In the following table, we list, in
alphabetical order, all the properties defined in the World Wide Web
Consortium's Recommended Specification for Cascading
Style Sheets, Level 2 (http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/REC-CSS2/).
As in other sections of this book, we use the Netscape and Internet
Explorer icons to the far right of each property to show which
browser supports that property. Properties with no icons currently
are not supported by any browser. We also include the number of the
section in this book that fully defines the property.
We include each property's possible values, defined
as either an explicit keyword (shown in constant
width) or as one of these values:
- angle
-
A numeric value followed by deg,
grad, or rad.
- color
-
Either a color name or hexadecimal RGB value, as defined in Appendix G, or an RGB triple of the form:
rgb(red, green, blue)
where red,
green, and blue
are either numbers in the range 0 to 255 or percentage values
indicating the brightness of that color component. Values of 255 or
100% indicate that the corresponding color component is at its
brightest; values of 0 or 0% indicate that the corresponding color
component is turned off completely. For example:
rgb(27, 119, 207)
rgb(50%, 75%, 0%)
are both valid color specifications.
- frequency
-
A numeric value followed by hz or
khz, indicating Hertz or kiloHertz.
- length
-
An optional sign (either + or -), immediately followed by a number
(with or without a decimal point), immediately followed by a
two-character unit identifier. For values of zero, the unit
identifier may be omitted.
The unit identifiers em and ex
refer to the overall height of the font and to the height of the
letter "x," respectively. The unit
identifier px is equal to a single pixel on the
display device. The unit identifiers in,
cm, mm, pt,
and pc refer to inches, centimeters, millimeters,
points, and picas, respectively. There are 72.27 points per inch and
12 points in a pica.
- number
-
An optional sign, immediately followed by a number (with or without a
decimal point).
- percent
-
An optional sign, immediately followed by a number (with or without a
decimal point), immediately followed by a percent sign. The actual
value is computed as a percentage of some other element property,
usually the element's size.
- shape
-
A shape keyword, followed by a parentheses-enclosed list of
comma-separated shape-specific parameters. Currently, the only
supported shape keyword is rect, which expects
four numeric parameters denoting the offsets of the top, right,
bottom, and left edges of the rectangle.
- time
-
A numeric value followed by s or
ms, designating a time in seconds or milliseconds.
- url
-
The keyword url, immediately followed (no spaces)
by a left parenthesis, followed by a URL optionally enclosed in
single or double quotes, followed by a matching right parenthesis.
For example:
url("http://www.oreilly.com/catalog")
is a valid URL value.
Finally, some values are lists of other values and are described as a
"list of" some other value. In
these cases, a list consists of one or more of the allowed values,
separated by commas.
If there are several different values allowed for a property, these
alternative choices are separated by vertical bars
(|).
azimuth
|
angle | left-side |
far-left | left |
center-left | center |
center-right | right |
far-right | right-side
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Determines the position around the listener at which a sound is played
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Section 8.4.12.7
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background
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Composite property for the
background-attachment,background-color,
background-image,
background-position, and
background-repeat properties; value is any of
these properties' values, in any order
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Section 8.4.5.6
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background-
attachment
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scroll | fixed
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Determines if the background image is fixed in the window or scrolls
as the document scrolls
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Section 8.4.5.1
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background-color
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color | transparent
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Sets the background color of an element
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Section 8.4.5.2
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background-image
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url | none
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Sets the background image of an element
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Section 8.4.5.3
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background-position
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percent | length |
top | center |
bottom | left |
right
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Sets the initial position of the element's
background image, if specified; values normally are paired to provide
x, y positions; default position is 0% 0%
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Section 8.4.5.4
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background-repeat
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repeat | repeat-x |
repeat-y | no-repeat
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Determines how the background image is repeated (tiled) across an
element
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Section 8.4.5.5
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border
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Sets all four of an element's borders; value is one
or more of a color, a value for
border-width, and a value for
border-style
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Section 8.4.7.6
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border-bottom
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Sets an element's bottom border; value is one or
more of a color, a value for
border-bottom-width, and a value for
border-style
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Section 8.4.7.6
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border-bottom-width
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length | thin |
medium | thick
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Sets the thickness of an element's bottom border
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Section 8.4.7.4
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border-collapse
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collapse | separate
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Sets the table border rendering algorithm
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Section 8.4.9.1
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border-color
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color
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Sets the color of all four of an element's borders;
default is the color of the element
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Section 8.4.7.3
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border-left
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Sets an element's left border; value is one or more
of a color, a value for
border-left-width, and a value for
border-style
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Section 8.4.7.6
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border-left-width
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length | thin |
medium | thick
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Sets the thickness of an element's left border
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Section 8.4.7.4
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border-right
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Sets an element's right border; value is one or more
of a color, a value for
border-right-width, and a value for
border-style
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Section 8.4.7.6
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border-right-width
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length | thin |
medium | thick
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Sets the thickness of an element's right border
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Section 8.4.7.4
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border-spacing
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With separate borders, sets the spacing between borders ? one
value sets vertical and horizontal spacing; two values sets
horizontal and vertical spacing, respectively
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Section 8.4.9.1
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border-style
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dashed | dotted |
double | groove |
inset | none |
outset | ridge |
solid
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Sets the style of all four of an element's borders
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Section 8.4.7.5
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border-top
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Sets an element's top border; value is one or more
of a color, a value for
border-top-width, and a value for
border-style
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Section 8.4.7.6
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border-top-width
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length | thin |
medium | thick
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Sets the thickness of an element's top border
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Section 8.4.7.4
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border-width
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length | thin |
medium | thick
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Sets the thickness of all four of an element's
borders
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Section 8.4.7.4
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bottom
|
length | percent
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Used with the position property to place the
bottom edge of an element
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Section 8.4.7.14
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caption-side
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top | bottom |
left | right
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Sets the position for a table caption
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Section 8.4.9.2
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clear
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both | left |
none | right
