CSS TAGS

I. Background Properties
The CSS background properties allow you to control the background color of an
element, set an image as the background, repeat a background image vertically
or horizontally, and position an image on a page.
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.
W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS
recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
Description

Values

background

A shorthand property
for setting all
background properties
in one declaration

background-color
4
background-image
background-repeat
backgroundattachment
backgroundposition

1 6 1

backgroundattachment

Sets whether a
background image is
fixed or scrolls with
the rest of the page

scroll
fixed

1 6 1

background-color

Sets the background

color of an element

color-rgb
color-hex
color-name
transparent

1 4 1

background-image Sets an image as the

background

url(URL)
none

1 4 1

backgroundposition

top left
top center
top right

1 6 1

Sets the starting

position of a
background image

IE F N

W3
C

Property

center left
center center
center right
bottom left
bottom center
bottom right
x% y%
xpos ypos
backgroundrepeat

Sets if/how a
repeat
background image will repeat-x
be repeated
repeat-y
no-repeat

1 4 1

II. Text Properties

The CSS text properties allow you to control the appearance of text. It is
possible to change the color of a text, increase or decrease the space between
characters in a text, align a text, decorate a text, indent the first line in a text,
and more.
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.
W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS
recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
Values

Description

color

Sets the color of a text color

1 4 1

direction

Sets the text direction ltr

rtl

1 6 2

line-height

Sets the distance

between lines

1 4 1

normal
number
length
%

IE F N

W3
C

Property

letter-spacing

Increase or decrease
the space between
characters

normal
length

1 6 1

text-align

Aligns the text in an

element

left
right
center
justify

1 4 1

text-decoration

Adds decoration to
text

none
underline
overline
line-through
blink

1 4 1

text-indent

Indents the first line of length

text in an element
%

1 4 1

none
capitalize
uppercase
lowercase

1 4 1

normal
embed
bidi-override

text-shadow

text-transform

none
color
length
Controls the letters in
an element

unicode-bidi

white-space

Sets how white space

inside an element is
handled

normal
pre
nowrap

1 4 1

word-spacing

Increase or decrease
the space between
words

normal
length

1 6 1

III. Font Properties

The CSS font properties allow you to change the font family, boldness, size, and
the style of a text.
Note: In CSS1 fonts are identified by a font name. If a browser does not
support the specified font, it will use a default font.
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.
W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS
recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
W3
C

Property

Description

Values

IE F N

font

A shorthand property
for setting all of the
properties for a font in
one declaration

font-style
font-variant
font-weight
font-size/lineheight
font-family
caption
icon
menu
message-box
small-caption
status-bar

1 4 1

font-family

A prioritized list of
font family names
and/or generic family
names for an element

family-name
generic-family

1 4 1

font-size

Sets the size of a font

xx-small
x-small
small
medium

1 4 1

large
x-large
xx-large
smaller
larger
length
%
font-size-adjust

Specifies an aspect
value for an element
that will preserve the
x-height of the firstchoice font

font-stretch

none
number

Condenses or expands normal

the current font-family wider
narrower
ultra-condensed
extra-condensed
condensed
semi-condensed
semi-expanded
expanded
extra-expanded
ultra-expanded

font-style

Sets the style of the

font

normal
italic
oblique

1 4 1

font-variant

Displays text in a
small-caps font or a
normal font

normal
small-caps

1 6 1

font-weight

Sets the weight of a

font

normal
bold
bolder
lighter
100
200
300
400

500
600
700
800
900

IV. Border Properties

The CSS border properties allow you to specify the style and color of an
element's border. In HTML we use tables to create borders around a text, but
with the CSS border properties we can create borders with nice effects, and it
can be applied to any element.
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.
W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS
recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
Values

IE F N

W3
C

Property

Description

border

A shorthand property border-width

for setting all of the
border-style
properties for the four border-color
borders in one
declaration

1 4 1

border-bottom

A shorthand property
for setting all of the
properties for the
bottom border in one
declaration

border-bottomwidth
border-style
border-color

1 6 1

border-bottomcolor

Sets the color of the

bottom border

border-color

1 6 2

border-bottomstyle

Sets the style of the

bottom border

border-style

1 6 2

border-bottom-

Sets the width of the

thin

1 4 1

width

bottom border

border-color

Sets the color of the

color
four borders, can have
from one to four colors

1 6 1

border-left

A shorthand property
for setting all of the
properties for the left
border in one
declaration

border-left-width
border-style
border-color

1 6 1

border-left-color

Sets the color of the

left border

border-color

1 6 2

border-left-style

Sets the style of the

left border

border-style

1 6 2

border-left-width

Sets the width of the

left border

thin
medium
thick
length

1 4 1

border-right

A shorthand property border-right-width

for setting all of the
border-style
properties for the right border-color
border in one
declaration

1 6 1

border-right-color

Sets the color of the

right border

border-color

1 6 2

border-right-style

Sets the style of the

right border

border-style

1 6 2

thin
medium
thick
length

1 4 1

1 6 1

border-right-width Sets the width of the

right border

border-style

medium
thick
length

Sets the style of the

none
four borders, can have hidden
from one to four styles dotted

dashed
solid
double
groove
ridge
inset
outset
border-top

A shorthand property
for setting all of the
properties for the top
border in one
declaration

border-top-width
border-style
border-color

1 6 1

border-top-color

Sets the color of the

top border

border-color

1 6 2

border-top-style

Sets the style of the

top border

border-style

1 6 2

border-top-width

Sets the width of the

top border

thin
medium
thick
length

1 4 1

border-width

A shorthand property
for setting the width of
the four borders in
one declaration, can
have from one to four
values

thin
medium
thick
length

1 4 1

V. Margin Properties

The CSS margin properties define the space around elements. It is possible to
use negative values to overlap content. The top, right, bottom, and left margin
can be changed independently using separate properties. A shorthand margin
property can also be used to change all of the margins at once.

