The links in the “Property” column point to more useful information about each property.
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).
Background
| Property | Description | Values | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| background | A shorthand property for setting all background properties in one declaration | background-color background-image background-repeat background-attachment background-position |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| background-attachment | Sets whether a background image is fixed or scrolls with the rest of the page | scroll fixed |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| background-color | Sets the background color of an element | color-rgb color-hex color-name transparent |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| background-image | Sets an image as the background | url(URL) none |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| background-position | Sets the starting position of a background image | top left top center top right center left center center center right bottom left bottom center bottom right x% y% xpos ypos |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| background-repeat | Sets if/how a background image will be repeated | repeat repeat-x repeat-y no-repeat |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Border
| Property | Description | Values | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| border | A shorthand property for setting all of the properties for the four borders in one declaration | border-width border-style border-color |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| border-bottom | A shorthand property for setting all of the properties for the bottom border in one declaration | border-bottom-width border-style border-color |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| border-bottom-color | Sets the color of the bottom border | border-color | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| border-bottom-style | Sets the style of the bottom border | border-style | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| border-bottom-width | Sets the width of the bottom border | thin medium thick length |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| border-color | Sets the color of the four borders, can have from one to four colors | color | 4 | 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 |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| border-left-color | Sets the color of the left border | border-color | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| border-left-style | Sets the style of the left border | border-style | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| border-left-width | Sets the width of the left border | thin medium thick length |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| border-right | A shorthand property for setting all of the properties for the right border in one declaration | border-right-width border-style border-color |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| border-right-color | Sets the color of the right border | border-color | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| border-right-style | Sets the style of the right border | border-style | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| border-right-width | Sets the width of the right border | thin medium thick length |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| border-style | Sets the style of the four borders, can have from one to four styles | none hidden dotted dashed solid double groove ridge inset outset |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 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 |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| border-top-color | Sets the color of the top border | border-color | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| border-top-style | Sets the style of the top border | border-style | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| border-top-width | Sets the width of the top border | thin medium thick length |
4 | 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 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Classification
| 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 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| cursor | Specifies the type of cursor to be displayed | url auto crosshair default pointer move e-resize ne-resize nw-resize n-resize se-resize sw-resize s-resize w-resize text wait help |
4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| display | Sets how/if an element is displayed | none inline block list-item run-in compact marker table inline-table table-row-group table-header-group table-footer-group table-row table-column-group table-column table-cell table-caption |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| float | Sets where an image or a text will appear in another element | left right none |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| position | Places an element in a static, relative, absolute or fixed position | static relative absolute fixed |
4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| visibility | Sets if an element should be visible or invisible | visible hidden collapse |
4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Dimension
| Property | Description | Values | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| height | Sets the height of an element | auto length % |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| line-height | Sets the distance between lines | normal number length % |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| max-height | Sets the maximum height of an element | none length % |
– | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| max-width | Sets the maximum width of an element | none length % |
– | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| min-height | Sets the minimum height of an element | length % |
– | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| min-width | Sets the minimum width of an element | length % |
– | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| width | Sets the width of an element | auto % length |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Font
| Property | Description | Values | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| font | A shorthand property for setting all of the properties for a font in one declaration | font-style font-variant font-weight font-size/line-height font-family caption icon menu message-box small-caption status-bar |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| font-family | A prioritized list of font family names and/or generic family names for an element | family-name generic-family |
3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| font-size | Sets the size of a font | xx-small x-small small medium large x-large xx-large smaller larger length % |
3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| font-size-adjust | Specifies an aspect value for an element that will preserve the x-height of the first-choice font | none number |
– | 1 | – | 2 |
| font-stretch | Condenses or expands the current font-family | normal wider narrower ultra-condensed extra-condensed condensed semi-condensed semi-expanded expanded extra-expanded ultra-expanded |
– | – | – | 2 |
| font-style | Sets the style of the font | normal italic oblique |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| font-variant | Displays text in a small-caps font or a normal font | normal small-caps |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| font-weight | Sets the weight of a font | normal bold bolder lighter 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Generated Content
| Property | Description | Values | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| content | Generates content in a document. Used with the :before and :after pseudo-elements | string url counter(name) counter(name, list-style-type) counters(name, string) counters(name, string, list-style-type) attr(X) open-quote close-quote no-open-quote no-close-quote |
1 | 6 | 2 | |
