Capitalize first letter in first <p>

Hi!

Can I capitalize the first letter of the first paragraph without using
a special class for that <p> ?

I tried it with this:

body > p:first-child:first-letter {

font-size: 270%;
line-height: 40px;
padding-right: 8px;
float:left;
}

But didn't work.

Thanks!

PD: Something like this:
http://puntodepartidacom.siteprotect.net/example.gif

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:35:55 +0100, news.individual.net
<juanjeQUITA (AT) puntodepartida (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi!

Can I capitalize the first letter of the first paragraph without using
a special class for that <p> ?

The shift key works well for me. Why is that not an option for you?
Capitalization of sentences is normally considered part of the content,
and shouldn't be done in CSS.

body > p:first-child:first-letter {

The > above won't be understood by IE. Neither is first-child, if I recall
correctly.

PD: Something like this:
http://puntodepartidacom.siteprotect.net/example.gif

I think what you really want is a drop-cap, not a repeat of the first
letter.

<p class="firstp">This is my paragraph.</p>

CSS:

p.firstp:first-letter {
font-size: 3em;
float: left;
}

*news.individual.net* <juanjeQUITA (AT) puntodepartida (DOT) com>:

Can I capitalize the first letter of the first paragraph without using
a special class for that <p> ?

Like Neal's reply shows, your wording is misleading (but the sample code
isn't).

body > p:first-child:first-letter {

A better catch is something like

h1 + p:first-letter {

because multiple pseudo-classes/-elements (':first-child' is the former,
':first-letter' the latter) are either prohibited or buggily implemented.
Doesn't work in IE either, of course.

font-size: 270%;
line-height: 40px;

I guess that should be "1", which in this case shouldn't be
distinguishable from "100%" or "1em".

float:left;

You need an explicit width with 'float' in CSS*2.0, something between
"1ex" and "1em" should do.

--
"You can only find truth with logic
if you have already found truth without it."
G.K. Chesterton

Sorry! My English is very bad

Thanks!