CSS Help what
is CSS
What
is CSS?
Rundown:
They define how to display HTML elements.
In Depth:
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) define how to display HTML elements. They are normally
stored in Style Sheets (.css), they were added to HTML 4.0 to solve a problem.
CSS is a breakthrough in Web design because it allows developers to control the
style and layout of multiple Web pages all at once!
Property
|
Values
|
Applies
to
|
inherited
|
%
values
|
| font-family |
[[<family-name> | <generic-family>],]*
[<family-name> | <generic-family>] default: UA-specific |
all
elements |
yes |
n/a |
| font-style |
normal |
italic | oblique |
all
elements |
yes |
n/a |
| font-variant |
normal |
small-caps |
all
elements |
yes |
n/a |
| font-weight |
normal |
bold | bolder | lighter | 100
| 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600
| 700 | 800 | 900 |
all
elements |
yes |
n/a |
| font-size |
<absolute-size> | <relative-size> | <length> | <percentage> default: medium |
all
elements |
yes |
relative
to parent element's font size |
font
(shorthand property) |
[<font-style> || <font-variant> || <font-weight>]? <font-size> [/<line-height>]? <font-family> default: not
defined |
all
elements |
yes |
allowed
on <font-size> and <line-height> |
| Background
and Color |
| color |
<color> default: UA-specific |
all
elements |
yes |
n/a |
| background-color |
transparent | <color> |
all
elements |
no |
n/a |
| background-image |
none | <url> |
all
elements |
no |
n/a |
| background-repeat |
repeat |
repeat-x | repeat-y | no-repeat |
all
elements |
no |
n/a |
| background-attachment |
scroll |
fixed |
all
elements |
no |
n/a |
| background-position |
[<percentage> | <length>]{1,2}
| [top | center | bottom] ||
[left | center | right] default: 0% 0% |
block-level
and replaced elements |
no |
refer
to the size of the element
itself |
background
(shorthand property) |
<background-color> || <background-image> || <background-repeat> || <background-attachment> || <background-position> default: not
defined |
all
elements |
no |
allowed
on <background-
position> |
|
