Simply put, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a way to
separate a document's structure from its presentation. The benefits of this
can be quite profound: CSS allows a much richer document appearance than HTML
and also saves time -- you can create or change the appearance of an entire
document in just one place; and its compact file size makes web pages load
quickly.
CSS: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition, provides
you with a comprehensive guide to CSS implementation, along with a thorough
review of all aspects of CSS 2.1. Updated to cover Internet Explorer 7,
Microsoft's vastly improved browser, this new edition includes content on
positioning, lists and generated content, table layout, user interface, paged
media, and more. Author Eric Meyer tackles the subject with passion, exploring
in detail each individual CSS property and how it interacts with other
properties. You'll not only learn how to avoid common mistakes in
interpretation, you also will benefit from the depth and breadth of his
experience and his clear and honest style. This is the complete sourcebook on
CSS.
Preface
1. CSS and Documents
The Web's Fall from Grace
CSS to the Rescue
Elements
Bringing
CSS and XHTML Together
2. Selectors
Basic
Rules
Grouping
Class
and ID Selectors
Attribute Selectors
Using Document Structure
Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements
3. Structure and the Cascade
Specificity
Inheritance
The Cascade
4. Values and Units
Numbers
Percentages
Color
Length Units
URLs
CSS2 Units
5. Fonts
Font
Families
Font Weights
Font Size
Styles and Variants
Stretching and Adjusting Fonts
The font Property
Font Matching
6. Text Properties
Indentation and Horizontal Alignment
Vertical Alignment
Word Spacing and Letter
Spacing
Text Transformation
Text Decoration
Text Shadows
7. Basic Visual Formatting
Basic Boxes
Block-Level Elements
Inline Elements
Altering
Element Display
8. Padding, Borders, and Margins
Basic Element Boxes
Margins
Borders
Padding
9. Colors and Backgrounds
Colors
Foreground Colors
Backgrounds
10. Floating and Positioning
Floating
Positioning
11. Table Layout
Table Formatting
Table Cell Borders
Table Sizing
12. Lists and Generated Content
Lists
Generated Content
13. User Interface Styles
System Fonts and Colors
Cursors
Outlines
14. Non-Screen Media
Designating Medium-Specific Style Sheets
Paged Media
Aural Styles
A. Property Reference
B. Selector, Pseudo-Class, and Pseudo-Element
Reference
C. Sample HTML 4 Style Sheet
Index
