Appendix E. Property index

This appendix is informative, not normative.

NameValuesInitial valueApplies to
(Default: all)
Inherited?Percentages
(Default: N/A)
Media groups
'azimuth' <angle> | [[ left-side | far-left | left | center-left | center | center-right | right | far-right | right-side ] || behind ] | leftwards | rightwards | inherit center   yes   aural
'background-attachment' scroll | fixed | inherit scroll   no   visual
'background-color' <color> | transparent | inherit transparent   no   visual
'background-image' <uri> | none | inherit none   no   visual
'background-position' [ [<percentage> | <length> | top | center | bottom] || [<percentage> | <length> | left | center | right] ] | inherit 0% 0% block-level and replaced elements no refer to the size of the box itself visual
'background-repeat' repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | no-repeat | inherit repeat   no   visual
'background' ['background-color' || 'background-image' || 'background-repeat' || 'background-attachment' || 'background-position'] | inherit see individual properties   no allowed on 'background-position' visual
'border-collapse' collapse | separate | inherit separate 'table' and 'inline-table' elements yes   visual
'border-color' [ <color> | transparent ]{1,4} | inherit see individual properties   no   visual
'border-spacing' <length> <length>? | inherit 0 'table' and 'inline-table' elements yes   visual
'border-style' <border-style>{1,4} | inherit see individual properties   no   visual
'border-top' 'border-right' 'border-bottom' 'border-left' [ <border-width> || <border-style> || 'border-top-color' ] | inherit see individual properties   no   visual
'border-top-color' 'border-right-color' 'border-bottom-color' 'border-left-color' <color> | transparent | inherit the value of the 'color' property   no   visual
'border-top-style' 'border-right-style' 'border-bottom-style' 'border-left-style' <border-style> | inherit none   no   visual
'border-top-width' 'border-right-width' 'border-bottom-width' 'border-left-width' <border-width> | inherit medium   no   visual
'border-width' <border-width>{1,4} | inherit see individual properties   no   visual
'border' [ <border-width> || <border-style> || 'border-top-color' ] | inherit see individual properties   no   visual
'bottom' <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto positioned elements no refer to height of containing block visual
'caption-side' top | bottom | left | right | inherit top 'table-caption' elements yes   visual
'clear' none | left | right | both | inherit none   no   visual
'clip' <shape> | auto | inherit auto absolutely positioned elements no   visual
'color' <color> | inherit depends on user agent   yes   visual
'content' [ <string> | <counter> | attr(<identifier>) | open-quote | close-quote | no-open-quote | no-close-quote ]+ | inherit empty string :before and :after pseudo-elements no   all
'counter-increment' [ <identifier> <integer>? ]+ | none | inherit none   no   all
'counter-reset' [ <identifier> <integer>? ]+ | none | inherit none   no   all
'cue-after' <uri> | none | inherit none   no   aural
'cue-before' <uri> | none | inherit none   no   aural
'cue' [ 'cue-before' || 'cue-after' ] | inherit see individual properties   no   aural
'cursor' [ [<uri> ,]* [ auto | crosshair | default | pointer | move | e-resize | ne-resize | nw-resize | n-resize | se-resize | sw-resize | s-resize | w-resize| text | wait | help | progress ] ] | inherit auto   yes   visual, interactive
'direction' ltr | rtl | inherit ltr all elements, but see prose yes   visual
'display' inline | block | list-item | run-in | inline-block | table | inline-table | table-row-group | table-header-group | table-footer-group | table-row | table-column-group | table-column | table-cell | table-caption | none | inherit inline   no   all
'elevation' <angle> | below | level | above | higher | lower | inherit level   yes   aural
'empty-cells' show | hide | inherit show 'table-cell' elements yes   visual
'float' left | right | none | inherit none all but generated content, but see 9.7 no   visual
'font-family' [[ <family-name> | <generic-family> ] [, <family-name>| <generic-family>]* ] | inherit depends on user agent   yes   visual
'font-size' <absolute-size> | <relative-size> | <length> | <percentage> | inherit medium   yes refer to parent element's font size visual
'font-style' normal | italic | oblique | inherit normal   yes   visual
'font-variant' normal | small-caps | inherit normal   yes   visual
'font-weight' normal | bold | bolder | lighter | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | inherit normal   yes   visual
'font' [ [ 'font-style' || 'font-variant' || 'font-weight' ]? 'font-size' [ / 'line-height' ]? 'font-family' ] | caption | icon | menu | message-box | small-caption | status-bar | inherit see individual properties   yes allowed on 'font-size' and 'line-height' visual
'height' <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto all elements but non-replaced inline elements, table columns, and column groups no see prose visual
'left' <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto positioned elements no refer to width of containing block visual
'letter-spacing' normal | <length> | inherit normal   yes   visual
'line-height' normal | <number> | <length> | <percentage> | inherit normal   yes refer to the font size of the element itself visual
'list-style-image' <uri> | none | inherit none elements with 'display: list-item' yes   visual
'list-style-position' inside | outside | inherit outside elements with 'display: list-item' yes   visual
'list-style-type' disc | circle | square | decimal | decimal-leading-zero | lower-roman | upper-roman | lower-latin | upper-latin | none | inherit disc elements with 'display: list-item' yes   visual
'list-style-type' disc | circle | square | decimal | decimal-leading-zero | lower-roman | upper-roman | lower-greek | lower-alpha | lower-latin | upper-alpha | upper-latin | hebrew | armenian | georgian | cjk-ideographic | hiragana | katakana | hiragana-iroha | katakana-iroha | none | inherit disc elements with 'display: list-item' yes   visual
