CSS: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition (77 page)

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Authors: Eric A. Meyer

Tags: #COMPUTERS / Web / Page Design

buttons, System Fonts

system font for, System Fonts

caption system font, Using System Fonts

captions for tables, caption-side

placement of, caption-side

carriage returns, Handling Whitespace

white-space property and, Handling Whitespace

cascade rules, Cascading , The Cascade

cascades, Cascading

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Conventions Used in This Book , Conventions Used in This Book , CSS to the Rescue , CSS to the Rescue , Compact File Size

features of, CSS to the Rescue
future of, Compact File Size
history of, CSS to the Rescue
unique features of CSS2 and CSS2.1, Conventions Used in This Book
versions covered in this book, Conventions Used in This Book

case of text, text-decoration

cell phones, web-enabled, media type for, Attributes

cells, Baseline alignment , Superscripting and subscripting , Table arrangement rules , Table arrangement rules , Table Layers , Table Cell Borders , Handling empty cells , empty-cells

borders for, Table Cell Borders
empty, Handling empty cells , empty-cells
images in, with gaps, Superscripting and subscripting
layer for, Table Layers
positioning, Table arrangement rules
spanning, Table arrangement rules
vertically aligning elements in, Baseline alignment

cellspacing attribute, Border spacing

center element, Horizontal Alignment

centering text, More than one auto

child combinator, Selecting Children

child elements, :after

class selectors, Class and ID Selectors , ID Selectors , Attribute Selectors , Attribute Selectors , Dynamic pseudo-classes , Specificity

attribute selectors substituting for, Attribute Selectors
combining with pseudo-classes, Dynamic pseudo-classes
languages supporting, Attribute Selectors
specificity value of, Specificity
when to use, ID Selectors

clear property, Clearing , clear

code, examples, Using Code Examples

colon (:), Declarations and Keywords , Link pseudo-classes

between property and value, Declarations and Keywords
in pseudo-class or pseudo-element selectors, Link pseudo-classes

color inversion for outlines, Coloring an Outline , Bringing It All Together

color property, Foreground Colors , Affecting Form Elements , Special effects , color

affecting form elements, Affecting Form Elements
combining with background-color property, Special effects

color values, Color , Named Colors , Functional RGB colors , Bringing the colors together , Bringing the colors together , Web-safe colors

equivalents, table of, Bringing the colors together
named colors, Named Colors , Bringing the colors together
RGB colors, Functional RGB colors
web-safe colors, Web-safe colors

colors, Basic Boxes , Colors , Background Color , Coloring an Outline , Aural Styles

background, Background Color
border, Basic Boxes
design issues regarding, Colors
outline, Coloring an Outline
projection styles, Aural Styles

column boxes, Table arrangement rules

columns, table, Row primacy , Columns

borders for, Row primacy
width of, Columns

combinator, Descendant Selectors , Specificity

in descendant selectors, Descendant Selectors
specificity value of, Specificity

comma (,), Property Conventions , Grouping

in property syntax, Property Conventions
in selectors, Grouping

comments, Backward accessibility

complexspiral distorted demonstration, Interesting effects

contact information for this book, How to Contact Us

containing block, The containing block , Width and Height

height of, affecting positioning, Width and Height
positioning and, The containing block

content area, Constructing a line , Basic Boxes , Basic Boxes , Block-Level Elements , Vertical Formatting , Overflow , Overflow , Generated Content , clip , height , overflow , width

background of, Basic Boxes
clipping, Overflow , clip
height of, Vertical Formatting , height
overflowing, Overflow , overflow
width of, Block-Level Elements , width

content edge, The Containing Block

content property, Specifying Content , Generated quotes , Using counters

counters used with, Using counters
quotation-related values of, Generated quotes

contextual selectors, Descendant Selectors

continuous medium, Paged Media

conventions used in this book, Conventions Used in This Book

counter-increment property, Resetting and incrementing

counter-reset property, Counters , counter-reset

counters for ordered lists, Resetting and incrementing , Resetting and incrementing , Using counters , Using counters , Using counters , Using counters , Counters and scope , Counters and scope

