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Cascading
Style Sheets

1 © 2001-2003 Marty Hall, Larry Brown http://www.corewebprogramming.com

Agenda
• Specifying style sheet rules
• External and inline style specifications
• Creating new HTML elements through style
sheet classes
• Specifying font and text properties
• Controlling foreground and background
properties
• Netscape LAYERs
• Creating layers through style sheets

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Benefits of Cascading Style
Sheets
• Powerful and flexible way to specify the
formatting of HTML elements
– Can define font, size, background color, background
image, margins, etc.
• Share style sheets across multiple
documents or entire Web site
• Can specify a class definition for a style,
effectively defining new HTML elements
• Rules are applied in a hierarchical manner
(precedence rules)


Cascading Style Sheets
• CSS, Level 1 (1996)
– Concerned with applying simple styles to HTML elements
– http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1
• CSS, Level 2 (1998)
– Supports media-specific style sheets (visual browsers, aural devices,
printers, braille devices)
– http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2
• CSS, Level 3 (draft 2001)
– Focused on modularization of the CSS specification
– http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-roadmap/

• Note:
– CSS1 is supported by Netscape and Internet Explorer 4.x and above
– See http://www.webreview.com/style/css1/charts/mastergrid.shtml
for a summary of browser compatibility

Specifying Style Rules
• General form of rule
selector { property: value }

or
selector { property1: value1;
property2: value2;
...
propertyN: valueN }

• Example
H1 { text-align: center;
color: blue }


Fizzics1.html, Example
(no style sheet)
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>New Advances in Physics</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>New Advances in Physics</H1>

<H2>Turning Gold into Lead</H2>
In a startling breakthrough, scientist B.O. "Gus" Fizzics
has invented a <STRONG>practical</STRONG> technique for
transmutation! For more details, please see
<A HREF="give-us-your-gold.html">our transmutation thesis</A>.
...

</BODY>
</HTML>


Fizzics1.html, Result
(no style sheet)


Fizzics2.html, Example
(with style sheet)
• Style information
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Document Title</TITLE>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">

</STYLE>
</HEAD>

Fizzics2.html, Result
(with style sheet)


External Style Sheets
• Specify link to external style sheet in the HEAD
section of the HTML document
<LINK REL=STYLESHEET
HREF="Sitestyle.css" // Absolute or relative link
TYPE="text/css">

• Sitestyle.css
/* Example of an external style sheet */

font-family: Arial
}
H2 { color: #440000;
text-align: center;
font-family: Arial Black, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}

...


Inline Style Specification
• Use the STYLE attribute defined for each
HTML element to directly specify the style
• Example
...
<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.5in;
margin-right: 0.5in;
font-style: italic">
This paper gives the solution to three
previously unsolved problems: turning lead into gold,
antigravity, and a practical perpetual motion machine.
...


Defining Style Classes
• To define an element style class proceed
the HTML element by a period and class
name
// Define an "abstract" paragraph type
P.abstract { margin-left: 0.5in;
font-style: italic }

• To use, supply the name of the style class in
the CLASS attribute of the HTML element
<P CLASS="abstract">
This paper gives the solution to three previously
unsolved problems: turning lead into gold,
antigravity, and a practical perpetual motion machine.

Defining Style Classes
• To define a global style class, omit the
element name
// Style available to all elements
.blue { color: blue; font-weight: bold }

• To use, simple specify the style class in the
CLASS attribute of the HTML element
<H2 CLASS="blue">A Blue Heading</H2>


This text is in the default color, but
<SPAN CLASS="blue">this text is blue.</SPAN>


Defining Styles through
User-Defined IDs
• An ID is like a class but can be applied only
once in a document
<HEAD>
<TITLE>...</TITLE>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">

</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
...
<P ID="foo">
...
</BODY>

Style Sheet Precedence Rules
1. Rules marked “important” have the highest
priority (rarely used)
H1 { color: black !important;
font-family: sans-serif }

2. Author rules have precedence over reader
rules
• Style sheet rules override browser preferences


Style Sheet Precedence Rules,
cont.
3. More specific rules have precedence over
less specific rules
#foo { ... } // ID selector highest priority
P.big H1 { ... } // Class higher over element
P STRONG { ... } // Two tags higher than single tag
STRONG { ... }

4. In case of tie, the last rule has priority


Useful Font Properties
• font-weight
– Relative weight (boldness) of font
– normal | lighter | bold | bolder | 100 | 200 | ... | 900
H1 { font-weight : 200 }
H2 { font-weight : bolder }

• font-style
– Font face type within a family
– normal | italic | oblique
P { font-style : normal }
TH { font-sytle : italic }


