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CSS

This is a quick reference cheat sheet for CSS goodness, listing selector syntax, properties, units and other useful bits of information.

Introduction

CSS is rich in capabilities and is more than simply laying out pages.

External stylesheet

<link href="./path/to/stylesheet/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

Internal stylesheet

<style>
body {
background-color: linen;
}
</style>

Inline styles

<h2 style="text-align: center;">Centered text</h2>

<p style="color: blue; font-size: 18px;">Blue, 18-point text</p>

Add class

<div class="classname"></div>
<div class="class1 ... classn"></div>

Support multiple classes on one element.

!important

.post-title {
color: blue !important;
}

Overrides all previous styling rules.

Selector

h1 { }
#job-title { }
div.hero { }
div > p { }

See: Selectors

Text color

color: #2a2aff;
color: green;
color: rgb(34, 12, 64, 0.6);
color: hsla(30 100% 50% / 0.6);

See: Colors

Background

background-color: blue;
background-image: url("nyan-cat.gif");
background-image: url("../image.png");

See: Backgrounds

Font

.page-title {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 30px;
font-family: "Courier New";
}

See: Fonts

Position

.box {
position: relative;
top: 20px;
left: 20px;
}

See also: Position

Animation


animation: 300ms linear 0s infinite;

animation: bounce 300ms linear infinite;

See: Animation

Comment


/* This is a single line comment */

/* This is a
multi-line comment */

Flex layout

div {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
}
div {
display: flex;
justify-content: flex-start;
}

See: Flexbox | Flex Tricks

Grid layout

#container {
display: grid;
grid: repeat(2, 60px) / auto-flow 80px;
}

#container > div {
background-color: #8ca0ff;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
}

See: Grid Layout

Variable & Counter

counter-set: subsection;
counter-increment: subsection;
counter-reset: subsection 0;

:root {
--bg-color: brown;
}
element {
background-color: var(--bg-color);
}

See: Dynamic content

CSS Selectors

Examples

Groups Selector

h1, h2 {
color: red;
}

Chaining Selector

h3.section-heading {
color: blue;
}

Attribute Selector

div[attribute="SomeValue"] {
background-color: red;
}

First Child Selector

p:first-child {
font-weight: bold;
}

No Children Selector

.box:empty {
background: lime;
height: 80px;
width: 80px;
}

Basic

*All elements
divAll div tags
.classnameAll elements with class
#idnameElement with ID
div,pAll divs and paragraphs
#idname *All elements inside #idname
See also: Type / Class / ID / Universal selectors

Combinators

SelectorDescription
div.classnameDiv with certain classname
div#idnameDiv with certain ID
div pParagraphs inside divs
div > pAll p tags <br>one level deep in div
div + pP tags immediately after div
div ~ pP tags preceded by div
See also: Adjacent / Sibling / Child selectors

Attribute selectors

a[target]With a target attribute
a[target="_blank"]Open in new tab
a[href^="/index"]Starts with /index
`[class="chair"]`
[class*="chair"]containing chair
[title~="chair"]Contains the word chair
a[href$=".doc"]Ends with .doc
[type="button"]Specified type

See also: Attribute selectors

User action pseudo classes

a:link Link in normal state
a:active Link in clicked state
a:hover Link with mouse over it
a:visited Visited link

Pseudo classes

p::afterAdd content after p
p::beforeAdd content before p
p::first-letterFirst letter in p
p::first-lineFirst line in p
::selectionSelected by user
::placeholderPlaceholder attribute
:rootDocuments root element
:targetHighlight active anchor
div:emptyElement with no children
p:lang(en)P with en language attribute
:not(span)Element that's not a span

Input pseudo classes

input:checkedChecked inputs
input:disabledDisabled inputs
input:enabledEnabled inputs
input:focusInput has focus
input:in-rangeValue in range
input:out-of-rangeInput value out of range
input:validInput with valid value
input:invalidInput with invalid value
input:optionalNo required attribute
input:requiredInput with required attribute
input:read-onlyWith readonly attribute
input:read-writeNo readonly attribute
input:indeterminateWith indeterminate state

Structural pseudo classes

p:first-childFirst child
p:last-childLast child
p:first-of-typeFirst of some type
p:last-of-typeLast of some type
p:nth-child(2)Second child of its parent
p:nth-child(3n42)Nth-child (an + b) formula
p:nth-last-child(2)Second child from behind
p:nth-of-type(2)Second p of its parent
p:nth-last-of-type(2)...from behind
p:only-of-typeUnique of its parent
p:only-childOnly child of its parent

CSS Fonts

Properties

PropertyDescription
font-family:<font> <fontN>
font-size:<size>
letter-spacing:<size>
line-height:<number>

| font-weight: | <number> / bold / normal | | font-style: | italic / normal | | text-decoration: | underline / none |

| text-align: | left / right <br>center / justify | | text-transform: | capitalize / uppercase / lowercase |

