Assuming that you want the user to see the • you can simply escape that sequence, to give:

.down:before{ content:"\• "; color:#f00; } 

As to why it's not visible on IE7, that's because IE doesn't support generated content or the :before selector.

Edited to offer that, to see the actual bullet character, you should use:

.down:before{ content:"\2022"; color:#f00; } 

JS Fiddle demo.

Assuming that you want the user to see the • you can simply escape that sequence, to give:

.down:before{ content:"\• "; color:#f00; } 

As to why it's not visible on IE7, that's because IE doesn't support generated content or the :before selector.

Edited to offer that, to see the actual bullet character, you should use:

.down:before{ content:"\2022"; color:#f00; } 

JS Fiddle demo.

Assuming that you want the user to see the • you can simply escape that sequence, to give:

.down:before{ content:"\• "; color:#f00; } 

As to why it's not visible on IE7, that's because IE doesn't support generated content or the :before selector.

Assuming that you want the user to see the • you can simply escape that sequence, to give:

.down:before{ content:"\• "; color:#f00; } 

As to why it's not visible on IE7, that's because IE doesn't support generated content or the :before selector.

Edited to offer that, to see the actual bullet character, you should use:

.down:before{ content:"\2022"; color:#f00; } 

JS Fiddle demo.