CSS Quick Syntax Reference Guide

In this book you will find: a concise reference to CSS; short, simple, and focused code examples for presentation semantics; a well laid out table of contents and a comprehensive index allowing easy review. You'll learn how to handle fundamentals like adding styles to HTML/XHTML as well as rule structure, style precedence, element classifications and display roles, visual layout, and floating and table layouts; how to work with CSS values like keywords, color and number values, percentage values, length values, and strings; how to apply CSS selectors: structural pseudo-classes, the negation pseudo-class, interaction pseudo-classes, pseudo-elements, and media queries; how to use CSS property references like universal values, visual media, paged media, and more. This book is for experienced CSS developers as well as other programmers and Web developers new to CSS. -- Edited summary from book The CSS Quick Syntax Reference is a 150-page syntax reference to the Cascading Style Sheet specification and style sheet language. It presents the essentials of CSS in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference. You won’t find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a CSS reference that is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any CSS programmer or Web developer. In the CSS Quick Syntax Reference , you will find: A concise reference to CSS Short, simple, and focused code examples for presentation semantics A well laid out table of contents and a comprehensive index allowing easy review The CSS Quick Syntax Reference is a condensed syntax reference to the Cascading Style Sheets specification and style sheet language. It presents the essentials of CSS in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference. You won?t find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a CSS reference that is concise, to the point, and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any CSS programmer or Web developer. In the CSS Quick Syntax Reference, you will find: A concise reference to CSS Short, simple, and focused code examples for presentation semantics A well laid out table of contents and a comprehensive index allowing easy review Front Matter....Pages i-xx Using CSS....Pages 1-4 Grouping....Pages 5-6 Class and id selectors....Pages 7-9 Attribute selectors....Pages 11-13 Pseudo selectors....Pages 15-25 Relationship selectors....Pages 27-30 Specificity....Pages 31-33 Colors....Pages 35-37 Units....Pages 39-41 CSS Properties....Pages 43-45 Text....Pages 47-50 Spacing....Pages 51-52 Font....Pages 53-55 Background....Pages 57-62 Gradients....Pages 63-70 Box model....Pages 71-72 Border....Pages 73-76 Outline....Pages 77-78 Margin and padding....Pages 79-81 Dimension....Pages 83-85 Positioning....Pages 87-94 Classification....Pages 95-99 List....Pages 101-104 Table....Pages 105-107 Media....Pages 109-112 Best practices....Pages 113-119 Back Matter....Pages 121-124 Value end selectorChapter 5: Pseudo selectors; Pseudo-elements; first-letter and first-line; before and after; Pseudo-classes; Dynamic pseudo-classes; link and visited; active and hover; focus; Structural pseudo-classes; first-child; last-child; only-child; only-of-type; first-of-type; last-of-type; nth-child; nth-of-type; nth-last-of-type; nth-last-child; empty; root; User interface pseudo-classes; enabled and disabled; checked; valid and invalid; required and optional; Other pseudo-classes; target; lang; not; Chapter 6: Relationship selectors; HTML hierarchy; Inheritance; Adjacent selector Descendent selectorDirect child selector; General sibling selector; Chapter 7: Specificity; Selector specificity; Cascade; Designer styles; Specificity guidelines; Chapter 8: Colors; Named notation; Hexadecimal notation; Short hexadecimal notation; RGB notation; RGBA notation; HSL notation; HSLA notation; Chapter 9: Units; Absolute units; Typographical units; Relative units; Font-relative units; Viewport units; Unit values; Chapter 10: CSS Properties; Generic keywords; Quirks mode; Vendor prefixes; Progressive enhancement; Chapter 11: Text; color; text-transform; text-decoration; text-indent Border-styleborder-width; border-color; border; border-radius; Chapter 18: Outline; outline-style; outline-width; outline-color; outline; outline-offset; Chapter 19: Margin and padding; Padding; Margin; Chapter 20: Dimension; width and height; min-width and min-height; max-width and max-height; box-sizing; Chapter 21: Positioning; position; static; relative; absolute; fixed; overflow; clip; z-index; vertical-align; Centering; Chapter 22: Classification; display; visibility; opacity; float; clear; cursor; Chapter 23: List; list-style-type; list-style-image; list-style-position; list-style Text-aligndirection; text-shadow; box-shadow; Chapter 12: Spacing; line-height; word-spacing and letter-spacing; white-space; Chapter 13: Font; font-family; font-size; font-style; font-variant; font-weight; font; Custom fonts; Chapter 14: Background; background-color; background-image; background-repeat; background-attachment; background-position; background-size; background-clip; background-origin; background; Multiple backgrounds; Chapter 15: Gradients; Linear gradients; Radial gradients; Repeating gradients; Chapter 16: Box model; Inline and block; Span and div; Chapter 17: Border