SYNTAX Syntax selector {property: value;} External Style Sheet <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”style.css” /> Internal Style <style type=”text/css”> selector {property: value;} </style> Inline Style <tag style=”property: value”>

GENERAL Class String preceded by a period ID String preceded by a hash mark div Formats structure or block of text span Inline formatting color Foreground color cursor Appearance of the cursor display block; inline; list-item; none overflow How content overflowing its box is handled visible, hidden, scroll, auto visibility visible, hidden

FONT font-style Italic, normal font-variant normal, small-caps font-weight bold, normal, lighter, bolder, integer (100-900) font-size Size of the font font-family Specific font(s) to be used

TEXT letter-spacing Space between letters line-height Vertical distance between baselines text-align Horizontal alignment text-decoration blink, line-through, none, overline, underline text-indent First line indentation text-transform capitalize, lowercase, uppercase vertical-align Vertical alignment word-spacing Spacing between words

BORDER border-width Width of the border border-style dashed; dotted; double; groove; inset; outset; ridge; solid; none border-color Color of the border

POSITION clear Any floating elements around the element? both, left, right, none float Floats to a specified side left, right, none left The left position of an element auto, length values (pt, in, cm, px) top The top position of an element auto, length values (pt, in, cm, px) position static, relative, absolute z-index Element above or below overlapping elements? auto, integer (higher numbers on top)

BACKGROUND background-color Background color background-image Background image background-repeat repeat, no-repeat, repeat-x, repeat-y background-attachment Background image scroll with the element? scroll, fixed background-position (x y), top, center, bottom, left, right

LIST list-style-type Type of bullet or numbering in the list disc; circle; square; decimal; lower-roman; upper-roman; lower-alpha; upper-alpha; none list-style-position Position of the bullet or number in a list inside; outside list-style-image Image to be used as the bullet in a list

Shorthand*

background
border
border-bottom
border-left
border-right
border-top
font
list-style
margin
padding

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Comments

/* Comment */

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Pseudo Selectors

:hover
:active
:focus
:link
:visited
:first-line
:first-letter

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Media Types

all
braille
embossed
handheld
print
projection
screen
speech
tty
tv

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Units

Length
%
em
pt
px
Keywords
bolder
lighter
larger

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* The properties for each selector
are in the order they should appear when using shorthand notation.

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