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Sets which margins of an element must not be adjacent to a floating
element; the element is moved down until that margin is clear
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Section 8.4.7.7
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clip
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shape
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Sets the clipping mask for an element
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Section 8.4.7.8
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color
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color
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Sets the color of an element
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Section 8.4.5.7
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content
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Inserts generated content around an element; see text for details
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Section 8.4.11.2
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counter-increment
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Increments a counter by 1; value is a list of counter names, with
each name optionally followed by a value by which it is incremented
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Section 8.4.11.4
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counter-reset
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Resets a counter to zero; value is a list of counter names, with each
name optionally followed by a value to which it is reset
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Section 8.4.11.4
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cue-after
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url | none
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Plays the designated sound after an element is spoken
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Section 8.4.12.5
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cue-before
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url | none
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Plays the designated sound before an element is spoken
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Section 8.4.12.5
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display
|
block | inline |
list-item | marker |
none
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Controls how an element is displayed
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Section 8.4.10.1
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elevation
|
angle | below |
level | above |
higher | lower
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Sets the height at which a sound is played
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Section 8.4.12.7
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empty-cells
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hide | show
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With separate borders, hides empty cells in a table
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Section 8.4.9.1
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float
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left | none |
right
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Determines if an element floats to the left or right, allowing text
to wrap around it or be displayed inline (using
none)
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Section 8.4.7.9
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font
|
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Sets all the font attributes for an element; value is any of the
values for font-style,
font-variant,
font-weight, font-size,
line-height, and font-family,
in that order
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Section 8.4.3.8
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font-family
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List of font names
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Defines the font for an element, either as a specific font or as one
of the generic fonts serif,
sans-serif, cursive,
fantasy, and monospace
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Section 8.4.3.1
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font-size
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xx-small | x-small |
small | medium |
large | x-large |
xx-large | larger |
smaller | length |
percent
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Defines the font size
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Section 8.4.3.2
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font-size-adjust
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none | ratio
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Adjusts the current font's aspect ratio
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Section 8.4.3.4
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font-stretch
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wider |
normal |
narrower |
ultra-condensed |
extra-condensed |
condensed |
semi-condensed |
semi-expanded |
expanded |
extra-expanded |
ultra-expanded
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Determines the amount to stretch the current font
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Section 8.4.3.3
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font-style
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normal | italic |
oblique
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Defines the style of the face, either normal or some type of slanted
style
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Section 8.4.3.5
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font-variant
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normal | small-caps
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Defines a font to be in small caps
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Section 8.4.3.6
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font-weight
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normal | bold |
bolder | lighter |
number
|
Defines the font weight ? if a number is
used, it must be a multiple of 100 between 100 and 900; 400 is
normal, 700 is the same as the keyword bold
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Section 8.4.3.7
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height
|
length | auto
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Defines the height of an element
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Section 8.4.7.10
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left
|
length | percent
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Used with the position property to place the left
edge of an element
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Section 8.4.7.14
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letter-spacing
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length | normal
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Inserts additional space between text characters
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Section 8.4.6.1
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line-height
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length | number |
percent | normal
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Sets the distance between adjacent text baselines
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Section 8.4.6.2
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list-style
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Defines list-related styles using any of the values for
list-style-image,
list-style-position, and
list-style-type
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Section 8.4.8.4
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list-style-image
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url | none
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Defines an image to be used as a list item's marker,
in lieu of the value for list-style-type
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Section 8.4.8.1
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list-style-position
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inside | outside
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Indents or extends (default) a list item's marker
with respect to the item's content
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Section 8.4.8.2
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list-style-type
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circle | disc |
square | decimal |
lower-alpha | lower-roman |
none | upper-alpha |
upper-roman
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Defines a list item's marker either for unordered
lists (circle, disc, or
square) or for ordered lists
(decimal, lower-alpha,
lower-roman, none,
upper-alpha, or upper-roman)
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Section 8.4.8.3
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margin
|
length | percent |
auto
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Defines all four of an element's margins
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Section 8.4.7.11
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margin-bottom
|
length | percent |
auto
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Defines the bottom margin of an element; default value is 0
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Section 8.4.7.11
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margin-left
|
length | percent |
auto
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Defines the left margin of an element; default value is 0
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Section 8.4.7.11
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margin-right
|
length | percent |
auto
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Defines the right margin of an element; default value is 0
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Section 8.4.7.11
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margin-top
|
length | percent |
auto
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Defines the top margin of an element; default value is 0
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Section 8.4.7.11
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orphans
|
number
|
Sets the minimum number of lines allowed in an orphaned paragraph
fragment
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Section 8.4.13.5
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overflow
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auto | hidden |
scroll | visible
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Determines how overflow content is rendered
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Section 8.4.7.13
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padding
|
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Defines all four padding amounts around an element
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Section 8.4.7.12
