CSS Primer
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You might also want to look at the HTML Primer. This is not a complete list of CSS rules and effects--it's mostly organized links to better references.
Contents
CSS Basics
CSS Cascade -- a slideshow that explains how the browser decides which rules to apply.
Use this tutorial to get a good handle on CSS selectors: Selectutorial: CSS selectors.
This is a summary on the types of units available when you're trying to say what size something is: CSS Units
Dimensions
Margins and Padding
Font and Text
- font-family
- font-size
- font-style
- font-weight
- font (shorthand)
Backgrounds
These properties
- background-color
- background-image
- background-repeat
- background-attachment
- background-position
- background (all in one shortcut)
Modern browsers support multiple background image declarations:
Borders
- border-width
- border-style
- border-color
- border (all in one shorthand)
Positioning
Absolute, Relative, Fixed
Floats
References
- CSS Positioning 101
- CSS Floats 101
- CSS Positioning
- Step by step tutorial on floats
- CSS Float Theory: Things You Should Know
- Absolute vs. Relative - Explaining CSS Positioning
- Absolute positioning inside relative positioning
- CSS Layout
Lists
Tables
References
Block versus inline display
- display -- You can make a span display like a block element, or a div display like an inline element, with this rule.
References
- CSS3 Litmus -- which browsers support what CSS3 attributes (note: does not include FF4)