| counter-increment | Sets how much the counter increments on each occurrence of a selector | none identifier number |
2 | |||
| counter-reset | Sets the value the counter is set to on each occurrence of a selector | none identifier number |
2 | |||
| quotes | Sets the type of quotation marks | none string string |
– | 1 | 6 | 2 |
List and Marker
| 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 |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| list-style-image | Sets an image as the list-item marker | none url |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| list-style-position | Sets where the list-item marker is placed in the list | inside outside |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| list-style-type | Sets the type of the list-item marker | none disc circle square decimal decimal-leading-zero 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 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| marker-offset | auto length |
1 | 7 | 2 |
Margin
| 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 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| margin-bottom | Sets the bottom margin of an element | auto length % |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| margin-left | Sets the left margin of an element | auto length % |
3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| margin-right | Sets the right margin of an element | auto length % |
3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| margin-top | Sets the top margin of an element | auto length % |
3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Outlines
| Property | Description | Values | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outline | A shorthand property for setting all the outline properties in one declaration | outline-color outline-style outline-width |
– | 1.5 | – | 2 |
| outline-color | Sets the color of the outline around an element | color invert |
– | 1.5 | – | 2 |
| outline-style | Sets the style of the outline around an element | none dotted dashed solid double groove ridge inset outset |
– | 1.5 | – | 2 |
| outline-width | Sets the width of the outline around an element | thin medium thick length |
– | 1.5 | – | 2 |
Padding
| 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 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| padding-bottom | Sets the bottom padding of an element | length % |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| padding-left | Sets the left padding of an element | length % |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| padding-right | Sets the right padding of an element | length % |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| padding-top | Sets the top padding of an element | length % |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Positioning
| Property | Description | Values | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bottom | Sets how far the bottom edge of an element is above/below the bottom edge of the parent element | auto % length |
5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| clip | Sets the shape of an element. The element is clipped into this shape, and displayed | shape auto |
4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| left | Sets how far the left edge of an element is to the right/left of the left edge of the parent element | auto % length |
4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| overflow | Sets what happens if the content of an element overflow its area | visible hidden scroll auto |
4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| position | Places an element in a static, relative, absolute or fixed position | static relative absolute fixed |
4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| right | Sets how far the right edge of an element is to the left/right of the right edge of the parent element | auto % length |
5 | 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 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| vertical-align | Sets the vertical alignment of an element | baseline sub super top text-top middle bottom text-bottom length % |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| z-index | Sets the stack order of an element | auto number |
4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Table
| Property | Description | Values | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| border-collapse | Sets whether the table borders are collapsed into a single border or detached as in standard HTML | collapse separate |
5 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| border-spacing | Sets the distance that separates cell borders (only for the “separated borders” model) | length length | 5M | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| caption-side | Sets the position of the table caption | top bottom left right |
5M | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| empty-cells | Sets whether or not to show empty cells in a table (only for the “separated borders” model) | show hide |
5M | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| table-layout | Sets the algorithm used to display the table cells, rows, and columns | auto fixed |
5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Text
| Property | Description | Values | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| color | Sets the color of a text | color | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| direction | Sets the text direction | ltr rtl |
6 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| line-height | Sets the distance between lines | normal number length % |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| letter-spacing | Increase or decrease the space between characters | normal length |
4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| text-align | Aligns the text in an element | left right center justify |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| text-decoration | Adds decoration to text | none underline overline line-through blink |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| text-indent | Indents the first line of text in an element | length % |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| text-shadow | none color length |
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| text-transform | Controls the letters in an element | none capitalize uppercase lowercase |
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| unicode-bidi | normal embed bidi-override |
5 | 2 | |||
| white-space | Sets how white space inside an element is handled | normal pre nowrap |
5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| word-spacing | Increase or decrease the space between words | normal length |
6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Pseudo-classes
| Pseudo-class | Purpose | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :active | Adds special style to an activated element | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| :focus | Adds special style to an element while the element has focus | – | 1.5 | 8 | 2 |
| :hover | Adds special style to an element when you mouse over it | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| :link | Adds special style to an unvisited link | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| :visited | Adds special style to a visited link | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| :first-child | Adds special style to an element that is the first child of some other element | – | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| :lang | Allows the author to specify a language to use in a specified element | – | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Pseudo-elements
| Pseudo-element | Purpose | IE | F | N | W3C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :first-letter | Adds special style to the first letter of a text | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| :first-line | Adds special style to the first line of a text | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| :before | Inserts some content before an element | 1.5 | 8 | 2 | |
| :after | Inserts some content after an element | 1.5 | 8 | 2 |
