Quick Reference to Cascading Style Sheets, level 1

Based on W3C Working Draft 05-May-96

This version is based on:

http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-css1-960505.html

Latest version:

http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-css1.html

Author:

Steven Pemberton (Steven.Pemberton@cwi.nl)

Syntax

a b c

a is followed by b is followed by c, in that order.

a | b

either a or b must occur

a || b

either a or b or both must occur, in any order

[a b]

brackets, used for grouping

a?

a is optional

a+

a is repeated 1 or more times

a{1,4}

a is repeated at least once and at most 4 times.

Definitions

Block-level elements

an element which has a line break before and after (e.g. <H1>, <P>)

Replaced element

An element which is replaced by content pointed to from the element. E.g., <IMG>.

Properties

• the default value is shown in bold, or given separately
• values apply to all elements unless otherwise stated
• properties are inherited unless the property name is marked with a star "*".

5.2.2 font-size

<length> | <percentage> | <number> | xx-small | x-small | small | medium | large | x-large | xx-large
Percentage values: relative to parent's font size

5.2.3 font-family

[[<family-name> | serif | sans-serif | cursive | fantasy | monospace],]* [<family-name> | serif | sans-serif | cursive | fantasy | monospace ]
Initial: UA specific

5.2.4 font-weight

extra-light | light | demi-light | medium | demi-bold | bold | extra-bold | bolder | lighter

5.2.5 font-style

normal | italic || small-caps | oblique || small-caps | small-caps

5.2.6 line-height

<number> | <length> | <percentage>
Initial: UA specific
Percentage values: refers to the font size of the element itself

5.2.7 font

[<font-weight> || <font-style>]? <font-size> [ / <line-height> ]? <font-family>
Initial: not defined
Percentage values: allowed on 'font-size' and 'line-height' only

5.3.1 color

<color>
Initial: UA specific

5.3.2 background*

transparent | <color> [ / <color> ]? || <url> || <blend-direction> || <repeat> || <scroll> || <position>

<blend-direction>

N | NW | W | SW | S | SE | E | NE

<repeat>

repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | no-repeat

<scroll>

fixed | scroll

<position>

<percentage> | left | center | right [ <percentage> | top | middle | bottom]?
Initial value: 0% 0%

5.4.1 word-spacing

normal | <length>

5.4.2 letter-spacing

normal | <length>

5.4.3 text-decoration*

none | [ underline | overline | line-through | blink ]+
Not inherited, but see clarification

5.4.4 vertical-align

baseline | sub | super | top | text-top | middle | bottom | text-bottom | <percentage>
Percentage values: refer to the 'line-height' of the element itself

5.4.5 text-transform

capitalize | uppercase | lowercase | none

5.4.6 text-align

left | right | center | justify
Initial: UA specific
Applies to: block-level elements

5.4.7 text-indent

<length> | <percentage>
Initial: 0
Applies to: block-level elements
Percentage values: refer to parent's width

5.5.1 padding*

[ <length> | <percentage> | auto ]{1,4}
Initial: 0
Applies to: all elements
Percentage values: refer to parent's width

5.5.2 margin-left*, margin-right*, margin-top*, margin-bottom*, margin*

[ <length> | <percentage> | auto ]{1,4} (for 'margin' property)
Initial: 0
Applies to: all elements
Percentage values: refer to parent's width

5.5.3 display*

block | inline | list-item | none
Initial: according to HTML

5.5.4 width*

<length> | <percentage> | auto
Applies to: all elements
Percentage values: refer to parent's width

5.5.5 height*

<length> | auto
Applies to: all elements

5.5.6 float*

left | right | none
Applies to: all elements

5.5.7 clear*

none | left | right | both
Applies to: all elements

5.5.3 border-top, border-right, border-bottom, border-left, border

<border-width> || <border-style> || <url> || <color>
Applies to: all elements

<border-width>

gthin | medium | thick | <length>

<border-style>

none | dotted | dashed | solid | double | groove | ridge | inset | outset

5.6.2 list-style

[ disc | circle | square | decimal | lower-roman | upper-roman | lower-alpha | upper-alpha | none ] || <uri>
Applies to: elements with 'display' property value 'list-item'

5.7.3 white-space

normal | pre
Initial: according to HTML
Applies to: block-level elements

Lengths

<length>

<number><unit>

<unit>

<absolute-unit> | <relative-unit>

<absolute-unit>

mm | cm | in | pt | pc

<relative-unit>

em | ex | px

Colors

<color>

<color-name> | <rgb1> | <rgb2> | <rgb3>

<color-name>

The preliminary list of color names is included in the full version.

<rgb1>

#<hex><hex><hex>

<rgb2>

#<hex><hex><hex><hex><hex><hex>

<rgb3>

rgb <number> <number> <number>