See also: Font

Shorthand

styleweightsize (required)line-heightfamily
font:italic40014px/1.5sans-serif
styleweightsize (required)line-heightfamily (required)

Example

font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 12pt;
letter-spacing: 0.02em;

Case


/* Hello */
text-transform: capitalize;

/* HELLO */
text-transform: uppercase;

/* hello */
text-transform: lowercase;

@font-face

@font-face {
font-family: 'Glegoo';
src: url('../Glegoo.woff');
}

CSS Colors

Named color

color: red;
color: orange;
color: tan;
color: rebeccapurple;

Hexadecimal color

color: #090;
color: #009900;
color: #090a;
color: #009900aa;

rgb() Colors

color: rgb(34, 12, 64, 0.6);
color: rgba(34, 12, 64, 0.6);
color: rgb(34 12 64 / 0.6);
color: rgba(34 12 64 / 0.3);
color: rgb(34.0 12 64 / 60%);
color: rgba(34.6 12 64 / 30%);

HSL Colors

color: hsl(30, 100%, 50%, 0.6);
color: hsla(30, 100%, 50%, 0.6);
color: hsl(30 100% 50% / 0.6);
color: hsla(30 100% 50% / 0.6);
color: hsl(30.0 100% 50% / 60%);
color: hsla(30.2 100% 50% / 60%);

Other

color: inherit;
color: initial;
color: unset;
color: transparent;

color: currentcolor; /* keyword */

CSS Backgrounds

Properties

PropertyDescription
background:(Shorthand)

| background-color: | See: Colors | | background-image: | url(...) | | background-position: | left/center/right
top/center/bottom | | background-size: | cover X Y | | background-clip: | border-box
padding-box
content-box | | background-repeat: | no-repeat
repeat-x
repeat-y | | background-attachment: | scroll/fixed/local |

Shorthand

colorimagepositionXpositionYsizerepeatattachment
background:#ff0url(a.jpg)lefttop/100px autono-repeatfixed;
background:#abcurl(b.png)centercenter/coverrepeat-xlocal;
colorimageposXposYsizerepeatattach..

Examples

background: url(img_man.jpg) no-repeat center;

background: url(img_flwr.gif) right bottom no-repeat, url(paper.gif) left top repeat;

background: rgb(2,0,36);
background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(2,0,36,1) 0%, rgba(13,232,230,1) 35%, rgba(0,212,255,1) 100%);

CSS The Box Model

Maximums/Minimums

.column {
max-width: 200px;
width: 500px;
}

See also: max-width / min-width / max-height / min-height

Margin / Padding

.block-one {
margin: 20px;
padding: 10px;
}

See also: Margin / Padding

Box-sizing

.container {
box-sizing: border-box;
}

See also: Box-sizing

Visibility

.invisible-elements {
visibility: hidden;
}

See also: Visibility

Auto keyword

div {
margin: auto;
}

See also: Margin

Overflow

.small-block {
overflow: scroll;
}

See also: Overflow

CSS Animation

Shorthand

namedurationtiming-functiondelaycountdirectionfill-modeplay-state
animation:bounce300mslinear100msinfinitealternate-reversebothreverse
namedurationtiming-functiondelaycountdirectionfill-modeplay-state

Properties

PropertyValue
animation:(shorthand)
animation-name:<name>
animation-duration:<time>ms
animation-timing-function:ease / linear / ease-in / ease-out / ease-in-out
animation-delay:<time>ms
animation-iteration-count:infinite / <number>
animation-direction:normal / reverse / alternate / alternate-reverse
animation-fill-mode:none / forwards / backwards / both / initial / inherit
animation-play-state:normal / reverse / alternate / alternate-reverse

See also: Animation

Example

/* @keyframes duration | timing-function | delay |
iteration-count | direction | fill-mode | play-state | name */
animation: 3s ease-in 1s 2 reverse both paused slidein;

/* @keyframes duration | timing-function | delay | name */
animation: 3s linear 1s slidein;

/* @keyframes duration | name */
animation: 3s slidein;

animation: 4s linear 0s infinite alternate move_eye;
animation: bounce 300ms linear 0s infinite normal;
animation: bounce 300ms linear infinite;
animation: bounce 300ms linear infinite alternate-reverse;
animation: bounce 300ms linear 2s infinite alternate-reverse forwards normal;

Javascript Event

.one('webkitAnimationEnd oanimationend msAnimationEnd animationend')

