CSS Tutorial

CSS Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
background-color: lightblue;
}
h1 {
color: white;
text-align: center;
}
p {
font-family: verdana;
font-size: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>My First CSS Example</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
CSS Introduction
What is CSS?
- CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets
- CSS describes how HTML elements are to be displayed on screen, paper, or in other media
- CSS saves a lot of work. It can control the layout of multiple web pages all at once
- External stylesheets are stored in CSS files
CSS Syntax and Selectors
CSS Syntax
Selector {Property: Value; Property: Value; ...}
The Element Selector
p {
text-align: center;
color: red;
}
The ID Selector
#para1 {
text-align: center;
color: red;
}
Note: An id name cannot start with a number!
The Class Selector
.center {
text-align: center;
color: red;
}
p.center {
text-align: center;
color: red;
}
p.large {
font-size: 300%;
}
<p class="center">This paragraph will be red and center-aligned.</p>
<p class="center large">This paragraph will be red, center-aligned, and in a large font-size.</p>
Note: A class name cannot start with a number!
Grouping Selectors
h1, h2, p {
text-align: center;
color: red;
}
CSS Comments
/* This is a single-line comment */
/* This is
a multi-line
comment */
Three Ways to Insert CSS
- External style sheet
- Internal style sheet
- Inline style
External Style Sheet
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mystyle.css">
</head>
/*mystyle.css*/
body {
background-color: lightblue;
}
h1 {
color: navy;
margin-left: 20px;
}
Note: Do not add a space between the property value and the unit (such as margin-left: 20 px;). The correct way is: margin-left: 20px;
Internal Style Sheet
<head>
<style>
body {
background-color: linen;
}
h1 {
color: maroon;
margin-left: 40px;
}
</style>
</head>
Inline Styles
<h1 style="color:blue;margin-left:30px;">This is a heading</h1>
Tip: An inline style loses many of the advantages of a style sheet (by mixing content with presentation). Use this method sparingly.
Multiple Style Sheets
If some properties have been defined for the same selector (element) in different style sheets, the value from the last read style sheet will be used.
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mystyle.css">
<style>
h1 {
color: orange;
}
</style>
</head>
Cascading Order
- Inline style (inside an HTML element)
- External and internal style sheets (in the head section)
- Browser default
CSS Colors
Color Names
In CSS, a color can be specified by using a color name.
style="background-color:MediumSeaGreen;"
Background Color
<h1 style="background-color:DodgerBlue;">Hello World</h1>
<p style="background-color:Tomato;">Lorem ipsum...</p>
Text Color
<h1 style="color:Tomato;">Hello World</h1>
<p style="color:DodgerBlue;">Lorem ipsum...</p>
<p style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">Ut wisi enim...</p>
Border Color
<h1 style="border:2px solid Tomato;">Hello World</h1>
<h1 style="border:2px solid DodgerBlue;">Hello World</h1>
<h1 style="border:2px solid Violet;">Hello World</h1>
Color Values
In HTML, colors can also be specified using RGB values, HEX values, HSL values, RGBA values, and HSLA values.
Same as color name “Tomato”:
<h1 style="background-color:rgb(255, 99, 71);">...</h1>
<h1 style="background-color:#ff6347;">...</h1>
<h1 style="background-color:hsl(9, 100%, 64%);">...</h1>
Same as color name “Tomato”, but 50% transparent:
<h1 style="background-color:rgba(255, 99, 71, 0.5);">...</h1>
<h1 style="background-color:hsla(9, 100%, 64%, 0.5);">...</h1>
RGB Value
In HTML, a color can be specified as an RGB value, using this formula:
rgb(red, green, blue)
Each parameter (red, green, and blue) defines the intensity of the color between 0 and 255.
For example, rgb(255, 0, 0) is displayed as red, because red is set to its highest value (255) and the others are set to 0.
To display the color black, all color parameters must be set to 0, like this: rgb(0, 0, 0).
To display the color white, all color parameters must be set to 255, like this: rgb(255, 255, 255).
Shades of gray are often defined using equal values for all the 3 light sources, like this: rgb(60, 60, 60).
HEX Value
In HTML, a color can be specified using a hexadecimal value in the form:
#rrggbb
Where rr (red), gg (green) and bb (blue) are hexadecimal values between 00 and ff (same as decimal 0-255).
For example, #ff0000 is displayed as red, because red is set to its highest value (ff) and the others are set to the lowest value (00).
Shades of gray are often defined using equal values for all the 3 light sources, like this: #3c3c3c.
HSL Value
In HTML, a color can be specified using hue, saturation, and lightness (HSL) in the form:
hsl(hue, saturation, lightness)
Hue is a degree on the color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is a percentage value, 0% means a shade of gray, and 100% is the full color.
Lightness is also a percentage, 0% is black, 50% is neither light or dark, 100% is white.
Shades of gray are often defined by setting the hue and saturation to 0, and adjust the lightness from 0% to 100% to get darker/lighter shades, like this: hsl(0, 0%, 24%).
RGBA Value
RGBA color values are an extension of RGB color values with an alpha channel - which specifies the opacity for a color.
An RGBA color value is specified with:
rgba(red, green, blue, alpha)
The alpha parameter is a number between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (not transparent at all), like this: rgba(255, 99, 71, 0.6).
HSLA Value
HSLA color values are an extension of HSL color values with an alpha channel - which specifies the opacity for a color.
An HSLA color value is specified with:
hsla(hue, saturation, lightness, alpha)
The alpha parameter is a number between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (not transparent at all), like this: hsla(9, 100%, 64%, 0.6).
CSS Backgrounds
The CSS background properties are used to define the background effects for elements.
CSS background properties:
background-colorbackground-imagebackground-repeatbackground-attachmentbackground-position
Background Color
The background color of a page is set like this:
body {
background-color: lightblue;
}
The <h1>, <p>, and <div> elements have different background colors:
h1 {
background-color: green;
}
div {
background-color: lightblue;
}
p {
background-color: yellow;
}
Background Image
By default, the image is repeated so it covers the entire element.
