CSS Background Properties:

Property Description Values IE F N

background A shorthand property for background-color 4 1 6

setting all background background-image
properties in one background-repeat
declaration background-
attachment
background-position

background- Sets whether a scroll 4 1 6

attachment background image is fixed
fixed or scrolls with the
rest of the page

background-color Sets the background color-rgb 4 1 4

color of an element color-hex
color-name
transparent

background-image Sets an image as the url(URL) 4 1 4

background none

background-position Sets the starting top left 4 1 6

position of a background top center
image top right
center left
center center
center right
bottom left
bottom center
bottom right
x% y%
xpos ypos

background-repeat Sets if/how a repeat 4 1 4

background image will repeat-x
be repeated repeat-y
no-repeat
 CSS Text Properties
Property Description Values IE F N

color Sets the color of a text color 3 1 4

direction Sets the text direction ltr 6 1 6

rtl

line-height Sets the distance normal 4 1 4

between lines number
length
%

letter-spacing Increase or decrease the normal 4 1 6

space between length
characters

text-align Aligns the text in an left 4 1 4

element right
center
justify

text-decoration Adds decoration to text none 4 1 4

underline
overline
line-through
blink

text-indent Indents the first line of length 4 1 4

text in an element %

text-shadow none
color
length

text-transform Controls the letters in an none 4 1 4

element capitalize
uppercase
lowercase

unicode-bidi normal 5
embed
 bidi-override

white-space Sets how white space normal 5 1 4

inside an element is pre
handled nowrap

word-spacing Increase or decrease the normal 6 1 6

space between words length

CSS Font Properties

Property Description Values IE F N

font A shorthand property for font-style 4 1 4

setting all of the font-variant
properties for a font in font-weight
one declaration font-size/line-height
font-family
caption
icon
menu
message-box
small-caption
status-bar

font-family A prioritized list of font family-name 3 1 4

family names and/or generic-family
generic family names for
an element

font-size Sets the size of a font xx-small 3 1 4

x-small
small
medium
large
x-large
xx-large
smaller
larger
length
%
font-size-adjust Specifies an aspect none - - -
value for an element number
that will preserve the x-
height of the first-choice
font

font-stretch Condenses or expands normal - - -

the current font-family wider
narrower
ultra-condensed
extra-condensed
condensed
semi-condensed
semi-expanded
expanded
extra-expanded
ultra-expanded

font-style Sets the style of the font normal 4 1 4

italic
oblique

font-variant Displays text in a small- normal 4 1 6

caps font or a normal small-caps
font

font-weight Sets the weight of a font normal 4 1 4

bold
bolder
lighter
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
 CSS Border Properties
Property Description Values IE F N

border A shorthand property for border-width 4 1 4

setting all of the border-style
properties for the four border-color
borders in one
declaration

border-bottom A shorthand property for border-bottom- 4 1 6

setting all of the width
properties for the border-style
bottom border in one border-color
declaration

border-bottom-color Sets the color of the border-color 4 1 6

bottom border

border-bottom-style Sets the style of the border-style 4 1 6

bottom border

border-bottom-width Sets the width of the thin 4 1 4

bottom border medium
thick
length

border-color Sets the color of the four color 4 1 6

borders, can have from
one to four colors

border-left A shorthand property for border-left-width 4 1 6

setting all of the border-style
properties for the left border-color
border in one
declaration

border-left-color Sets the color of the left border-color 4 1 6

border

border-left-style Sets the style of the left border-style 4 1 6

border

border-left-width Sets the width of the left thin 4 1 4

 border medium
thick
length

border-right A shorthand property for border-right-width 4 1 6

setting all of the border-style
properties for the right border-color
border in one
declaration

border-right-color Sets the color of the border-color 4 1 6

right border

border-right-style Sets the style of the border-style 4 1 6

right border

border-right-width Sets the width of the thin 4 1 4

right border medium
thick
length

border-style Sets the style of the four none 4 1 6

borders, can have from hidden
one to four styles dotted
dashed
solid
double
groove
ridge
inset
outset

border-top A shorthand property for border-top-width 4 1 6

setting all of the border-style
properties for the top border-color
border in one
declaration

border-top-color Sets the color of the top border-color 4 1 6

border

border-top-style Sets the style of the top border-style 4 1 6

border
border-top-width Sets the width of the top thin 4 1 4
border medium
thick
length

border-width A shorthand property for thin 4 1 4

setting the width of the medium
four borders in one thick
declaration, can have length
from one to four values