Useful Font Properties, cont.
• font-size
– Either relative or absolute size of font
– pt, pc, in, cm, mm | em, ex, px, % |
xx-large | x-large | large | medium | small | x-small |
xx-small | smaller | larger
STRONG { font-size: 150% }
P { font-size: 14pt }
P { font-size: xx-large }

• font-family
– Typeface family for the font
H1 { font-family: Arial }


CampBearClaw.html, Example
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Camp Bear Claw</TITLE>
<LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="CampBearClaw.css" TYPE="text/css">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Camp Bear Claw</H1>
We have the following activities:
<H2 CLASS="archery">Archery</H2>
<H2 CLASS="arts">Arts and Crafts</H2>
<H2 CLASS="horseback">Horseback Riding</H2>
<H2 CLASS="hiking">Hiking</H2>
<H2 CLASS="campfire">Campfire Song Times</H2>
<H2 CLASS="java">Java Programming</H2>
</BODY>
</HTML>


CampBearClaw.css
font-family: Funstuff }
H2.archery { font-family: ArcheryDisplay }
H2.arts { font-family: ClampettsDisplay }
H2.horseback { font-family: Rodeo }
H2.hiking { font-family: SnowtopCaps }
H2.campfire { font-family: Music Hall }
H2.java { font-family: Digiface }


CampBearClaw.html, Result


Useful Text Properties
• text-decoration
– Describes text additions or “decorations” that are added
to the text of an element
– none | underline | overline | line-through | blink
P { text-decoration: underline }

• vertical-align
– Determines how elements are positioned vertically
– top | bottom | baseline | middle | sub | super | text-top |
text-bottom | %
• text-align
– Determines how paragraphs are positioned horizontally
– left | right | center | justify

Useful Text Properties, cont.
• text-indent
– Specifies the indentation of the first line of the paragraph
– +/– pt, pc, in, cm, mm | +/– em, ex, px, %
P { text-indent: -25px } /* Hanging indent */

• line-height
– Specifies the distance between two consecutive baselines
in a paragraph
– normal | number | pt, pc, in, cm, mm | em, ex, px, %
.double { line-height: 200% }
.triple { line-height: 3 } /* 3x the font size */
DIV { line-height: 1.5em }


Bates.html
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>An Open Letter to the IRS</TITLE>
<LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="Bates.css" TYPE="text/css">
</HEAD>
<BODY BACKGROUND="images/bond-paper.jpg">
<P CLASS="rhead">
April 1, 2001
<HR>
<P CLASS="rhead">
William A. Bates<BR>
Macrosoft Corporation<BR>
Blumond, WA 12345
<P CLASS="lhead">
Internal Revenue Service<BR>
Philadelphia, PA 67890
<P>
<BR>
Dear Sirs,
<P CLASS="body">
I am writing to inform you that, due to financial difficulties,
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Bates.css
P { margin-top: 5px }
P.rhead { text-align: right;
font-family: sans-serif }
P.lhead { font-family: sans-serif }
P.body { text-align: justify;
text-indent: 0.5in }
P.foot { margin-left: 60%;
line-height: 300% }


Bates.html


Useful Foreground and
Background Properties
• color
– Color of the text or foreground color
– color-name | #RRGGBB | #RGB | rgb(rrr, ggg, bbb) |
rgb(rrr%, ggg%, bbb%)
P { color : blue }
H1 { color : #00AABB }
H3 { color : rgb(255, 0, 0 ) } /* red */

• background-image
– none | url(filename)
– Specifies an image to use as the background of region
H2 { background-image: url(Bluedrop.gif);}


Useful Foreground and
Background Properties, cont.
• background-repeat
– Specifies how to tile the image in the region
– repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | norepeat
BODY {
background-image: url(Bluedot.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
}

• background
– Lets you combine properties in a single entry
P { background: url(wallpaper.jpg) repeat-x }


Cabinets.html, Example
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Joe's Cabinets</TITLE>
<LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="Cabinets.css" TYPE="text/css">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<CENTER>
<TABLE WIDTH=360 HEIGHT=199>
<TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" CLASS="banner">Joe's Cabinets
</TABLE>
</CENTER>
<P>
Welcome to Joe's Cabinets. We specialize in
<UL>
<LI>Custom Cabinets
<LI>Kitchen Remodeling

</UL>

</BODY>
</HTML>

Cabinets.css
.banner { background: url(images/boards.jpg) repeat-x;
font-size: 50pt;
font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold }

Cabinets.html, Result


Properties of the Bounding Box
• CSS assume that all elements result in one
or more rectangular regions (bounding box)
• Styles can specify the margins, borders,
and padding of the bounding box

P { margin: 0.25in;
border: 0.25in solid black;
padding: 0.25in;
background: URL(images/bond-paper.jpg) }


The Bounding Box


Images and Floating Elements
• width, height
– Specify a fixed size for an element (usually an image)
– auto | pt, pc, in, cm, mm | em, ex, px
IMG.bullet { width: 50px; height: 50px }

• float
– This property lets elements float into the left or right
margins where the text wrapping arounds
– none | left | right


Psalm23.html
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>The 23rd Psalm</TITLE>
<STYLE>

</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H2 ALIGN="CENTER">
The 23rd Psalm (King James Version)</H2>
<SPAN>T</SPAN>he LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me
beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me
in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea,


Psalm23.html, Result

The float property can be used
to implement “drop caps”

Effect of Paragraph Breaks,
Example, cont.