The background image for a page can be set like this:
body {
background-image: url("bg.png");
}
Note: When using a background image, use an image that does not disturb the text.
Background Image - Repeat Horizontally or Vertically
By default, the background-image property repeats an image both horizontally and vertically.
Some images should be repeated only horizontally or vertically, or they will look strange, like this:
body {
background-image: url("bg.png");
background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
Tip: To repeat an image vertically, set background-repeat: repeat-y;
Background Image - Set position and no-repeat
Showing the background image only once is also specified by the background-repeat property:
body {
background-image: url("bg.png");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
The position of the image is specified by the background-position property:
body {
background-image: url("bg.png");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right top;
/*margin-right: 200px;*/
}
Background Image - Fixed position
To specify that the background image should be fixed (will not scroll with the rest of the page), use the background-attachment property:
body {
background-image: url("bg.png");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right top;
background-attachment: fixed;
}
Background - Shorthand property
To shorten the code, it is also possible to specify all the background properties in one single property. This is called a shorthand property.
The shorthand property for background is background:
body {
background: #ffffff url("bg.png") no-repeat right top;
}
When using the shorthand property the order of the property values is:
background-colorbackground-imagebackground-repeatbackground-attachmentbackground-position
It does not matter if one of the property values is missing, as long as the other ones are in this order.
All CSS Background Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| background | Sets all the background properties in one declaration |
| background-attachment | Sets whether a background image is fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page |
| background-color | Sets the background color of an element |
| background-image | Sets the background image for an element |
| background-position | Sets the starting position of a background image |
| background-repeat | Sets how a background image will be repeated |
CSS Borders
Border Style
The border-style property specifies what kind of border to display.
The following values are allowed:
- dotted - Defines a dotted border
- dashed - Defines a dashed border
- solid - Defines a solid border
- double - Defines a double border
- groove - Defines a 3D grooved border. The effect depends on the border-color value
- ridge - Defines a 3D ridged border. The effect depends on the border-color value
- inset - Defines a 3D inset border. The effect depends on the border-color value
- outset - Defines a 3D outset border. The effect depends on the border-color value
- none - Defines no border
- hidden - Defines a hidden border
The border-style property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border).
p.dotted {border-style: dotted;}
p.dashed {border-style: dashed;}
p.solid {border-style: solid;}
p.double {border-style: double;}
p.groove {border-style: groove;}
p.ridge {border-style: ridge;}
p.inset {border-style: inset;}
p.outset {border-style: outset;}
p.none {border-style: none;}
p.hidden {border-style: hidden;}
p.mix {border-style: dotted dashed solid double;}
Note: None of the OTHER CSS border properties described below will have ANY effect unless the border-style property is set!
Border Width
The border-width property specifies the width of the four borders.
The width can be set as a specific size (in px, pt, cm, em, etc) or by using one of the three pre-defined values: thin, medium, or thick.
The border-width property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border).
p.one {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 5px;
}
p.two {
border-style: solid;
border-width: medium;
}
p.three {
border-style: solid;
border-width: 2px 10px 4px 20px;
}
Border Color
The border-color property is used to set the color of the four borders.
The color can be set by:
- name - specify a color name, like “red”
- Hex - specify a hex value, like “#ff0000”
- RGB - specify a RGB value, like “rgb(255,0,0)”
- transparent
The border-color property can have from one to four values (for the top border, right border, bottom border, and the left border).
If border-color is not set, it inherits the color of the element.
p.one {
border-style: solid;
border-color: red;
}
p.two {
border-style: solid;
border-color: green;
}
p.three {
border-style: solid;
border-color: red green blue yellow;
}
Border - Individual Sides
In CSS, there are also properties for specifying each of the borders (top, right, bottom, and left):
p {
border-top-style: dotted;
border-right-style: solid;
border-bottom-style: dotted;
border-left-style: solid;
}
The example above gives the same result as this:
p {
border-style: dotted solid;
}
So, here is how it works:
If the border-style property has four values:
border-style: dotted solid double dashed;- top border is dotted
- right border is solid
- bottom border is double
- left border is dashed
If the border-style property has three values:
border-style: dotted solid double;- top border is dotted
- right and left borders are solid
- bottom border is double
If the border-style property has two values:
border-style: dotted solid;- top and bottom borders are dotted
- right and left borders are solid
If the border-style property has one value:
border-style: dotted;- all four borders are dotted
It also works with border-width and border-color.
Border - Shorthand Property
To shorten the code, it is also possible to specify all the individual border properties in one property.
The border property is a shorthand property for the following individual border properties:
border-widthborder-style(required)border-color
p {
border: 5px solid red;
}
You can also specify all the individual border properties for just one side:
p {
border-left: 6px solid red;
background-color: lightgrey;
}
p {
border-bottom: 6px solid red;
background-color: lightgrey;
}
Rounded Borders
The border-radius property is used to add rounded borders to an element:
p {
border: 2px solid red;
border-radius: 5px;
}
Note: The border-radius property is not supported in IE8 and earlier versions.
All CSS Border Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| border | Sets all the border properties in one declaration |
| border-width | Sets the width of the four borders |
| border-style | Sets the style of the four borders |
| border-color | Sets the color of the four borders |
| border-radius | Sets all the four border radius properties for rounded corners |
| border-top | Sets all the top border properties in one declaration |
| border-top-color | Sets the color of the top border |
| border-top-style | Sets the style of the top border |
| border-top-width | Sets the width of the top border |
| border-right | Sets all the right border properties in one declaration |
| border-right-color | Sets the color of the right border |
| border-right-style | Sets the style of the right border |
| border-right-width | Sets the width of the right border |
| border-bottom | Sets all the bottom border properties in one declaration |
| border-bottom-color | Sets the color of the bottom border |
| border-bottom-style | Sets the style of the bottom border |
| border-bottom-width | Sets the width of the bottom border |
| border-left | Sets all the left border properties in one declaration |
| border-left-color | Sets the color of the left border |
| border-left-style | Sets the style of the left border |
| border-left-width | Sets the width of the left border |
CSS Margins
The CSS margin properties are used to create space around elements, outside of any defined borders.
