HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition By Chuck Musciano & Bill Kennedy 4th Edition August 2000 0-596-00026-X, Order Number: 026X 677 pages, $34.95

Appendix C
Cascading Style Sheet Properties Quick Reference

In the following table, we list in alphabetical order all the properties defined in the World Wide Web Consortium's Recommended Specification for Cascading Style Sheets, Level 1 (http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/REC-CSS1).

As in other sections of this book, we use the Netscape and Internet Explorer icons to the far right of each property to show which browser supports that property. Properties with no icons are not currently supported by any browser. We also include the number of the section in this book that fully defines the property.

We include each property's possible values, defined as either an explicit keyword (shown in constant width) or as one of these values:

color

Either a color name or hexadecimal RGB value, as defined in Appendix G, Color Names and Values, or an RGB triple of the form:

rgb(red, green, blue)

where red, green, and blue are either numbers in the range 0 to 255 or percentage values indicating the brightness of that color component. Values of 255 or 100% indicate that the corresponding color component is at its brightest; values of 0 or 0% indicate that the corresponding color component is turned completely off. For example:

rgb(27, 119, 207) rgb(50%, 75%, 0%)

are both valid color specifications.

length

An optional sign (either + or -) immediately followed by a number (with or without a decimal point) immediately followed by a two-character unit identifier. For values of zero, the unit identifier may be omitted.

The unit identifiers em and ex refer to the overall height of the font and to the height of the letter "x", respectively. The unit identifier px is equal to a single pixel on the display device. The unit identifiers in, cm, mm, pt, and pc refer to inches, centimeters, millimeters, points, and picas, respectively. There are 72.27 points per inch, and 12 points in a pica.

number

An optional sign, immediately followed by a number (with or without a decimal point).

percent

An optional sign, immediately followed by a number (with or without a decimal point), immediately followed by a percent sign. The actual value is computed as a percentage of some other element property, usually the element's size.

url

The keyword url, immediately followed (no spaces) by a left parenthesis, followed by a URL optionally enclosed in single or double quotes, followed by a matching right parenthesis. For example:

url("http://members.aol.com/htmlguru")

is a valid URL value.

Finally, some values are lists of other values and are described as a "list of" some other value. In these cases, a list consists of one or more of the allowed values, separated by commas.

If there are several different values allowed for a property, these alternative choices are separated by vertical bars (|).

If the standard defines a default value for the property, that value is underlined.