Note: Netscape and IE give the body tag a default margin of 8px. Opera does
not! Instead, Opera applies a default padding of 8px, so if one wants to adjust
the margin for an entire page and have it display correctly in Opera, the body
padding must be set as well!
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.
W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS
recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
Property

Description

Values

IE F N W3C

margin

A shorthand property
for setting the margin
properties in one
declaration

margin-top
margin-right
margin-bottom
margin-left

1 4 1

margin-bottom

Sets the bottom margin auto

of an element
length
%

1 4 1

margin-left

Sets the left margin of auto

an element
length
%

1 4 1

margin-right

Sets the right margin

of an element

auto
length
%

1 4 1

Sets the top margin of auto

an element
length
%

1 4 1

margin-top

VI. Padding Properties

The CSS padding properties define the space between the element border and
the element content. Negative values are not allowed. The top, right, bottom,
and left padding can be changed independently using separate properties. A
shorthand padding property is also created to control multiple sides at once.
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.
W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS
recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
Property

Description

Values

IE F N W3C

padding

A shorthand property
for setting all of the
padding properties in
one declaration

padding-top
padding-right
padding-bottom
padding-left

1 4 1

padding-bottom

Sets the bottom

length
padding of an element %

1 4 1

padding-left

Sets the left padding of length

an element
%

1 4 1

padding-right

Sets the right padding length

of an element
%

1 4 1

Sets the top padding of length

an element
%

1 4 1

padding-top

VII. List Properties

The CSS list properties allow you to place the list-item marker, change between
different list-item markers, or set an image as the list-item marker.
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.
W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS
recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
Property

Description

Values

IE F N W3C

list-style

A shorthand property
for setting all of the
properties for a list in
one declaration

list-style-type
list-style-position
list-style-image

1 6 1

list-style-image

Sets an image as the

list-item marker

none
url

1 6 1

list-style-position

Sets where the list-item inside

marker is placed in the outside
list

1 6 1

list-style-type

Sets the type of the

list-item marker

1 4 1

none
disc
circle
square
decimal
decimal-leadingzero
lower-roman
upper-roman
lower-alpha
upper-alpha
lower-greek
lower-latin
upper-latin
hebrew
armenian
georgian
cjk-ideographic
hiragana
katakana
hiragana-iroha

katakana-iroha
marker-offset

auto
length

1 7 2

VIII. Table Properties

The CSS table properties allow you to set the layout of a table.
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, M: Mac IE only, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.
W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS
recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
Property

Description

Values

border-collapse

Sets whether the table collapse

borders are collapsed separate
into a single border or
detached as in
standard HTML

border-spacing

Sets the distance that length length

separates cell borders
(only for the "separated
borders" model)

5M 1 6 2

caption-side

Sets the position of the top

table caption
bottom
left
right

5M 1 6 2

empty-cells

Sets whether or not to show

show empty cells in a hide
table (only for the
"separated borders"
model)

5M 1 6 2

table-layout

Sets the algorithm

used to display the

auto
fixed

IE F N W3C
1 7 2

1 6 2

table cells, rows, and

columns

X. Classification
The CSS classification properties allow you to control how to display an
element, set where an image will appear in another element, position an
element relative to its normal position, position an element using an absolute
value, and how to control the visibility of an element.
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.
W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS
recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
Property

Description

Values

IE F N W3C

clear

Sets the sides of an

element where other
floating elements are
not allowed

left
right
both
none

1 4 1

cursor

Specifies the type of

url
cursor to be displayed auto
crosshair
default
pointer
move
e-resize
ne-resize
nw-resize
n-resize
se-resize
sw-resize
s-resize
w-resize
text
wait
help

1 6 2

display

Sets how/if an element none

1 4 1

is displayed

inline
block
list-item
run-in
compact
marker
table
inline-table
table-row-group
table-header-group
table-footer-group
table-row
table-columngroup
table-column
table-cell
table-caption

float

Sets where an image or left

a text will appear in
right
another element
none

1 4 1

position

Places an element in a static

static, relative,
relative
absolute or fixed
absolute
position
fixed

1 4 2

visibility

Sets if an element
should be visible or
invisible

1 6 2

visible
hidden
collapse

XI. Positioning Properties

The CSS positioning properties allow you to specify the left, right, top, and
bottom position of an element. It also allows you to set the shape of an element,
place an element behind another, and to specify what should happen when an
element's content is too big to fit in a specified area.
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.

W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS

recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
Property

Description

Values

bottom

Sets how far the

auto
bottom edge of an
%
element is above/below length
the bottom edge of the
parent element

1 6 2

clip

Sets the shape of an

element. The element
is clipped into this
shape, and displayed

shape
auto

1 6 2

left

Sets how far the left

auto
edge of an element is to %
the right/left of the left length
edge of the parent
element

1 4 2

overflow

Sets what happens if

the content of an
element overflow its
area

1 6 2

position

Places an element in a static

static, relative,
relative
absolute or fixed
absolute
position
fixed

1 4 2

right

Sets how far the right auto

edge of an element is to %
the left/right of the
length
right edge of the parent
element

1 6 2

top

Sets how far the top

edge of an element is
above/below the top
edge of the parent
element

auto
%
length

1 4 2

vertical-align

Sets the vertical

alignment of an

baseline
sub

1 4 1

visible
hidden
scroll
auto

IE F N W3C

element

z-index

super
top
text-top
middle
bottom
text-bottom
length
%

Sets the stack order of auto

an element
number

1 6 2