[uf-discuss] Re: mf-currency: negative values

[Justin Maxwell]

One note.  There's another option here using generated content in CSS:

<span class="money"><span class="transaction-type" title="debit"><abbr  
class="currency" title="USD">$</abbr><span class="amount">777</span></ 
span></span>

Where we then specify

.transaction-type[title="debit"] abbr:before {
	content: "-";
}

To get the desired effect in display (in supported browsers).


On Jul 24, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Justin Maxwell wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> In reading the wiki pages regarding currency and measure, I'm not  
> finding much info or discussion around the use of negative prefix in  
> currency.  Sometimes it is placed before the currency symbol,  
> sometimes it is placed after.  In other cases the prefix is not used  
> at all and column headers are used to indicate whether the amount is  
> a credit (+) or debit (-).
>
> Examples of prefix use:
> Chase.com
> <td align="right" style="width:80px;">$-243.76</td>
>
> Amex.com
> <td class="colAmmount" onclick="fireClick(this, 9)">-172.12</td>
>
> Mint.com
> <td class="change">–$16</td>
>
> BofA.com
> <span class="textn2">-$8.06</span>
>
> What we're initially proposed to do at Mint.com is this:
>
> <span class="money"><span class="sign">-</span><abbr  
> class="currency" title="USD">$</abbr><span class="amount">777</ 
> span></span>
>
> defining the attribute "sign".
>
> In a discussion with Guillaume Lebleu privately, he mentioned that  
> the distinction here is that the amount itself is not positive or  
> negative.  Rather, it is the transaction.  For this, we define it as  
> a credit or debit.  Which could lead us to this:
>
> <span class="money"><span class="transaction-type" title="debit">-</ 
> span><abbr class="currency" title="USD">$</abbr><span  
> class="amount">777</span></span>
>
> I'd like to hear some thoughts from the semantic specialists on this  
> list.
>
> Many thanks,
> Justin