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padding-bottom
|
length | percent
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Defines the bottom padding of an element; default value is 0
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Section 8.4.7.12
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padding-left
|
length | percent
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Defines the left padding of an element; default value is 0
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Section 8.4.7.12
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padding-right
|
length | percent
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Defines the right padding of an element; default value is 0
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Section 8.4.7.12
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padding-top
|
length | percent
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Defines the top padding of an element; default value is 0
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Section 8.4.7.12
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page
|
name
|
Associates a named page layout with an element
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Section 8.4.13.3
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page-break-after
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auto | always |
avoid | left |
right
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Forces or suppresses page breaks after an element
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Section 8.4.13.4
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page-break-before
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auto | always |
avoid | left |
right
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Forces or suppresses page breaks before an element
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Section 8.4.13.4
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page-break-inside
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auto | avoid
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Suppresses page breaks within an element
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Section 8.4.13.4
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pause-after
|
percent | time
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Pauses after speaking an element
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Section 8.4.12.4
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pause-before
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percent | time
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Pauses before speaking an element
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Section 8.4.12.4
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pitch
|
frequency | x-low |
low | medium |
high | x-high
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Sets the average pitch of an element's spoken content
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Section 8.4.12.3
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pitch-range
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number
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Sets the range of the pitch, from 0 (flat) to 100 (broad); default is
50
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Section 8.4.12.3
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play-during
|
url | mix |
none | repeat
|
If a URL is provided, it is played during an
element's spoken content ? specifying
repeat loops the audio; mix
causes it to mix with, rather than replace, other background audio
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Section 8.4.12.6
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position
|
absolute | fixed |
relative | static
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Sets the positioning model for an element
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Section 8.4.7.14
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quotes
|
List of strings
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Sets the quote symbols used to quote text
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Section 8.4.11.3
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richness
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number
|
Sets the richness of the voice, from 0 (flat) to 100 (mellifluous);
default is 50
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Section 8.4.12.3
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right
|
length | percent
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Used with the position property to place the right
edge of an element
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Section 8.4.7.14
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speak
|
normal | none |
spell-out
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Determines how an element's content is spoken
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Section 8.4.12.2
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speak-header
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always | once
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Determines if table headers are spoken once for each row or column or
each time a cell is spoken
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Section 8.4.9.3
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speak-numeral
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continuous | digits
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Determines how numerals are spoken
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Section 8.4.12.2
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speak-punctuation
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code | none
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Determines if punctuation is spoken or used for inflection
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Section 8.4.12.2
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speech-rate
|
number | x-slow |
slow | medium |
fast | x-fast |
faster | slower
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Sets the rate of speech; a number sets the rate
in words per minute
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Section 8.4.12.3
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stress
|
number
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Sets the stress of the voice, from 0 (catatonic) to 100
(hyperactive); default is 50
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Section 8.4.12.3
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table-layout
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auto | fixed
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Determines the table-rendering algorithm
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Section 8.4.9.4
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text-align
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center | justify |
left | right
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Sets the text alignment style for an element
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Section 8.4.6.3
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text-decoration
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blink | line-through |
none | overline |
underline
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Defines any decoration for the text; values may be combined
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Section 8.4.6.4
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text-indent
|
length | percent
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Defines the indentation of the first line of text in an element;
default is 0
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Section 8.4.6.5
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text-shadow
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See text
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Creates text drop shadows of varying colors and offsets
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Section 8.4.6.6
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text-transform
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capitalize | lowercase |
none | uppercase
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Transforms the text in the element accordingly
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Section 8.4.6.7
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top
|
length | percent
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Used with the position property to place the top
edge of an element
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Section 8.4.7.14
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vertical-align
|
percent | baseline |
bottom | middle |
sub | super |
text-bottom | text-top |
top
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Sets the vertical positioning of an element
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Section 8.4.6.8
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visibility
|
collapse | hidden |
visible
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Determines if an element is visible in the document or table
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Section 8.4.7.15
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voice-family
|
List of voices
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Selects a named voice family to speak an element's
content
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Section 8.4.12.3
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volume
|
number | percent |
silent | x-soft |
soft | medium |
loud | x-loud
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Sets the volume of spoken content; numeric values range from 0 to 100
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Section 8.4.12.1
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white-space
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normal | nowrap |
pre
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Defines how whitespace within an element is handled
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Section 8.4.10.2
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widows
|
number
|
Sets the minimum number of lines allowed in a widowed paragraph
fragment
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Section 8.4.13.5
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width
|
length | percent |
auto
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Defines the width of an element
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Section 8.4.7.16
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word-spacing
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length | normal
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Inserts additional space between words
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Section 8.4.6.9
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