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Getting rid of link underline in Firefox?

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Feb 23.2011

On my site I’m putting links around some images, like this page:
[url]http://www.girlscoutsmoheartland.org/pages/shop.php[/url]
where the HTML looks like this example:

[code=html]<a href=”/docs/shop/Shop Order Form.pdf” target=”_blank”><img src=”/images/files_tiny.gif” alt=”retail form” width=”18″ height=”19″ border=”0″ align=”absmiddle” />Use this one</a> for <strong>printing</strong> and filing out by hand,<br />[/code]

The thing is, in Chrome and IE 7 and 8, the little image in the link shows no underline, which is what I want. But in Firefox, there’s an annoying underline under the image.
Unfortunately, we want the image next to the link to be linked as well, so I can’t just move the image out of the anchor.
Is there some CSS I can use to tell the browser don’t underline a linked image?
(I assume “text-decoration: none” would have no effect.)

Thanks for any suggestions!

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@Big_O_1_Feb 23.2011 — Is that your site that you have linked to? Because text-decoration: none worked for me in Firefox. It was in page-all.css line 481.
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@mechphistoauthorFeb 23.2011 — Is that your site that you have linked to? Because text-decoration: none worked for me in Firefox. It was in page-all.css line 481.[/QUOTE]

Doh! I didn't make myself clear.

The link text itself needs to stay underlined! (I'd prefer it wasn't, but I do what my boss says.) But the image needs to not have the underline (like it shows in IE and Chrome).

Sorry for the confusion. ?

Thanks for taking a look! ?
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@Big_O_1_Feb 23.2011 — Oh, I see. Hmm.... If the image is part of the link, it will get the underline as well since it is a child of it. I can think of two solutions:

  • 1. Apply text-decoration: none to the <a>, and instead of using a regular image, use an image that includes the underline as a part of it. So in that example it will be that page icon with a line a little below it.

  • 2. Split up the <a> in two. So you will have <a><img><a> and right after it <a>text<a>. Apply text-decoration: none to just the second one. Make sure to give them both the same href. I prefer this method.


    • These are just my ideas. If anybody has a better idea feel free to contribute.
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    @Big_O_1_Feb 23.2011 — Let me rephrase. I forgot you said you don't want the image to have an underline. So that means approach #1 gets thrown out the window, and approach #2 gets changed to applying text-decoration to just the first anchor.
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    @mechphistoauthorFeb 23.2011 — Let me rephrase. I forgot you said you don't want the image to have an underline. So that means approach #1 gets thrown out the window, and approach #2 gets changed to applying text-decoration to just the first anchor.[/QUOTE]

    Thanks for the suggestion!

    That would work, but it would complicate things by requiring me to make sure I link twice which is a. something not easily remembered and b. clutters the HTML a bit. Also, it would mean having to also either put separate style or class attributes into the HTML.

    Instead, I just tried as a work-around, putting a -2px margin-bottom in the CSS. Seems to sorta solve that problem, and also puts the image more centered to the text so that's a plus.

    Not the most elegant solution, but it has the least side-effects.

    Thanks; I appreciate the reply!! ?
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    @maxialbertMar 12.2011 — This is a well known Firefox bug ... and unfortunately there isn't any coding solution in terms of CSS. All you can eventually do is just sort of a workaround. Set text-decoration: none; to the anchor. Image (a img) should have border: none; Create a span class like .underline {text-decoration: underline;} and apply it to text only in your links. Somethink like this:
    [CODE]<a href="/docs/shop/Shop Order Form.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="/images/files_tiny.gif" alt="retail form" width="18" height="19" border="0" align="absmiddle" /><span class="underline">Use this one</span></a> for <strong>printing</strong> and filing out by hand,<br />[/CODE]
    .... and the line on the bottom of your image will be gone.
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    @OctoberWindMar 17.2011 — Try This:

    (Tested via FireBug only, but should work across the board)

    [code=html]
    /* float the image left, and strip out the funky margin hack, which will likely only cause headaches down the road */
    #content .linkimg { float: left; margin: 0 10px 0 0;}

    /* and to correct the floated image */
    #content a {display: inline-block; text-decoration: underline;}
    [/code]

    You might be able to get around the display: inline-block if your text was inside block-level <p> tags to begin with.
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