background		Composite property for the background-attachment, background-color, background-image, background-position, and background-repeat properties; value is any of these properties' values, in any order	8.4.4.6
background- attachment	scroll | fixed	Determines if the background image is fixed in the window or scrolls as the document scrolls	8.4.4.1
background-color	color | transparent	Sets the background color of an element	8.4.4.2
background-image	url | none	Sets the background image of an element	8.4.4.3
background-position	percent | length | top | center | bottom | left | right	Sets the initial position of the element's background image, if specified; values are normally paired to provide x, y positions. Default position is 0% 0%	8.4.4.4
background-repeat	repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | no-repeat	Determines how the background image is repeated (tiled) across an element	8.4.4.5
border		Sets all four borders on an element; value is one or more of a color, a value for border-width, and a value for border-style	8.4.4.6
border-bottom		Sets the bottom border on an element; value is one or more of a color, a value for border-bottom-width, and a value for border-style	8.4.4.6
border-bottom-width	length | thin | medium | thick	Sets the thickness of an element's bottom border	8.4.6.4
border-color	color	Sets the color of all four of an element's borders; default is the color of the element	8.4.6.3
border-left		Sets the left border on an element; value is one or more of a color, a value for border-left-width, and a value for border-style	8.4.6.6
border-left-width	length | thin | medium | thick	Sets the thickness of an element's left border	8.4.6.4
border-right		Sets the right border on an element; value is one or more of a color, a value for border-right-width, and a value for border-style	8.4.6.6
border-right-width	length | thin | medium | thick	Sets the thickness of an element's right border	8.4.6.4
border-style	dashed | dotted | double | groove | inset | none | outset | ridge | solid	Sets the style of all four of an element's borders	8.4.6.5
border-top		Sets the top border on an element; value is one or more of a color, a value for border-top-width, and a value for border-style	8.4.6.6
border-top-width	length | thin | medium | thick	Sets the thickness of an element's top border	8.4.6.4
border-width	length | thin | medium | thick	Sets the thickness of all four of an element's borders	8.4.6.4
clear	both | left | none | right	Sets which margins of an element must not be adjacent to a floating element; the element will be moved down until that margin is clear	8.4.6.7
color	color	Sets the color of an element	8.4.4.7
display	block | inline | list-item | none	Controls how an element is displayed	8.4.8.1
float	left | none | right	Determines if an element will float to the left or right, allowing text to wrap around it, or be displayed inline (using none)	8.4.6.8
font		Sets all the font attributes for an element; value is any of the values for font-style, font-variant, font-weight, font-size, line-height, and font-family, in that order	8.4.3.8
font-family	list of font names	Defines the font for an element, either as a specific font or as one of the generic fonts serif, sans-serif, cursive, fantasy, and monospace	8.4.3.1
font-size	xx-small | x-small | small | medium | large | x-large | xx-large | larger | smaller | length | percent	Defines the font size	8.4.3.2
font-size-adjust	none | ratio	Adjusts the current fon't aspect ratio	8.4.3.4
font-stretch	wider | normal | narrower | ultra-condensed | extra-condensed | condensed | semi-condensed | semi-expanded | expanded | extra-expanded | ultra-expanded	Determines the amount to stretch the current font	8.4.3.3
font-style	normal | italic | oblique	Defines the style of the face, either normal or some type of slanted style	8.4.3.5
font-variant	normal | small-caps	Defines a font to be in small caps	8.4.3.6
font-weight	normal | bold | bolder | lighter | number	Defines the font weight. If a number is used, it must be a multiple of 100 between 100 and 900; 400 is normal, 700 is the same as the keyword bold.	8.4.3.7
height	length | auto	Defines the height of an element	8.4.6.9
letter-spacing	length | normal	Inserts additional space between text characters	8.4.5.1
line-height	length | number | percent | normal	Sets the distance between adjacent text baselines	8.4.5.2
list-style		Defines list-related styles using any of the values for list-style-image, list-style-position, and list-style-type	8.4.7.4
list-style-image	url | none	Defines an image to be used as a list item's marker, in lieu of the value for list-style-type	8.4.7.1
list-style-position	inside | outside	Indents or extends (default) a list item's marker with respect to the item's content	8.4.7.2
list-style-type	circle | disc | square | decimal | lower-alpha | lower-roman | none | upper-alpha | upper-roman	Defines a list item's marker for either unordered lists (circle, disc, or square) or for ordered lists (decimal, lower-alpha, lower-roman, none, upper-alpha, or upper-roman)	8.4.7.3
margin	length | percent | auto	Defines all four of an element's margins	8.4.6.10
margin-bottom	length | percent | auto	Defines the bottom margin of an element; default value is 0	8.4.6.10
margin-left	length | percent | auto	Defines the left margin of an element; default value is 0	8.4.6.10
margin-right	length | percent | auto	Defines the right margin of an element; default value is 0	8.4.6.10
margin-top	length | percent | auto	Defines the top margin of an element; default value is 0	8.4.6.10
padding		Defines all four padding amounts around an element	8.4.6.11
padding-bottom	length | percent	Defines the bottom padding of an element; default value is 0	8.4.6.11
padding-left	length | percent	Defines the left padding of an element; default value is 0	8.4.6.11
padding-right	length | percent	Defines the right padding of an element; default value is 0	8.4.6.11
padding-top	length | percent	Defines the top padding of an element; default value is 0	8.4.6.11
text-align	center | justify | left | right	Set the text alignment style for an element	8.4.5.3
text-decoration	blink | line-through | none | overline | underline	Defines any decoration for the text; values may be combined	8.4.5.4
text-indent	length | percent	Defines the indentation of the first line of text in an element; default value is 0	8.4.5.5
text-shadow	See text	Creates text drop shadows of varying colors and offsets	8.4.5.6	nbsp;
text-transform	capitalize | lowercase | none | uppercase	Transforms the text in the element accordingly	8.4.5.7
vertical-align	percent | baseline | bottom | middle | sub | super | text-bottom | text-top | top	Sets the vertical positioning of an element	8.4.5.8
word-spacing	length | normal	Inserts additional space between words	8.4.5.9
white-space	normal | nowrap | pre	Defines how whitespace within an element is handled	8.4.8.2
width	length | percent | auto	Defines the width of an element	8.4.6.12

 

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