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Revision as of 18:47, 20 April 2022
The information is obtained from w3schools.com.
To quickly test CSS code, go to online html editor website to try eg squarefree.com.
CSS
Syntax
p { color:red; text-align:center; }
where p is called selector and anything inside {} is declarations with a format of property:value.
Comments
A CSS comment starts with /* and ends with */. Comments can also span multiple lines
Selectors
https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.asp
selector | HTML | css |
---|---|---|
tag/type/element selector | <p>Every paragraph will be affected by the style.</p> | p { text-align:center;color:red; } |
id selector | <p id="para1">Hello World!</p> | #para1 { text-align:center;color:red; } |
class selector | <p class="center">Red and center-aligned paragraph.</p> | .center { text-align:center;color:red; } p.center { text-align:center;color:red; } |
"element" selector
p { text-align:center;color:red; }
The html example is
<p>Every paragraph will be affected by the style.</p>
Default CSS Values for HTML Elements
id selector
id selector is for one instance.
#para1 { text-align:center;color:red; }
The html example is
<p id="para1">Hello World!</p>
class selector, "element.class" selector
https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/sel_class.asp
.center { text-align:center;color:red; }
You can also specify that only specific HTML elements should be affected by a class.
p.center { text-align:center;color:red; }
The html example is
<h1 class="center">Red and center-aligned heading</h1> <p class="center">Red and center-aligned paragraph.</p>
Real example in Chapter 9 <Style3Column.htm> of Creating a Website. The CSS has
.Header { text-align: center; background-color: rgb(210,210,210); color: white; } .LeftPanel { position: absolute; top: 75px; left: 10px; width: 150px; background-color:#eee; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; padding-bottom: 8px; } .RightPanel { position: absolute; top: 75px; right: 10px; width: 150px; background-color:#eee; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: black; padding-bottom: 8px; } .CenterPanel { margin-left: 161px; margin-right: 161px; }
The Html has
<body> <div class="Header"> ... </div> <div class="LeftPanel"> ... </div> <div class="RightPanel"> ... </div> <div class="CenterPanel"> ... </div> <div class="Class1 Class2"> ... </div> </body>
group selectors
h1,h2,p { text-align:center;color:red; }
The html example is
<h1>Hello World!</h1> <h2>Smaller heading!</h2> <p>This is a paragraph.</p>
Three ways to insert CSS
External style sheet: link tag
HTML: link tag, How to Create Printer-friendly Pages with CSS.
<head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mystyle.css"> </head>
Internal style sheet
<head> <style> hr {color:sienna;} p {margin-left:20px;} body {background-image:url("images/background.gif");} </style> </head>
Inline style sheet
<p style="color:sienna;margin-left:20px;">This is a paragraph.</p>
Cascading order (last one has the highest priority)
- Browser default
- External style sheet
- Internal style sheet (in the head section)
- Inline style (inside an HTML element)
Box Model
Border
We can create border for a paragraph or an image (CSS [attribute~=value] Selector).
Padding
Space between texts and border box.
padding-top:25px; padding-bottom:25px; padding-right:50px; padding-left:50px;
Color
body {background-color:#b0c4de;} body {background-image:url("paper.gif");} body {background:#ffffff url("img_tree.png") no-repeat right top;}
A simple example is this page.
Text
Color, alignment, decoration and indentation, fonts, styles
body {color:red;} h1 {color:#00ff00;} p.ex {color:rgb(0,0,255);} h1 {text-align:center;} p.date {text-align:right;} p.main {text-align:justify;} a {text-decoration:none;} h2 {text-decoration:line-through;} h3 {text-decoration:underline;} p {text-indent:50px;} p.serif{font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;} p.sansserif{font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;} p.normal {font-style:normal;} p.italic {font-style:italic;} p.oblique {font-style:oblique;}
Text shadow
How to Use CSS text-shadow: 11 Tricks and Examples
CSS font size
Links
https://www.w3schools.com/Css/css_link.asp
a:link {color:#FF0000;} /* unvisited link */ a:visited {color:#00FF00;} /* visited link */ a:hover {color:#FF00FF;} /* mouse over link */
Lists
ul.a {list-style-type:circle;} ul.b {list-style-type:square;} ol.c {list-style-type:upper-roman;} ol.d {list-style-type:lower-alpha;}
Tables
table, td, th { border:1px solid green; } th { background-color:green; color:white; }
See here for a link to create a fancy table.
Dimension (Width and height)
img.normal { height:auto; } img.big { height:120px; } p.ex { height:100px; width:100px; }
Positioning
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_positioning.asp How to show overflow in an element using scroll]
Float
- An image with a caption that floats to the right
- the example of creating a horizontal menu
- the example of creating a homepage without tables (partition of a webpage)
F and Z-pattern
How To Build F and Z-Patterns Using HTML and CSS
Horizontal Align
Tips:
- Use percent (%) instead of pixels (px).
- Use margin:auto
.center { margin:auto; width:70%; background-color:#b0e0e6; }
How to Center Images
Vertical Align
Pseudo-elements
The ::first-line pseudo-element is used to add a special style to the first line of a text.
li { float:left; } a { display:block; width:60px; }
Image gallery
Image Opacity/Transparency
- Creating transparent images - Hover effect
- Creating a transparent box with text on a background image
- Text in Transparent Box
Image Sprites
An image sprite is a collection of images put into a single image.
A web page with many images can take a long time to load and generates multiple server requests.
Using image sprites will reduce the number of server requests and save bandwidth.
Sprite editor
- Pixel art
- Pixelorama 2D Sprite Editor v0.6 Adds Support For Color Palettes, Multiple Themes
- Piskel is a free online editor for animated sprites & pixel art
All Examples
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_examples.asp
30 Seconds of CSS
mentioned in this article
Printing
Using CSS to Format Documents for Printing
CSS3
Box
- Shadow. How to Use CSS box-shadow: 13 Tricks and Examples
- Rounded corners
2D transform
Transition
Animation
Multiple columns
Check out the last example
Free framework
9 open source CSS frameworks for frontend web development