HTML, CSS, & JavaScript All-in-One For Dummies

Book 3

Learning CSS Basics

Contents at a Glance

1. Chapter 1: Figuring Out the CSS Box Model
   1. Thinking Outside (but Also Inside) the Box Model
   2. A Brief Digression on Whitespace
   3. Adding Padding
   4. Putting a Border on It
   5. Manipulating Element Margins
   6. Styling Element Sizes
2. Chapter 2: Getting to Know the CSS Selectors
   1. Introducing Yourself to the Web Page Family
   2. What’s All This About a Selector?
   3. Learning the Standard Selectors
   4. Selecting Descendants, Children, and Siblings
   5. Selecting Elements by Attribute
3. Chapter 3: Pseudo School: Learning Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements
   1. Scratching Your Head Over Pseudo-Classes
   2. Getting Up to Speed with Pseudo-Elements
4. Chapter 4: Making CSS Make Sense
   1. Commenting Your CSS Code
   2. Using a CSS Reset
   3. Debugging CSS
   4. Popping the Hood: How Styles Get Applied
5. Chapter 5: Taking the Measure of CSS
   1. Getting Comfy with CSS Measurement Units
   2. Checking Out the Absolute Measurement Units
   3. Getting to Know the Relative Measurement Units
   4. Here's Looking at View(port Measurement Units)
   5. Calculating with CSS
6. Chapter 6: Fancifying Pages with Colors and Backgrounds
   1. Specifying Colors in CSS
   2. Using Color to Spruce Up Your Text
   3. Styling an Element’s Background
   4. Impressing Your Friends with Color Gradients
   5. Setting Border Colors
   6. Playing with Colors in the Dev Tools
7. Chapter 7: Taking Your Text Up a Notch with Web Typography
   1. Taking Care of Your Text
   2. The Typographic Trinity: Setting Type Size, Line Height, and Line Length
   3. Applying Text Styles
   4. More Typographical Trickery
   5. Giving Your ...