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Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 2 (CSS 2.2) Specification

W3C First Public Working Draft 12 April 2016

This version:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2016/WD-CSS22-20160412/
Latest version:
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS22/
Latest CSS level 2:
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/
Latest CSS:
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS/
Editors' draft:
http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css2/
Editors:
Bert Bos <>
Former editors:
Tantek Çelik <>
Ian Hickson <>
Håkon Wium Lie <>
Chris Lilley <>
Ian Jacobs <

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Abstract

This specification defines Cascading Style Sheets level 2. CSS is a style sheet language that allows authors and users to attach style (e.g., fonts and spacing) to structured documents (e.g., HTML documents and XML applications). By separating the presentation style of documents from the content of documents, CSS simplifies Web authoring and site maintenance.

CSS 2.2 is the second revision of CSS level 2 [CSS2]. It corrects a few errors in CSS 2.1, the first revision of CSS level 2. It is not the latest version of CSS. See the "CSS Snapshot" [CSS] for an overview of specifications that make up the whole of CSS.

CSS level 2 supports media-specific style sheets so that authors may tailor the presentation of their documents to visual browsers, aural devices, printers, braille devices, handheld devices, etc. It also supports content positioning, table layout, features for internationalization and some properties related to user interface.

Status of this document

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.

Publication as a First Public Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.

This document was produced by the CSS Working Group (part of the Style Activity).

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This document is governed by the 1 September 2015 W3C Process Document.

All changes since the previous Recommendation are listed in appendix C.

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