Margin - Individual Sides
CSS has properties for specifying the margin for each side of an element. All the margin properties can have the following values:
- auto - the browser calculates the margin
- length - specifies a margin in px, pt, cm, etc.
- % - specifies a margin in % of the width of the containing element
- inherit - specifies that the margin should be inherited from the parent element Tip: Negative values are allowed.
p {
margin-top: 100px;
margin-bottom: 100px;
margin-right: 150px;
margin-left: 80px;
}
Margin - Shorthand Property
To shorten the code, it is possible to specify all the margin properties in one property.
The margin property is a shorthand property for the following individual margin properties:
margin-topmargin-rightmargin-bottommargin-left
p {
margin: 25px 50px 75px 100px;
}
It works like border property.
The auto Value
You can set the margin property to auto to horizontally center the element within its container.
The element will then take up the specified width, and the remaining space will be split equally between the left and right margins:
div {
width: 300px;
margin: auto;
}
The inherit Value
This example lets the left margin of the <p class="ex1"> element be inherited from the parent element <div\>:
div {
border: 1px solid red;
margin-left: 100px;
}
p.ex1 {
margin-left: inherit;
}
<div>
<p class="ex1">This paragraph has an inherited left margin (from the div element).</p>
</div>
Margin Collapse
Top and bottom margins of elements are sometimes collapsed into a single margin that is equal to the largest of the two margins.
This does not happen on left and right margins! Only top and bottom margins!
Look at the following example:
h1 {
margin: 0 0 50px 0;
}
h2 {
margin: 20px 0 0 0;
}
In the example above, the <h1> element has a bottom margin of 50px and the <h2> element has a top margin set to 20px.
Common sense would seem to suggest that the vertical margin between the <h1> and the <h2> would be a total of 70px (50px + 20px). But due to margin collapse, the actual margin ends up being 50px.
All CSS Margin Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| margin | A shorthand property for setting the margin properties in one declaration |
| margin-top | Sets the top margin of an element |
| margin-right | Sets the right margin of an element |
| margin-bottom | Sets the bottom margin of an element |
| margin-left | Sets the left margin of an element |
CSS Padding
The CSS padding properties are used to generate space around an element’s content, inside of any defined borders.
Padding - Individual Sides
CSS has properties for specifying the padding for each side of an element:
padding-toppadding-rightpadding-bottompadding-left
All the padding properties can have the following values:
- length - specifies a padding in px, pt, cm, etc.
- % - specifies a padding in % of the width of the containing element
- inherit - specifies that the padding should be inherited from the parent element
Note: Negative values are not allowed.
div {
padding-top: 50px;
padding-right: 30px;
padding-bottom: 50px;
padding-left: 80px;
}
Padding - Shorthand Property
To shorten the code, it is possible to specify all the padding properties in one property.
The padding property is a shorthand property for the following individual padding properties:
padding-toppadding-rightpadding-bottompadding-left
div {
padding: 25px 50px 75px 100px;
}
It works like border property.
Padding and Element Width
The CSS width property specifies the width of the element’s content area. The content area is the portion inside the padding, border, and margin of an element (the box model).
So, if an element has a specified width, the padding added to that element will be added to the total width of the element. This is often an undesirable result.
In the following example, the
div {
width: 300px;
padding: 25px;
}
To keep the width at 300px, no matter the amount of padding, you can use the box-sizing property. This causes the element to maintain its width; if you increase the padding, the available content space will decrease. Here is an example:
div {
width: 300px;
padding: 25px;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
All CSS Padding Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| padding | A shorthand property for setting all the padding properties in one declaration |
| padding-top | Sets the top padding of an element |
| padding-right | Sets the right padding of an element |
| padding-bottom | Sets the bottom padding of an element |
| padding-left | Sets the left padding of an element |
CSS Height and Width
Setting height and width
The height and width properties are used to set the height and width of an element.
The height and width can be set to auto (this is default. Means that the browser calculates the height and width), or be specified in length values, like px, cm, etc., or in percent (%) of the containing block.
div {
height: 200px;
width: 50%;
background-color: powderblue;
}
div {
height: 100px;
width: 500px;
background-color: powderblue;
}
Note: The height and width properties do not include padding, borders, or margins; they set the height/width of the area inside the padding, border, and margin of the element!
Setting max-width
The max-width property is used to set the maximum width of an element.
The max-width can be specified in length values, like px, cm, etc., or in percent (%) of the containing block, or set to none (this is default. Means that there is no maximum width).
The problem with the
Using
max-width instead, in this situation, will improve the browser’s handling of small windows.Tip: Drag the browser window to smaller than 500px wide, to see the difference between the two divs!
Note: The value of the
max-width property overrides width.div {
max-width: 500px;
height: 100px;
background-color: powderblue;
}
All CSS Dimension Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| height | Sets the height of an element |
| width | Sets the width of an element |
| max-height | Sets the maximum height of an element |
| max-width | Sets the maximum width of an element |
| min-height | Sets the minimum height of an element |
| min-width | Sets the minimum width of an element |
CSS Box Model
The CSS Box Model
All HTML elements can be considered as boxes. In CSS, the term “box model” is used when talking about design and layout.
The CSS box model is essentially a box that wraps around every HTML element. It consists of: margins, borders, padding, and the actual content.
Explanation of the different parts:
- Content - The content of the box, where text and images appear
- Padding - Clears an area around the content. The padding is transparent
- Border - A border that goes around the padding and content
- Margin - Clears an area outside the border. The margin is transparent
The box model allows us to add a border around elements, and to define space between elements.
div {
background-color: lightgrey;
width: 300px;
border: 25px solid green;
padding: 25px;
margin: 25px;
}
Width and Height of an Element
In order to set the width and height of an element correctly in all browsers, you need to know how the box model works.
