Tag: properties

CSS Font Shorthand Property Cheat Sheet

In the past I’ve displayed some serious animosity towards the CSS font shorthand property. I still don’t agree with ever using font shorthand, I do think it’s important that CSS developers understand how it works. I’ve prepared a printable cheat sheet that you can download and hang next to your computer, which will come in […]
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All CSS Properties Listed Alphabetically

A useful list of CSS properties ordered alphabetically for easy reference…
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Efficient CSS with Shorthand Properties

One of the reasons for using CSS to layout websites is to reduce the amount of HTML sent to site visitors. To avoid just moving the bloat from HTML to CSS, you should try to keep the size of your CSS files down as well, and I thought I’d explain my favourite CSS efficiency trick: […]
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CSS Properties Index

What would HTML be without CSS? And what is an index of all HTML elements without an index of all CSS properties? To fix the latter I indeed proudly present a continuously updated index of all properties specified in CSS 1, CSS 2, CSS 2.1, and even CSS 3, including all initial values as well…
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5 Simple, But Useful CSS Properties

This post is about 5 useful CSS properties that you should be very familiar with, but will most likely rarely use. I’m not talking about the new fancy CSS3 properties. I’m referring to the old CSS2 properties such as: clip, min-height, white-space, cursor, and display that are widely supported by all browsers. So, don’t miss […]
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A Primer on the CSS Font Shorthand Property

Font declarations and related properties in CSS are fairly straightforward to write in longhand. But there is a shorthand CSS property for declaring certain typographical properties that is well-supported across all common browsers, but a little quirky to work with. In this article I’ll describe how the css font shorthand property is used, how it […]
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