    </li>
</ul>

If you prefer to retain the current markup, you can explore CSS hacks for Firefox 3.6 or utilize a browser detection library such as WhichBrowser.

Ultimately, adjusting your CSS to match a more semantic markup structure can help prevent browsers from attempting to "fix" your code and ensure consistent styling across different platforms.

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