Take the 2-minute tour ×  According to the Documentation,
"Dingbats are placed to the left of the main contents of a cell,
aligned with the first line of the contents." But when I
evaluate  CellPrint@Cell[BoxData["Text"], CellDingbat ->
"CellDingbat"]  in a Notebook with the "Default" stylesheet I
get   One can see that the CellDingbat is placed lower than the
first line of the Cell. Why this happens? Is there a way to
align CellDingbat with the first line of the Cell?
share|improve this question Alexey: Why do you need to have
BoxData wrapped around your cell contents? Are you actually
putting the CellDingbat on an "Input" type cell or just on a
formatted "Text" or "Section" type cell? –  Simon Sep 29 '11 at
12:26 @Simon I use CellDingbat for Cells without predefined
styles but with explicit set of options (the reason is explained
here). And BoxData is unavoidable because I generate formatted
Cells. –  Alexey Popkov Sep 29 '11 at 13:40 But can you use the
construct Cell[TextData[Cell[BoxData[...]]], CellDin