CSS Outline Properties

Property Description Values IE F N W3C

outline A shorthand property for outline-color - 1. - 2

setting all the outline outline-style 5
properties in one outline-width
declaration

outline-color Sets the color of the color - 1. - 2

outline around an invert 5
element

outline-style Sets the style of the none - 1. - 2

outline around an dotted 5
element dashed
solid
double
groove
ridge
inset
outset

outline-width Sets the width of the thin - 1. - 2

outline around an medium 5
element thick
length
 CSS Margin Properties
Property Description Values IE F N W3C

margin A shorthand property for margin-top 4 1 4 1

setting the margin margin-right
properties in one margin-bottom
declaration margin-left

margin-bottom Sets the bottom margin auto 4 1 4 1

of an element length
%

margin-left Sets the left margin of auto 3 1 4 1

an element length
%

margin-right Sets the right margin of auto 3 1 4 1

an element length
%

margin-top Sets the top margin of auto 3 1 4 1

an element length
%

CSS Padding Properties

Property Description Values IE F N W3C

padding A shorthand property for padding-top 4 1 4 1

setting all of the padding-right
padding properties in padding-bottom
one declaration padding-left

padding-bottom Sets the bottom padding length 4 1 4 1

of an element %

padding-left Sets the left padding of length 4 1 4 1

an element %

padding-right Sets the right padding of length 4 1 4 1

an element %
padding-top Sets the top padding of length 4 1 4 1
an element %

CSS List Properties

Property Description Values IE F N W3C

list-style A shorthand property for list-style-type 4 1 6 1

setting all of the list-style-position
properties for a list in list-style-image
one declaration

list-style-image Sets an image as the none 4 1 6 1

list-item marker url

list-style-position Sets where the list-item inside 4 1 6 1

marker is placed in the outside
list

list-style-type Sets the type of the list- none 4 1 4 1

item marker 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
marker-offset auto 1 7 2
length

CSS Table Properties

Property Description Values IE F N W3C

border-collapse Sets whether the table collapse 5 1 7 2

borders are collapsed separate
into a single border or
detached as in standard
HTML

border-spacing Sets the distance that length length 5M 1 6 2

separates cell borders
(only for the "separated
borders" model)

caption-side Sets the position of the top 5M 1 6 2

table caption bottom
left
right

empty-cells Sets whether or not to show 5M 1 6 2

show empty cells in a hide
table (only for the
"separated borders"
model)

table-layout Sets the algorithm used auto 5 1 6 2

to display the table fixed
cells, rows, and columns

CSS Dimension Properties

Property Description Values IE F N W3C

height Sets the height of an auto 4 1 6 1

element length
%
line-height Sets the distance normal 4 1 4 1
between lines number
length
%

max-height Sets the maximum none - 1 6 2

height of an element length
%

max-width Sets the maximum none - 1 6 2

width of an element length
%

min-height Sets the minimum length - 1 6 2

height of an element %

min-width Sets the minimum width length - 1 6 2

of an element %

width Sets the width of an auto 4 1 4 1

element %
length

CSS Classification Properties

Property Description Values IE F N W3C

clear Sets the sides of an left 4 1 4 1

element where other right
floating elements are both
not allowed none

cursor Specifies the type of url 4 1 6 2

cursor to be displayed auto
crosshair
default
pointer
move
e-resize
ne-resize
nw-resize
n-resize
 se-resize
sw-resize
s-resize
w-resize
text
wait
help

display Sets how/if an element none 4 1 4 1

is displayed 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

float Sets where an image or left 4 1 4 1

a text will appear in right
another element none

position Places an element in a static 4 1 4 2

static, relative, absolute relative
or fixed position absolute
fixed

visibility Sets if an element visible 4 1 6 2

should be visible or hidden
invisible collapse

CSS Positioning Properties

Property Description Values IE F N W3C
bottom Sets how far the bottom auto 5 1 6 2
edge of an element is %
above/below the bottom length
edge of the parent
element

clip Sets the shape of an shape 4 1 6 2

element. The element is auto
clipped into this shape,
and displayed

left Sets how far the left auto 4 1 4 2

edge of an element is to %
the right/left of the left length
edge of the parent
element

overflow Sets what happens if the visible 4 1 6 2

content of an element hidden
overflow its area scroll
auto

position Places an element in a static 4 1 4 2

static, relative, absolute relative
or fixed position absolute
fixed

right Sets how far the right auto 5 1 6 2

edge of an element is to %
the left/right of the right length
edge of the parent
element

top Sets how far the top auto 4 1 4 2

edge of an element is %
above/below the top length
edge of the parent
element

vertical-align Sets the vertical baseline 4 1 4 1

alignment of an element sub
 super
top
text-top
middle
bottom
text-bottom
length
%

z-index Sets the stack order of auto 4 1 6 2

an element number

Pseudo properties

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 the content of an 1. 8 2

element 5

:after Inserts some content after the content of an 1. 8 2

element 5