// This CSS code will show the appropriate icon next to a HREF link
<!DOCTYPE html> <head> <style type="text/css"> p {font: normal 1em/1.2em tahoma;} /* all A tags whose HREF attribute ends in .pdf */ a[href$='.pdf'] { padding-left: 18px; background: transparent url(pdf.gif) no-repeat center left; } /* all A tags whose REL attribute = pdf */ a[rel='pdf'] { padding-left: 18px; background: transparent url(pdf.gif) no-repeat center left; } /* all A tags whose REL attributes has the string pdf inside */ a[rel*='pdf'] { padding-left: 18px; background: transparent url(pdf.gif) no-repeat center left; } /* all A tags whose HREF attribute starts with mailto: */ a[href ^="mailto:"] { padding-left: 18px; background: transparent url(mailto.gif) no-repeat center left; } /* all A tags whose CLASS attribute is popup */ a[class ="popup"] { padding-left: 18px; background: transparent url(popup.gif) no-repeat center left; } a[href$='.doc'] { padding-left: 18px; background: transparent url(doc.gif) no-repeat center left; } a[href$='.xls'] { padding-left: 18px; background: transparent url(xls.gif) no-repeat center left; } a[rel ~='external'] { padding-left: 18px; background: transparent url(external.gif) no-repeat center left; } </style> </head> <body> <p><a href="mailto:x@x.com">email</a></p> <p><a class="popup" href="#">pop up</a></p> <p><a href="test.doc">word</a> </p> <p><a href="test.xls">excel</a></p> <p><a rel="external" href="http://www.test.com">website</a></p> <p><a href="test.pdf">pdf</a></p> <p><a rel="pdf" href="test">pdf2</a></p> <p><a rel="xxpdfxx" href="test">pdf3</a></p> </body> </html>
