CSS Information

This page contains some of the information on CSS (see http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/default.asp and http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.asp for all information on HTML):

Attribute Values Description Sample
background An image, a color Sets the background. background: orange; background
color A color Sets the foreground (ie. text) color. color: purple; color
border * Sets the border of a node. border: 2px dashed red; border
padding A length, a percentage Space between content and border padding: 12px; padding
margin A length, a percentage Space between border and outside margin: 12px; margin
display type How node should be displayed display: none; display
vertical-align type How to align text in the box vertical-align: top; vertical-align
text-align type How to align text in the box text-align: center; text-align
text-indent A length, a percentage How much to indent the first line of text. text-indent: 3em; Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa turpis, semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.
text-decoration type How to decorate (e.g. underline) the text. text-decoration: line-through; Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa turpis, semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.
line-height A length, a percentge The line height of the text (e.g. doubled-spaced) line-height: 3em; Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa turpis, semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.
height A length, a percentage The height of the box height: 3cm;
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width A length, a percentage The width of the box width: 3cm;
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min-height A length, a percentage The minimum height of the box
min-width A length, a percentage The minimum width of the box
max-height A length, a percentage The maxium height of the box max-height: 4.1em; max-width: 3cm; overflow: scroll;
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max-width A length, a percentage The maximum width of the box max-width: 1.5cm;
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font-weight * The text weight font-weight: bold; Lorem ipsum
font-size * The text weight font-size: small; Lorem ipsum
font-family * The text font family font-family: cursive; Lorem ipsum
float direction Where to float the node to float: right; Lorem ipsum
list-style * image position type list-style-image: url(...);
list-style-position: hanging,inside,outside;
list-style-type: disc,square,none,upper-alpha,lower-roman;
list-style-image: url(tiny_cat.png);
  • Alpha
  • Beta
  • Gamma
  • Delta
  • Epsilon
list-style-position: inside; list-style-type: lower-roman;
  1. Alpha
  2. Beta
  3. Gamma
  4. Delta
  5. Epsilon
list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: upper-alpha;
  1. Alpha
  2. Beta
  3. Gamma
  4. Delta
  5. Epsilon
background-position (See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_background-position.asp for more details) background-position: 75% 25%;
background-repeat type: repeat, repeat-x, repeat-y, no-repeat Specifies how a background image repeats in the space available background-repeat: repeat-x;
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-repeat: repeat;
visibility type: visible, hidden Whether the element is visible; not like display. visibility: hidden; Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa turpis, semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.
outline (see border) Just like border except the outline takes no space outline: red solid 9px; Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa turpis, semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.
white-space type: normal, nowrap, pre, pre-line, pre-wrap
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word-spacing A length The space between words word-spacing: 2em; Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur massa turpis, semper quis fringilla ut, viverra nec risus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.
border-radius A length, a percentage How much to round the corners of the border border-radius: 1em; Lorem ipsum
box-shadow x y w h color Definition of the box shadow border-radius: 1em; Lorem ipsum
border-collapse collapse, separate Whether cell borders are rectangles or long lines border-collapse: collapse;
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border-collapse: separate;
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