Important: When you set the width and height properties of an element with CSS, you just set the width and height of the content area. To calculate the full size of an element, you must also add padding, borders and margins.
Assume we want to style a <div> element to have a total width of 350px:
div {
width: 320px;
padding: 10px;
border: 5px solid gray;
margin: 0;
}
Here is the calculation:
320px (width)
+ 20px (left + right padding)
+ 10px (left + right border)
+ 0px (left + right margin)
**= 350px**
The total width of an element should be calculated like this:
Total element width = width + left padding + right padding + left border + right border + left margin + right margin
The total height of an element should be calculated like this:
Total element height = height + top padding + bottom padding + top border + bottom border + top margin + bottom margin
CSS Outline
CSS Outline
An outline is a line that is drawn around elements, OUTSIDE the borders, to make the element “stand out”.
CSS has the following outline properties:
outline-styleoutline-coloroutline-widthoutline-offsetoutlineNote: Outline differs from borders! Unlike border, the outline is drawn outside the element’s border, and may overlap other content. Also, the outline is NOT a part of the element’s dimensions; the element’s total width and height is not affected by the width of the outline.
Outline Style
The outline-style property specifies the style of the outline, and can have one of the following values:
dotted- Defines a dotted outlinedashed- Defines a dashed outlinesolid- Defines a solid outlinedouble- Defines a double outlinegroove- Defines a 3D grooved outlineridge- Defines a 3D ridged outlineinset- Defines a 3D inset outlineoutset- Defines a 3D outset outlinenone- Defines no outlinehidden- Defines a hidden outline
The following example shows the different outline-style values:
p.dotted {outline-style: dotted;}
p.dashed {outline-style: dashed;}
p.solid {outline-style: solid;}
p.double {outline-style: double;}
p.groove {outline-style: groove;}
p.ridge {outline-style: ridge;}
p.inset {outline-style: inset;}
p.outset {outline-style: outset;}
Note: None of the other outline properties will have any effect, unless the outline-style property is set!
Outline Color
The outline-color property is used to set the color of the outline.
The color can be set by:
- name - specify a color name, like “red”
- RGB - specify a RGB value, like “rgb(255,0,0)”
- Hex - specify a hex value, like “#ff0000”
- invert - performs a color inversion (which ensures that the outline is visible, regardless of color background) The following example shows some different outlines with different colors. Also notice that these elements also have a thin black border inside the outline:
p.ex1 {
border: 1px solid black;
outline-style: solid;
outline-color: red;
}
p.ex2 {
border: 1px solid black;
outline-style: double;
outline-color: green;
}
p.ex3 {
border: 1px solid black;
outline-style: outset;
outline-color: yellow;
}
The following example uses outline-color: invert, which performs a color inversion. This ensures that the outline is visible, regardless of color background:
p.ex1 {
border: 1px solid yellow;
outline-style: solid;
outline-color: invert;
}
Outline Width
The outline-width property specifies the width of the outline, and can have one of the following values:
- thin (typically 1px)
- medium (typically 3px)
- thick (typically 5px)
- A specific size (in px, pt, cm, em, etc) The following example shows some outlines with different widths:
p.ex1 {
border: 1px solid black;
outline-style: solid;
outline-color: red;
outline-width: thin;
}
p.ex2 {
border: 1px solid black;
outline-style: solid;
outline-color: red;
outline-width: medium;
}
p.ex3 {
border: 1px solid black;
outline-style: solid;
outline-color: red;
outline-width: thick;
}
p.ex4 {
border: 1px solid black;
outline-style: solid;
outline-color: red;
outline-width: 4px;
}
Outline - Shorthand property
The outline property is a shorthand property for setting the following individual outline properties:
outline-widthoutline-style(required)outline-colorTheoutlineproperty is specified as one, two, or three values from the list above. The order of the values does not matter.
The following example shows some outlines specified with the shorthand outline property:
p.ex1 {outline: dashed;}
p.ex2 {outline: dotted red;}
p.ex3 {outline: 5px solid yellow;}
p.ex4 {outline: thick ridge pink;}
Outline Offset
The outline-offset property adds space between an outline and the edge/border of an element. The space between an element and its outline is transparent.
The following example specifies an outline 15px outside the border edge:
p {
margin: 30px;
border: 1px solid black;
outline: 1px solid red;
outline-offset: 15px;
}
The following example shows that the space between an element and its outline is transparent:
p {
margin: 30px;
background: yellow;
border: 1px solid black;
outline: 1px solid red;
outline-offset: 15px;
}
All CSS Outline Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| outline | A shorthand property for setting outline-width, outline-style, and outline-color in one declaration |
| outline-color | Sets the color of an outline |
| outline-offset | Specifies the space between an outline and the edge or border of an element |
| outline-style | Sets the style of an outline |
| outline-width | Sets the width of an outline |
CSS Text
Text Color
The color property is used to set the color of the text. The color is specified by:
- a color name - like “red”
- a HEX value - like “#ff0000”
- an RGB value - like “rgb(255,0,0)” The default text color for a page is defined in the body selector.
body {
color: blue;
}
h1 {
color: green;
}
Note: For W3C compliant CSS: If you define the color property, you must also define the background-color.
Text Alignment
The text-align property is used to set the horizontal alignment of a text.
A text can be left or right aligned, centered, or justified.
The following example shows center aligned, and left and right aligned text (left alignment is default if text direction is left-to-right, and right alignment is default if text direction is right-to-left):
h1 {
text-align: center;
}
h2 {
text-align: left;
}
h3 {
text-align: right;
}
When the text-align property is set to “justify”, each line is stretched so that every line has equal width, and the left and right margins are straight (like in magazines and newspapers):
div {
text-align: justify;
}
Text Decoration
The text-decoration property is used to set or remove decorations from text.