defining for multiple levels, Counters and scope
incrementing, Resetting and incrementing , Using counters
negative values for, Resetting and incrementing , Using counters
resetting, Using counters
scope of, Counters and scope
styles for, Using counters

crop marks (cross marks), marker-offset

crosshair cursor, Movement cursors

CSS, Preface , The Web's Fall from Grace , CSS to the Rescue , Ease of Use , Using Your Styles on Multiple Pages , Cascading , Preparing for the Future , Bringing CSS and XHTML Together , The link Tag , Backward accessibility , Basic Rules

cascading, Cascading
comments, Backward accessibility
documents and, The Web's Fall from Grace
ease of use, Ease of Use
link tag, The link Tag
rich styling, CSS to the Rescue
rules, Basic Rules
styles on multiple pages, Using Your Styles on Multiple Pages
stylistic language, Preparing for the Future
XHTML and, Bringing CSS and XHTML Together

CSS comments, CSS Comments

CSS2, The universal selector , Attribute Selectors , Specificity , Sorting by Order , Pixel theory , Fonts , Absolute Sizes , Stretching and Adjusting Fonts , Text Shadows , List Items , Transparent borders , Affecting Form Elements , Offset properties , Limiting width and height , Lists , Types of Lists , Inserting Generated Content , Defining the page size , Defining the page size , Selecting page types , Selecting page types , Speaking table headers , Dropped from CSS2.1 , Dropped from CSS2.1

@page rules, Selecting page types
attribute selectors, Attribute Selectors , Affecting Form Elements
downloadable fonts, Fonts
drop shadows for text, Text Shadows
font-size-adjust property, Dropped from CSS2.1
font-stretch property, Dropped from CSS2.1
list item numbering, Lists
list styles, Types of Lists
marker-offset property, List Items , Inserting Generated Content
min-max properties, Limiting width and height
offsetting margin edges, Offset properties
page box size, Defining the page size
page property, Selecting page types
reference pixel recommendation, Pixel theory
scaling factor, Absolute Sizes
size property, Defining the page size
speak-header property, Speaking table headers
specificity of inline style declarations, Sorting by Order
specificity of pseudo-elements, Specificity
stretching and adjusting fonts, Stretching and Adjusting Fonts
transparent border color, Transparent borders
universal selector, The universal selector

CSS2.1, Elements , Dynamic pseudo-classes , Selecting based on language , Pseudo-Element Selectors , Style before and after elements , Specificity , Inline Style Specificity , The Cascade , Numbers , Named Colors , Pixel theory , inherit , Adding box properties , Inline-Block Elements , Applied Behavior , The containing block , Offset properties , Auto-edges , Relative Positioning , Providing help , :first-letter

block and inline elements, Elements
cascade rules, The Cascade
color names, Named Colors
combining pseudo-classes, Selecting based on language
containing block, rules for determining, The containing block
dynamic pseudo-classes, Dynamic pseudo-classes
first-letter pseudo-element, scope of, :first-letter
floated elements, Applied Behavior
generated content, Style before and after elements
inherit keyword, inherit
inline-block elements, Inline-Block Elements
margin placement, Adding box properties
offsetting margin edges, Offset properties
overconstrained relative positioning, Relative Positioning
primacy of inline style declarations, Inline Style Specificity
progress value for cursor property, Providing help
pseudo-elements, Pseudo-Element Selectors
real numbers, definition of, Numbers
reference pixel recommendation, Pixel theory
specificity of pseudo-elements, Specificity
static position, Auto-edges

cue property, Pauses, cues, and generated content

cues in speech, Cues

curly braces ({}) in property syntax, Using Code Examples

cursive fonts, Font Families

cursor property, Cursors

cursors, Cursors , Cursors , Pointing and selection cursors , Movement cursors , Movement cursors , Movement cursors , Providing help , Providing help , Providing help , Graphic cursors

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