CSS Pocket Reference: Visual Presentation for the Web

by Eric Meyer

Overview

When you're working with CSS and need a quick answer, CSS Pocket Reference delivers. This handy, concise book provides all of the essential information you need to implement CSS on the fly. Ideal for intermediate to advanced web designers and developers, the 4th edition is revised and updated for CSS3, the latest version of the Cascading Style Sheet specification. Along with a complete alphabetical reference to CSS3 selectors and properties, you'll also find a short introduction to the key concepts of CSS.

Based on Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, this reference is an easy-to-use cheatsheet of the CSS specifications you need for any task at hand. This book helps you:

• Quickly find and adapt the style elements you need
• Learn how CSS3 features complement and extend your CSS practices
• Discover new value types and new CSS selectors
• Implement drop shadows, multiple backgrounds, rounded corners, and border images
• Get new information about transforms and transitions

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449399030
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/30/2011
Edition description:	Fourth Edition
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Eric A. Meyer is an internationally recognized expert, author, and speaker on HTML, CSS, and web standards, and the founder of Complex Spiral Consulting (www.complexspiral.com). In addition to writing numerous books on CSS, Eric created the CSS Browser Compatibility Charts and coordinated the authoring and creation of the W3C's official CSS Test Suite.

Table of Contents

Preface; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Chapter 1: Basic Concepts; 1.1 Adding Styles to HTML and XHTML; 1.2 Rule Structure; 1.3 Comments; 1.4 Style Precedence; 1.5 Element Classification; 1.6 Element Display Roles; 1.7 Basic Visual Layout; 1.8 Floating; 1.9 Positioning; 1.10 Table Layout; Chapter 2: Values; 2.1 Keywords; 2.2 Color Values; 2.3 Number Values; 2.4 Percentage Values; 2.5 Length Values; 2.6 URIs; 2.7 Angles; 2.8 Times; 2.9 Frequencies; 2.10 Strings; Chapter 3: Selectors; 3.1 Selectors; 3.2 Structural Pseudo-Classes; 3.3 The Negation Pseudo-Class; 3.4 Interaction Pseudo-Classes; 3.5 Pseudo-Elements; 3.6 Media Queries; Chapter 4: Property Reference; 4.1 Universal Values; 4.2 Visual Media; 4.3 Paged Media; 4.4 Aural Media;