The value text-decoration: none; is often used to remove underlines from links:
a {
text-decoration: none;
}
The other text-decoration values are used to decorate text:
h1 {
text-decoration: overline;
}
h2 {
text-decoration: line-through;
}
h3 {
text-decoration: underline;
}
Note: It is not recommended to underline text that is not a link, as this often confuses the reader.
Text Transformation
The text-transform property is used to specify uppercase and lowercase letters in a text.
It can be used to turn everything into uppercase or lowercase letters, or capitalize the first letter of each word:
p.uppercase {
text-transform: uppercase;
}
p.lowercase {
text-transform: lowercase;
}
p.capitalize {
text-transform: capitalize;
}
Text Indentation
The text-indent property is used to specify the indentation of the first line of a text:
p {
text-indent: 50px;
}
Letter Spacing
The letter-spacing property is used to specify the space between the characters in a text.
The following example demonstrates how to increase or decrease the space between characters:
h1 {
letter-spacing: 3px;
}
h2 {
letter-spacing: -3px;
}
Line Height
The line-height property is used to specify the space between lines:
p.small {
line-height: 0.8;
}
p.big {
line-height: 1.8;
}
Text Direction
The direction property is used to change the text direction of an element:
p {
direction: rtl;
}
Word Spacing
The word-spacing property is used to specify the space between the words in a text.
The following example demonstrates how to increase or decrease the space between words:
h1 {
word-spacing: 10px;
}
h2 {
word-spacing: -5px;
}
Text Shadow
The text-shadow property adds shadow to text.
The following example specifies the position of the horizontal shadow (3px), the position of the vertical shadow (2px) and the color of the shadow (red):
h1 {
text-shadow: 3px 2px red;
}
Disable text wrapping inside an element
This example demonstrates how to disable text wrapping inside an element.
p {
white-space: nowrap;
}
Vertical alignment of an image
This example demonstrates how to set the vertical align of an image in a text.
<head>
<style>
img.top {
vertical-align: text-top;
}
img.bottom {
vertical-align: text-bottom;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>An <img src="image.png" alt="Image" width="270" height="50"> image with a default alignment.</p><br>
<p>An <img class="top" src="image.png" alt="Image" width="270" height="50"> image with a text-top alignment.</p><br>
<p>An <img class="bottom" src="image.png" alt="Image" width="270" height="50"> image with a text-bottom alignment.</p>
</body>
All CSS Text Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| color | Sets the color of text |
| direction | Specifies the text direction/writing direction |
| letter-spacing | Increases or decreases the space between characters in a text |
| line-height | Sets the line height |
| text-align | Specifies the horizontal alignment of text |
| text-decoration | Specifies the decoration added to text |
| text-indent | Specifies the indentation of the first line in a text-block |
| text-shadow | Specifies the shadow effect added to text |
| text-transform | Controls the capitalization of text |
| text-overflow | Specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signaled to the user |
| unicode-bidi | Used together with the direction property to set or return whether the text should be overridden to support multiple languages in the same document |
| vertical-align | Sets the vertical alignment of an element |
| white-space | Specifies how white-space inside an element is handled |
| word-spacing | Increases or decreases the space between words in a text |
CSS Fonts
The CSS font properties define the font family, boldness, size, and the style of a text.
CSS Font Families
In CSS, there are two types of font family names:
- generic family - a group of font families with a similar look (like “Serif” or “Monospace”)
- font family - a specific font family (like “Times New Roman” or “Arial”)
| Generic family | Font family | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Serif | Times New Roman Georgia | Serif fonts have small lines at the ends on some characters |
| Sans-serif | Arial Verdana | “Sans” means without - these fonts do not have the lines at the ends of characters |
| Monospace | Courier New Lucida Console | All monospace characters have the same width |
Note: On computer screens, sans-serif fonts are considered easier to read than serif fonts.
Font Family
The font family of a text is set with the font-family property.
The font-family property should hold several font names as a “fallback” system. If the browser does not support the first font, it tries the next font, and so on.
Start with the font you want, and end with a generic family, to let the browser pick a similar font in the generic family, if no other fonts are available.
Note: If the name of a font family is more than one word, it must be in quotation marks, like: “Times New Roman”.
More than one font family is specified in a comma-separated list:
p {
font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
}
Commonly Used Web Safe Font Combinations:
p.serif {
font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
}
p.sansserif {
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
p.monospace {
font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
}
Learn how to use Google Fonts on your web page:
<head>
<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Sofia' rel='stylesheet'>
<style>
body {
font-family: 'Sofia';
font-size: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
Font Style
The font-style property is mostly used to specify italic text.
This property has three values:
- normal - The text is shown normally
- italic - The text is shown in italics
- oblique - The text is “leaning” (oblique is very similar to italic, but less supported)
p.normal {
font-style: normal;
}
p.italic {
font-style: italic;
}
p.oblique {
font-style: oblique;
}
Font Size
The font-size property sets the size of the text.
Being able to manage the text size is important in web design. However, you should not use font size adjustments to make paragraphs look like headings, or headings look like paragraphs.
Always use the proper HTML tags, like <h1> - <h6> for headings and <p> for paragraphs.
The font-size value can be an absolute, or relative size.
Absolute size:
- Sets the text to a specified size
- Does not allow a user to change the text size in all browsers (bad for accessibility reasons)
- Absolute size is useful when the physical size of the output is known Relative size:
- Sets the size relative to surrounding elements
- Allows a user to change the text size in browsers Note: If you do not specify a font size, the default size for normal text, like paragraphs, is 16px (16px=1em).
Set Font Size With Pixels
Setting the text size with pixels gives you full control over the text size:
h1 {
font-size: 40px;
}
h2 {
font-size: 30px;
}
p {
font-size: 14px;
}
Tip: If you use pixels, you can still use the zoom tool to resize the entire page.
