CSS Cookbook

Creating a Line of Background Images
3.5 Placing a Background Image on a Web Page
3.6 Using Multiple Background Images on One Selector
3.7 Creating a Stationary Background Image
3.8 Overlaying HTML Text on an Image
3.9 Replacing HTML Text with an Image
3.10 Replacing HTML Text with Flash Text
3.11 Using Multiple PNGs with Transparency
3.12 Building a Panoramic Image Presentation
3.13 Combining Different Image Formats
3.14 Rounding Corners with Fixed-Width Columns
3.15 Rounding Corners (Sliding Doors Technique)
3.16 Rounding Corners (Mountaintop Technique)
3.17 Rounding Corners with JavaScript
3.18 Placing a Drop Shadow Behind an Image
3.19 Placing a Smooth Drop Shadow Behind an Image
3.20 Making Images Scalable
3.21 Making Word Balloons
3.22 Hindering People from Stealing Your Images
3.23 Inserting Reflections on Images Automatically
3.24 Using Image Sprites

4. Page Elements
4.1 Eliminating Page Margins
4.2 Coloring the Scrollbar
4.3 Techniques for Centering Elements on a Web Page
4.4 Placing a Page Border
4.5 Customizing a Horizontal Rule
4.6 Adding a Lightbox

5. Lists
5.1 Changing the Format of a List
5.2 Writing Cross-Browser Indentation in Lists
5.3 Place Dividers Between List Items
5.4 Creating Custom Text Markers for Lists
5.5 Creating Custom Image Markers for Lists
5.6 Inserting Large Custom Image Markers for Lists
5.7 Making a List Presentation Rich with Imagery
5.8 Creating Inline Lists
5.9 Making Hanging Indents in a List
5.10 Moving the Marker Inside the List

6. Links and Navigation
6.1 Removing Underlines from Links (and Adding Other Decorations)
6.2 Changing Link Colors
6.3 Changing Link Colors in Different Sections of a Page
6.4 Placing an Icon at the End of the Link
6.5 Changing Cursors
6.6 Creating Rollovers Without JavaScript
6.7 Creating Text Navigation Menus and Rollovers
6.8 Building Horizontal Navigation Menus
6.9 Building a Navigation Menu with Access Keys
6.10 Creating Breadcrumb Navigation
6.11 Creating Image-Based Rollovers
6.12 Creating Collapsible Menus
6.13 Creating Contextual Menus
6.14 Making Tool Tips with the Title Attribute
6.15 Designing a Dynamic Visual Menu
6.16 Apply Styles Dynamically to a Web Page

7. Forms
7.1 Modifying the Spacing Around a Form
7.2 Setting Styles for Input Elements
7.3 Applying Different Styles to Different Input Elements in the Same Form
7.4 Setting Styles for textarea Elements
7.5 Setting Styles for Select and Option Elements
7.6 Creating a Macintosh-Styled Search Field
7.7 Styling Form Buttons
7.8 Creating an Image Submit Button
7.9 Setting Up a Submit-Once-Only Button
7.10 Creating a Submit Button That Looks Like HTML Text
7.11 Making an HTML Text Link Operate Like a Submit Button
7.12 Designing a Web Form Without Tables
7.13 Designing a Two Column Form Without Tables
7.14 Highlighting Form Fields
7.15 Integrating Form Feedback with a Form
7.16 Styling Access Keys in Web Forms
7.17 Grouping Common Form Elements
7.18 Entering Data into a Form Like a Spreadsheet
7.19 Sample Design: A Login Form
7.20 Sample Design: A Registration Form

8. Tables
8.1 Setting the Cell Spacing
8.2 Setting the Borders and Cell Padding
8.3 Setting the Style for Caption
8.4 Setting the Styles Within Table Cells
8.5 Setting Styles for Table Header Elements
8.6 Removing Gaps from Images Placed in Table Cells
8.7 Eliminating Gaps Between Table Cells
8.8 Creating Alternating Background Colors in Table Rows
8.9 Adding a Highlighting Effect on a Table Row
8.10 Sample Design: An Elegant Calendar

9. Page Layouts
9.1 Building a One-Column Layout
9.2 Building a Two-Column Layout
9.3 Building a Two-Column Layout with Fixed-Width Columns
9.4 Creating a Flexible Multicolumn Layout with Floats
9.5 Creating a Fixed-Width Multicolumn Layout with Floats
9.6 Creating a Flexible Multicolumn Layout with Positioning
9.7 Creating a Fixed-Width Multicolumn Layout with Positioning
9.8 Using Floats to Display Columns in Any Order
9.9 Designing an Asymmetric Layout

10. Print
10.1 Creating a Printer-Friendly Page
10.2 Making a Web Form Print-Ready
10.3 Displaying URIs After Links
10.4 Inserting Special Characters Before Links
10.5 Sample Design: A Printer-Friendly Page with CSS

11. Hacks, Workarounds, and Troubleshooting
11.1 Isolating Styles for Netscape Navigator 4.x
11.2 Delivering Specific Styles to Internet Explorer 5.x for Windows
11.3 Removing Web Page Flicker in Internet Explorer 5.x for Windows
11.4 Keeping Background Images Stationary in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows
11.5 Using Internet Explorer for Windows' Conditional Comments to Deliver Styles
11.6 Keeping CSS Rules from Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh
11.7 Setting Up an Intelligent Hack Management System
11.8 Diagnosing CSS Bugs and Browser Issues
11.9 Testing a Site Design on More Than One Platform with Only One Computer
11.10 Installing More Than One Version of Internet Explorer for Windows on a Computer
11.11 Testing a Web Site with a Text Browser

12. Designing with CSS
12.1 Enlarging Text Excessively
12.2 Creating Unexpected Incongruity
12.3 Combining Unlike Elements to Create Contrast
12.4 Leading the Eye with Contrast
12.5 Checking for Enough Color Contrast
12.6 Emphasizing a Quotation

A. Resources
B. CSS 2.1 Properties and Proprietary Extensions
C. CSS 2.1 Selectors, Pseudo-Classes, and Pseudo-Elements
D. Styling of Form Elements

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