CSS Cheat Sheet

SYNTAX
Syntax
selector {property: value;}
External Style Sheet
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
Internal Style
<style type="text/css"> selector {property: value;} </style>
Inline Style
<tag style="property: value">

GENERAL
Class	String preceded by a period
ID	String preceded by a hash mark
div	Formats structure or block of text
span	Inline formatting
color	Foreground color
cursor	Appearance of the cursor
display	block; inline; list-item; none
overflow	How content overflowing its box is handled visible, hidden, scroll, auto
visibility	visible, hidden

FONT
font-style	Italic, normal
font-variant	normal, small-caps
font-weight	bold, normal, lighter, bolder, integer (100-900)
font-size	Size of the font
font-family	Specific font(s) to be used

TEXT
letter-spacing	Space between letters
line-height	Vertical distance between baselines
text-align	Horizontal alignment
text-decoration	blink, line-through, none, overline, underline
text-indent	First line indentation
text-transform	capitalize, lowercase, uppercase
vertical-align	Vertical alignment
word-spacing	Spacing between words

BOX MODEL
	height; width; margin-top; margin-right; margin-bottom; margin-left; padding-top; padding-right; padding-bottom; padding-left;

BORDER
border-width	Width of the border
border-style	dashed; dotted; double; groove; inset; outset; ridge; solid; none
border-color	Color of the border

POSITION
clear	Any floating elements around the element? both, left, right, none
float	Floats to a specified side left, right, none
left	The left position of an element auto, length values (pt, in, cm, px)
top	The top position of an element auto, length values (pt, in, cm, px)
position	static, relative, absolute
z-index	Element above or below overlapping elements? auto, integer (higher numbers on top)

BACKGROUND
background-color	Background color
background-image	Background image
background-repeat	repeat, no-repeat, repeat-x, repeat-y
background-attachment	Background image scroll with the element? scroll, fixed
background-position	(x y), top, center, bottom, left, right

LIST
list-style-type	Type of bullet or numbering in the list disc; circle; square; decimal; lower-roman; upper-roman; lower-alpha; upper-alpha; none
list-style-position	Position of the bullet or number in a list inside; outside
list-style-image	Image to be used as the bullet in a list

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