Set Font Size With Em
To allow users to resize the text (in the browser menu), many developers use em instead of pixels.
The em size unit is recommended by the W3C.
1em is equal to the current font size. The default text size in browsers is 16px. So, the default size of 1em is 16px.
The size can be calculated from pixels to em using this formula: pixels/16=em
h1 {
font-size: 2.5em; /* 40px/16=2.5em */
}
h2 {
font-size: 1.875em; /* 30px/16=1.875em */
}
p {
font-size: 0.875em; /* 14px/16=0.875em */
}
In the example above, the text size in em is the same as the previous example in pixels. However, with the em size, it is possible to adjust the text size in all browsers.
Unfortunately, there is still a problem with older versions of IE. The text becomes larger than it should when made larger, and smaller than it should when made smaller.
Use a Combination of Percent and Em
The solution that works in all browsers, is to set a default font-size in percent for the
body {
font-size: 100%;
}
h1 {
font-size: 2.5em;
}
h2 {
font-size: 1.875em;
}
p {
font-size: 0.875em;
}
Our code now works great! It shows the same text size in all browsers, and allows all browsers to zoom or resize the text!
Font Weight
The font-weight property specifies the weight of a font:
p.normal {
font-weight: normal;
}
p.light {
font-weight: lighter;
}
p.thick {
font-weight: bold;
}
p.thicker {
font-weight: 900;
}
Responsive Font Size
The text size can be set with a vw unit, which means the “viewport width”. That way the text size will follow the size of the browser window:
h1 {
font-size: 10vw;
}
Viewport is the browser window size. 1vw = 1% of viewport width. If the viewport is 50cm wide, 1vw is 0.5cm.
Font Variant
The font-variant property specifies whether or not a text should be displayed in a small-caps font.
In a small-caps font, all lowercase letters are converted to uppercase letters. However, the converted uppercase letters appears in a smaller font size than the original uppercase letters in the text.
p.normal {
font-variant: normal;
}
p.small {
font-variant: small-caps;
}
Font - Shorthand Property
The font property is a shorthand property for:
font-stylefont-variantfont-weightfont-size/line-heightfont-familyThefont-sizeandfont-familyvalues are required. If one of the other values is missing, their default value are used. Note: The line-height property sets the space between lines.
p.a The font size is set to 15 pixels, and the font family is Arial.p.b The font is set to italic and bold, the font size is set to 12 pixels, the line height is set to 30 pixels, and the font family is Georgia.
p.a {
font: 15px arial, sans-serif;
}
p.b {
font: italic bold 12px/30px Georgia, serif;
}
All CSS Font Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| font | Sets all the font properties in one declaration |
| font-family | Specifies the font family for text |
| font-size | Specifies the font size of text |
| font-style | Specifies the font style for text |
| font-variant | Specifies whether or not a text should be displayed in a small-caps font |
| font-weight | Specifies the weight of a font |
CSS Icons
Font Awesome Icons
To use the Font Awesome icons, add the following line inside the <head> section of your HTML page:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
Note: No downloading or installation is required!
Copied from Font Awesome Official site
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.1.0/css/all.css" integrity="sha384-lKuwvrZot6UHsBSfcMvOkWwlCMgc0TaWr+30HWe3a4ltaBwTZhyTEggF5tJv8tbt" crossorigin="anonymous">
<i class="fas fa-stroopwafel"></i> <!-- this icon's 1) style prefix == fas and 2) icon name == stroopwafel -->
<i class="fas fa-stroopwafel"></i> <!-- using an <i> element to reference the icon -->
<span class="fas fa-stroopwafel"></span> <!-- using a <span> element to reference the icon -->
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Font Awesome Icons</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<p>Some Font Awesome icons:</p>
<i class="fa fa-cloud"></i>
<i class="fa fa-heart"></i>
<i class="fa fa-car"></i>
<i class="fa fa-file"></i>
<i class="fa fa-bars"></i>
<p>Styled Font Awesome icons (size and color):</p>
<i class="fa fa-cloud" style="font-size:24px;"></i>
<i class="fa fa-cloud" style="font-size:36px;"></i>
<i class="fa fa-cloud" style="font-size:48px;color:red;"></i>
<i class="fa fa-cloud" style="font-size:60px;color:lightblue;"></i>
</body>
</html>
Google Icons
To use the Google icons, add the following line inside the <head> section of your HTML page:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons">
Note: No downloading or installation is required!
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Google Icons</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons">
</head>
<body>
<p>Some Google icons:</p>
<i class="material-icons">cloud</i>
<i class="material-icons">favorite</i>
<i class="material-icons">attachment</i>
<i class="material-icons">computer</i>
<i class="material-icons">traffic</i>
<br><br>
<p>Styled Google icons (size and color):</p>
<i class="material-icons" style="font-size:24px;">cloud</i>
<i class="material-icons" style="font-size:36px;">cloud</i>
<i class="material-icons" style="font-size:48px;color:red;">cloud</i>
<i class="material-icons" style="font-size:60px;color:lightblue;">cloud</i>
</body>
</html>
Copied From https://google.github.io/material-design-icons/
/* Rules for sizing the icon. */
.material-icons.md-18 { font-size: 18px; }
.material-icons.md-24 { font-size: 24px; }
.material-icons.md-36 { font-size: 36px; }
.material-icons.md-48 { font-size: 48px; }
/* Rules for using icons as black on a light background. */
.material-icons.md-dark { color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.54); }
.material-icons.md-dark.md-inactive { color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.26); }
/* Rules for using icons as white on a dark background. */
.material-icons.md-light { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); }
.material-icons.md-light.md-inactive { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3); }
CSS Links
Styling Links
Links can be styled with any CSS property (e.g. color, font-family, background, etc.).
a {
color: hotpink;
}
<a href="default.asp" target="_blank">This is a link</a>
In addition, links can be styled differently depending on what state they are in.