Adding a <P> element simply Adding <P STYLE="clear: left">
continues the flow forces the next paragraph to start after
the floating element

Netscape Layers
• Layers (LAYER and ILAYER elements) allow
you to:
– Place HTML markup in separate regions
– Position each region on the page

• LAYER and ILAYER are only supported in
Netscape 4
– Layers are not supported in Internet Explorer or
Netscape 6


LAYER and ILAYER
• LAYER element
– The LAYER element creates regions that have an
absolute position with respect to the window or parent
layer

• ILAYER
– The ILAYER element creates inline layers (regions that
are embedded in the flow of the text)


LAYER, Example
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Using ABOVE and BELOW</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Using <CODE>ABOVE</CODE> and <CODE>BELOW</CODE></H1>

<LAYER ID="Top" LEFT=60 TOP=120
WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=100 BGCOLOR="#F5DEB3">
This layer is on top, even though it appears
first in the HTML document.
</LAYER>

<LAYER ID="Bottom" ABOVE="Top" LEFT=10 TOP=70
WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=100 BGCOLOR="gray">
This layer is on the bottom, even though it appears
second in the HTML document.
</LAYER>

</BODY>
</HTML>

LAYER, Result

Netscape 4 layers can specify the relative order of the layers.


ILAYER, Example
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Row, Row, Row Your Boat</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<IMG SRC="images/Rowboat.gif" ALIGN="RIGHT">
<HR>
<B>Row, Row, Row Your Boat</B><BR>
Row, row, row your boat<BR>
Gently
<ILAYER TOP=10>down</ILAYER>
<ILAYER TOP=20>the</ILAYER>
<ILAYER TOP=30>stream<BR>
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily<BR>
Life is but a dream<BR>
<HR>
</ILAYER>
</BODY>
</HTML>

ILAYER, Result

Using TOP in ILAYER can move text up or down in the
current paragraph.


Specifying Layers with Style
Sheets
• Style sheets provide an alternative to
LAYER and ILAYER elements
– Style sheet layers are supported by both Netscape and
Internet Explorer
– However, Netscape layers are more complete
• No equivalent style for PAGEX and PAGEY for
positioning

• Problem
– Netscape and IE use a different object model to refer to
layers
– See http://www.stopbadtherapy.com/standards.shtml for
creating cross-browser layers

Creating a Style Sheet Layer
• Use an ID tag format to define a style
#layer1 { position: absolute;
left: 50px; top: 75px;
... }

• Define the layer through a DIV or SPAN
element
<SPAN ID="layer1">
...
</SPAN>

<DIV ID="layer2">
...
</DIV>

Useful Layer Properties
• left, top
– Specifies the left and top sides of the layer relative to the
parent window
• position
– Describes how the position is defined to the parent
window
– absolute, relative, static
• visibility
– Determines whether a layer is visible or hidden
– visible, hidden, inherit


Dynamically Changing a
Layer’s Visibility, Example
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Changing Visibility Dynamically</TITLE>
<STYLE>

</STYLE>
...


<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="WHITE">
<H1>Changing Visibility Dynamically</H1>
<FORM>
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Show Layer1"
onClick="display('visible', 'hidden')">
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" VALUE="Show Layer2"
onClick="display('hidden', 'visible')">
</FORM>
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...
<DIV ID="layer1">
<H1>This is layer1.</H1>
</DIV>

<DIV ID="layer2">
<H1>This is layer2.</H1>
</DIV>

</BODY>
</HTML>


Layer’s Visibility, Result

Selecting a button displays a hidden layer.


Appendix, Length Units

Unit Description
cm Centimeters (absolute unit)
em The height of the current font (relative unit)
ex The height of the letter “x” in the current font (relative unit)
in Inches (absolute unit)
mm Millimeters (absolute unit)
pc Picas; 6 picas per inch; 12 points per pica (absolute unit)
pt Points; 72 points per inch (absolute unit)
px Pixels (relative unit)


Summary
• Through style sheets you can specify the
general formatting of HTML elements
• Use external style sheets to share styles
across all documents in the Web site
• Class definitions allow you to define
multiple styles for an HTML element
• LAYERs are only supported by Netscape 5;
however, a viable alternative are style sheet
layers


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