'list-style' [ 'list-style-type' || 'list-style-position' || 'list-style-image' ] | inherit see individual properties elements with 'display: list-item' yes   visual
'margin-right' 'margin-left' <margin-width> | inherit 0   no refer to width of containing block visual
'margin-top' 'margin-bottom' <margin-width> | inherit 0 all elements but inline, non-replaced elements no refer to width of containing block visual
'margin' <margin-width>{1,4} | inherit see individual properties   no refer to width of containing block visual
'max-height' <length> | <percentage> | none | inherit none all elements except non-replaced inline elements and table elements no refer to height of containing block visual
'max-width' <length> | <percentage> | none | inherit none all elements except non-replaced inline elements and table elements no refer to width of containing block visual
'min-height' <length> | <percentage> | inherit 0 all elements except non-replaced inline elements and table elements no refer to height of containing block visual
'min-width' <length> | <percentage> | inherit 0 all elements except non-replaced inline elements and table elements no refer to width of containing block visual
'orphans' <integer> | inherit 2 block-level elements yes   visual, paged
'outline-color' <color> | invert | inherit invert   no   visual, interactive
'outline-style' <border-style> | inherit none   no   visual, interactive
'outline-width' <border-width> | inherit medium   no   visual, interactive
'outline' [ 'outline-color' || 'outline-style' || 'outline-width' ] | inherit see individual properties   no   visual, interactive
'overflow' visible | hidden | scroll | auto | inherit visible block-level and replaced elements no   visual
'padding-top' 'padding-right' 'padding-bottom' 'padding-left' <padding-width> | inherit 0   no refer to width of containing block visual
'padding' <padding-width>{1,4} | inherit see individual properties   no refer to width of containing block visual
'page-break-after' auto | always | avoid | left | right | inherit auto block-level elements no   visual, paged
'page-break-before' auto | always | avoid | left | right | inherit auto block-level elements no   visual, paged
'page-break-inside' avoid | auto | inherit auto block-level elements yes   visual, paged
'pause-after' <time> | <percentage> | inherit 0   no see prose aural
'pause-before' <time> | <percentage> | inherit 0   no see prose aural
'pause' [ [<time> | <percentage>]{1,2} ] | inherit see individual properties   no see descriptions of 'pause-before' and 'pause-after' aural
'pitch-range' <number> | inherit 50   yes   aural
'pitch' <frequency> | x-low | low | medium | high | x-high | inherit medium   yes   aural
'play-during' <uri> [ mix || repeat ]? | auto | none | inherit auto   no   aural
'position' static | relative | absolute | fixed | inherit static all elements, but not to generated content no   visual
'quotes' [<string> <string>]+ | none | inherit depends on user agent   yes   visual
'richness' <number> | inherit 50   yes   aural
'right' <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto positioned elements no refer to width of containing block visual
'speak-header' once | always | inherit once elements that have table header information yes   aural
'speak-numeral' digits | continuous | inherit continuous   yes   aural
'speak-punctuation' code | none | inherit none   yes   aural
'speak' normal | none | spell-out | inherit normal   yes   aural
'speech-rate' <number> | x-slow | slow | medium | fast | x-fast | faster | slower | inherit medium   yes   aural
'stress' <number> | inherit 50   yes   aural
'table-layout' auto | fixed | inherit auto 'table' and 'inline-table' elements no   visual
'text-align' <string> | left | right | center | justify | inherit depends on user agent and writing direction block-level elements and table cells yes   visual
'text-align' left | right | center | justify | inherit depends on user agent and writing direction block-level elements and table cells yes   visual
'text-decoration' none | [ underline || overline || line-through || blink ] | inherit none   no (see prose)   visual
'text-indent' <length> | <percentage> | inherit 0 block-level elements yes refer to width of containing block visual
'text-transform' capitalize | uppercase | lowercase | none | inherit none   yes   visual
'top' <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto positioned elements no refer to height of containing block visual
'unicode-bidi' normal | embed | bidi-override | inherit normal all elements, but see prose no   visual
'vertical-align' baseline | sub | super | top | text-top | middle | bottom | text-bottom | <percentage> | <length> | inherit baseline inline-level and 'table-cell' elements no refer to the 'line-height' of the element itself visual
'visibility' visible | hidden | collapse | inherit visble   yes   visual
'voice-family' [[<specific-voice> | <generic-voice> ],]* [<specific-voice> | <generic-voice> ] | inherit depends on user agent   yes   aural
'volume' <number> | <percentage> | silent | x-soft | soft | medium | loud | x-loud | inherit medium   yes refer to inherited value aural
'white-space' normal | pre | nowrap | pre-wrap | pre-line | inherit normal block-level elements yes   visual
'widows' <integer> | inherit 2 block-level elements yes   visual, paged
'width' <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto all elements but non-replaced inline elements, table rows, and row groups no refer to width of containing block visual
'word-spacing' normal | <length> | inherit normal   yes   visual
'z-index' auto | <integer> | inherit auto positioned elements no   visual

The following properties were present in CSS2, but are not part of CSS 2.1: 'font-size-adjust', font-stretch, 'marker-offset', 'marks', 'orphans',, 'size',, 'text-shadow', 'widows'.

The CSS2 aural properties are now described in Appendix A and the following properties therefore do not appear in the table above: 'azimuth', 'cue', 'cue-after', 'cue-before', 'elevation', 'pause', 'pause-after', 'pause-before', 'pitch', 'pitch-range', 'play-during', 'richness', 'speak', 'speak-header', 'speak-numeral', 'speak-punctuation', 'speech-rate', 'stress', 'voice-family', 'volume'.