The four links states are:
a:link- a normal, unvisited linka:visited- a link the user has visiteda:hover- a link when the user mouses over ita:active- a link the moment it is clicked
/* unvisited link */
a:link {
color: red;
}
/* visited link */
a:visited {
color: green;
}
/* mouse over link */
a:hover {
color: hotpink;
}
/* selected link */
a:active {
color: blue;
}
<a href="default.asp" target="_blank">This is a link</a>
When setting the style for several link states, there are some order rules:
a:hoverMUST come aftera:linkanda:visiteda:activeMUST come aftera:hover
Text Decoration
The text-decoration property is mostly used to remove underlines from links:
a:link {
text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
a:active {
text-decoration: underline;
}
<a href="default.asp" target="_blank">This is a link</a>
Background Color
The background-color property can be used to specify a background color for links:
a:link {
background-color: yellow;
}
a:visited {
background-color: cyan;
}
a:hover {
background-color: lightgreen;
}
a:active {
background-color: hotpink;
}
<a href="default.asp" target="_blank">This is a link</a>
Advanced - Link Buttons
This example demonstrates a more advanced example where we combine several CSS properties to display links as boxes/buttons:
a:link, a:visited {
background-color: #f44336;
color: white;
padding: 14px 25px;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
display: inline-block;
}
a:hover, a:active {
background-color: red;
}
<a href="default.asp" target="_blank">This is a link</a>
Add different styles to hyperlinks This example demonstrates how to add other styles to hyperlinks.
a.one:link {color:#ff0000;}
a.one:visited {color:#0000ff;}
a.one:hover {color:#ffcc00;}
a.two:link {color:#ff0000;}
a.two:visited {color:#0000ff;}
a.two:hover {font-size:150%;}
a.three:link {color:#ff0000;}
a.three:visited {color:#0000ff;}
a.three:hover {background:#66ff66;}
a.four:link {color:#ff0000;}
a.four:visited {color:#0000ff;}
a.four:hover {font-family:monospace;}
a.five:link {color:#ff0000;text-decoration:none;}
a.five:visited {color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;}
a.five:hover {text-decoration:underline;}
<a class="one" href="default.asp" target="_blank">This link changes color</a>
<a class="two" href="default.asp" target="_blank">This link changes font-size</a>
<a class="three" href="default.asp" target="_blank">This link changes background-color</a>
<a class="four" href="default.asp" target="_blank">This link changes font-family</a>
<a class="five" href="default.asp" target="_blank">This link changes text-decoration</a>
Change the cursor The cursor property specifies the type of cursor to display. This example demonstrates the different types of cursors (can be useful for links).
<span style="cursor:auto">auto</span><br>
<span style="cursor:crosshair">crosshair</span><br>
<span style="cursor:default">default</span><br>
<span style="cursor:e-resize">e-resize</span><br>
<span style="cursor:help">help</span><br>
<span style="cursor:move">move</span><br>
<span style="cursor:n-resize">n-resize</span><br>
<span style="cursor:ne-resize">ne-resize</span><br>
<span style="cursor:nw-resize">nw-resize</span><br>
<span style="cursor:pointer">pointer</span><br>
<span style="cursor:progress">progress</span><br>
<span style="cursor:s-resize">s-resize</span><br>
<span style="cursor:se-resize">se-resize</span><br>
<span style="cursor:sw-resize">sw-resize</span><br>
<span style="cursor:text">text</span><br>
<span style="cursor:w-resize">w-resize</span><br>
<span style="cursor:wait">wait</span><br>
CSS Lists
HTML Lists and CSS List Properties
In HTML, there are two main types of lists:
- unordered lists
<ul>- the list items are marked with bullets - ordered lists
<ol>- the list items are marked with numbers or letters The CSS list properties allow you to: - Set different list item markers for ordered lists
- Set different list item markers for unordered lists
- Set an image as the list item marker
- Add background colors to lists and list items
Different List Item Markers
The list-style-type property specifies the type of list item marker.
The following example shows some of the available list item markers:
ul.a {
list-style-type: circle;
}
ul.b {
list-style-type: square;
}
ol.c {
list-style-type: upper-roman;
}
ol.d {
list-style-type: lower-alpha;
}
<p>Example of unordered lists:</p>
<ul class="a">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Coca Cola</li>
</ul>
<ul class="b">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Coca Cola</li>
</ul>
<p>Example of ordered lists:</p>
<ol class="c">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Coca Cola</li>
</ol>
<ol class="d">
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Coca Cola</li>
</ol>
Note: Some of the values are for unordered lists, and some for ordered lists.
An Image as The List Item Marker
The list-style-image property specifies an image as the list item marker:
ul {
list-style-image: url('sqpurple.gif');
}
Position The List Item Markers
The list-style-position property specifies the position of the list-item markers (bullet points).
list-style-position: outside; means that the bullet points will be outside the list item. The start of each line of a list item will be aligned vertically.
list-style-position: inside; means that the bullet points will be inside the list item. As it is part of the list item, it will be part of the text and push the text at the start.
ul.a {
list-style-position: outside;
}
ul.b {
list-style-position: inside;
}
Remove Default Settings
The list-style-type:none property can also be used to remove the markers/bullets. Note that the list also has default margin and padding. To remove this, add margin:0 and padding:0 to <ul> or <ol>:
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
List - Shorthand property
The list-style property is a shorthand property. It is used to set all the list properties in one declaration:
ul {
list-style: square inside url("sqpurple.gif");
}
When using the shorthand property, the order of the property values are:
list-style-type(if a list-style-image is specified, the value of this property will be displayed if the image for some reason cannot be displayed)list-style-position(specifies whether the list-item markers should appear inside or outside the content flow)list-style-image(specifies an image as the list item marker)
If one of the property values above are missing, the default value for the missing property will be inserted, if any.
Styling List With Colors
We can also style lists with colors, to make them look a little more interesting.