CSS Flexbox

Simple example

.container {
display: flex;
}
.container > div {
flex: 1 1 auto;
}

Container

.container {

display: flex;
display: inline-flex;
  flex-direction: row;            /* ltr - default */
flex-direction: row-reverse; /* rtl */
flex-direction: column; /* top-bottom */
flex-direction: column-reverse; /* bottom-top */
  flex-wrap: nowrap; /* one-line */
flex-wrap: wrap; /* multi-line */
  align-items: flex-start; /* vertical-align to top */
align-items: flex-end; /* vertical-align to bottom */
align-items: center; /* vertical-align to center */
align-items: stretch; /* same height on all (default) */
  justify-content: flex-start;    /* [xxx        ] */
justify-content: center; /* [ xxx ] */
justify-content: flex-end; /* [ xxx] */
justify-content: space-between; /* [x x x] */
justify-content: space-around; /* [ x x x ] */
justify-content: space-evenly; /* [ x x x ] */

}

Child

.container > div {
/* This: */
flex: 1 0 auto;

/* Is equivalent to this: */
flex-grow: 1;
flex-shrink: 0;
flex-basis: auto;
  order: 1;
  align-self: flex-start;  /* left */
margin-left: auto; /* right */

}

CSS Flexbox Tricks

Vertical center

.container {
display: flex;
}

.container > div {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
margin: auto;
}

Vertical center (2)

.container {
display: flex;

/* vertical */
align-items: center;

/* horizontal */
justify-content: center;
}

Reordering

.container > .top {
order: 1;
}

.container > .bottom {
order: 2;
}

Mobile layout

.container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}

.container > .top {
flex: 0 0 100px;
}

.container > .content {
flex: 1 0 auto;
}

A fixed-height top bar and a dynamic-height content area.

Table-like


.container {
display: flex;
}


/* the 'px' values here are just suggested percentages */
.container > .checkbox { flex: 1 0 20px; }
.container > .subject { flex: 1 0 400px; }
.container > .date { flex: 1 0 120px; }

This creates columns that have different widths, but size accordingly according to the circumstances.

Vertical

.container {
align-items: center;
}

Vertically-center all items.

Left and right

.menu > .left  { align-self: flex-start; }
.menu > .right { align-self: flex-end; }

CSS Grid Layout

Grid Template Columns

#grid-container {
display: grid;
width: 100px;
grid-template-columns: 20px 20% 60%;
}

fr Relative Unit

.grid {
display: grid;
width: 100px;
grid-template-columns: 1fr 60px 1fr;
}

Grid Gap

/*The distance between rows is 20px*/
/*The distance between columns is 10px*/
#grid-container {
display: grid;
grid-gap: 20px 10px;
}

CSS Block Level Grid

#grid-container {
display: block;
}

CSS grid-row

CSS syntax:

  • grid-row: grid-row-start / grid-row-end;

Example

.item {
grid-row: 1 / span 2;
}

CSS Inline Level Grid

#grid-container {
display: inline-grid;
}

minmax() Function

.grid {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 100px minmax(100px, 500px) 100px;
}

grid-row-start & grid-row-end

CSS syntax:

  • grid-row-start: auto|row-line;<br>
  • grid-row-end: auto|row-line|span n;

Example

grid-row-start: 2;
grid-row-end: span 2;

CSS grid-row-gap

grid-row-gap: length;

Any legal length value, like px or %. 0 is the default value

CSS grid-area

.item1 {
grid-area: 2 / 1 / span 2 / span 3;
}

Justify Items

#container {
display: grid;
justify-items: center;
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
grid-gap: 10px;
}

CSS grid-template-areas

.item {
grid-area: nav;
}
.grid-container {
display: grid;
grid-template-areas:
'nav nav . .'
'nav nav . .';
}

Justify Self

#grid-container {
display: grid;
justify-items: start;
}

.grid-items {
justify-self: end;
}

The grid items are positioned to the right (end) of the row.

Align Items

#container {
display: grid;
align-items: start;
grid-template-columns: 1fr;
grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
grid-gap: 10px;
}

CSS Dynamic Content

Variable

Define CSS Variable

:root {
--first-color: #16f;
--second-color: #ff7;
}

Variable Usage

#firstParagraph {
background-color: var(--first-color);
color: var(--second-color);
}

See also: CSS Variable

Counter

/* Set "my-counter" to 0 */
counter-set: my-counter;
/* Increment "my-counter" by 1 */
counter-increment: my-counter;
/* Decrement "my-counter" by 1 */
counter-increment: my-counter -1;
/* Reset "my-counter" to 0 */
counter-reset: my-counter;

See also: Counter set

Using counters

body { counter-reset: section; }

h3::before {
counter-increment: section;
content: "Section." counter(section);
}
ol {
counter-reset: section;
list-marker-type: none;
}

li::before {
counter-increment: section;
content: counters(section, ".") " ";
}

Css 3 tricks

Scrollbar smooth

html {
scroll-behavior: smooth;
}

Click me, the page will scroll smoothly to Getting started

Also see