Anything added to the <ol> or <ul> tag, affects the entire list, while properties added to the <li> tag will affect the individual list items:
ol {
background: #ff9999;
padding: 20px;
}
ul {
background: #3399ff;
padding: 20px;
}
ol li {
background: #ffe5e5;
padding: 5px;
margin-left: 35px;
}
ul li {
background: #cce5ff;
margin: 5px;
}
This example demonstrates how to create a list with a red left border.
ul {
border-left: 5px solid red;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
list-style-type: none;
padding: 10px 20px;
}
This example demonstrates how to create a bordered list without bullets.
ul {
list-style-type: none;
padding: 0;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
ul li {
padding: 8px 16px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}
ul li:last-child {
border-bottom: none
}
This example demonstrates all the different list-item markers in CSS.
ul.a {list-style-type: circle;}
ul.b {list-style-type: disc;}
ul.c {list-style-type: square;}
ol.d {list-style-type: armenian;}
ol.e {list-style-type: cjk-ideographic;}
ol.f {list-style-type: decimal;}
ol.g {list-style-type: decimal-leading-zero;}
ol.h {list-style-type: georgian;}
ol.i {list-style-type: hebrew;}
ol.j {list-style-type: hiragana;}
ol.k {list-style-type: hiragana-iroha;}
ol.l {list-style-type: katakana;}
ol.m {list-style-type: katakana-iroha;}
ol.n {list-style-type: lower-alpha;}
ol.o {list-style-type: lower-greek;}
ol.p {list-style-type: lower-latin;}
ol.q {list-style-type: lower-roman;}
ol.r {list-style-type: upper-alpha;}
ol.s {list-style-type: upper-latin;}
ol.t {list-style-type: upper-roman;}
ol.u {list-style-type: none;}
ol.v {list-style-type: inherit;}
All CSS List Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| list-style | Sets all the properties for a list in one declaration |
| list-style-image | Specifies an image as the list-item marker |
| list-style-position | Specifies the position of the list-item markers (bullet points) |
| list-style-type | Specifies the type of list-item marker |
CSS Tables
The look of an HTML table can be greatly improved with CSS:
<style>
#customers {
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
border-collapse: collapse;
width: 100%;
}
#customers td, #customers th {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
padding: 8px;
}
#customers tr:nth-child(even){background-color: #f2f2f2;}
#customers tr:hover {background-color: #ddd;}
#customers th {
padding-top: 12px;
padding-bottom: 12px;
text-align: left;
background-color: #4CAF50;
color: white;
}
</style>
<table id="customers">
<tr>
<th>Company</th>
<th>Contact</th>
<th>Country</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alfreds Futterkiste</td>
<td>Maria Anders</td>
<td>Germany</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Berglunds snabbköp</td>
<td>Christina Berglund</td>
<td>Sweden</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Centro comercial Moctezuma</td>
<td>Francisco Chang</td>
<td>Mexico</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ernst Handel</td>
<td>Roland Mendel</td>
<td>Austria</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Island Trading</td>
<td>Helen Bennett</td>
<td>UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Königlich Essen</td>
<td>Philip Cramer</td>
<td>Germany</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Laughing Bacchus Winecellars</td>
<td>Yoshi Tannamuri</td>
<td>Canada</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti</td>
<td>Giovanni Rovelli</td>
<td>Italy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>North/South</td>
<td>Simon Crowther</td>
<td>UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Paris spécialités</td>
<td>Marie Bertrand</td>
<td>France</td>
</tr>
</table>
Table Borders
To specify table borders in CSS, use the border property.
The example below specifies a black border for <table>, <th>, and <td> elements:
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
Notice that the table in the example above has double borders. This is because both the table and the <th> and <td> elements have separate borders.
Collapse Table Borders
The border-collapse property sets whether the table borders should be collapsed into a single border:
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
}
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
If you only want a border around the table, only specify the border property for <table>:
table {
border: 1px solid black;
}
Table Width and Height
Width and height of a table are defined by the width and height properties.
The example below sets the width of the table to 100%, and the height of the <th> elements to 50px:
table {
width: 100%;
}
th {
height: 50px;
}
Horizontal Alignment
The text-align property sets the horizontal alignment (like left, right, or center) of the content in <th> or <td>.
By default, the content of <th> elements are center-aligned and the content of <td> elements are left-aligned.
The following example left-aligns the text in <th> elements:
th {
text-align: left;
}
Vertical Alignment
The vertical-align property sets the vertical alignment (like top, bottom, or middle) of the content in <th> or <td>.
By default, the vertical alignment of the content in a table is middle (for both <th> and <td> elements).
The following example sets the vertical text alignment to bottom for <td> elements:
td {
height: 50px;
vertical-align: bottom;
}
Table Padding
To control the space between the border and the content in a table, use the padding property on
th, td {
padding: 15px;
text-align: left;
}
Horizontal Dividers
Add the border-bottom property to
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
width: 100%;
}
th, td {
padding: 8px;
text-align: left;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}
Hoverable Table
Use the :hover selector on
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
width: 100%;
}
th, td {
padding: 8px;
text-align: left;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}
tr:hover {background-color:#f5f5f5;}
Striped Tables
For zebra-striped tables, use the nth-child() selector and add a background-color to all even (or odd) table rows:
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
width: 100%;
}
th, td {
text-align: left;
padding: 8px;
}
tr:nth-child(even) {background-color: #f2f2f2;}
Table Color
The example below specifies the background color and text color of
th {
background-color: #4CAF50;
color: white;
}
Responsive Table
A responsive table will display a horizontal scroll bar if the screen is too small to display the full content. Add a container element (like
overflow-x:auto around the| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| border | Sets all the border properties in one declaration |
| border-collapse | Specifies whether or not table borders should be collapsed |
| border-spacing | Specifies the distance between the borders of adjacent cells |
| caption-side | Specifies the placement of a table caption |
| empty-cells | Specifies whether or not to display borders and background on empty cells in a table |
| table-layout | Sets the layout algorithm to be used for a table |