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Casading Style Sheets provide definition of display, print and spoken word attributes for web page. This page provides a list of the properties defined by the CSS 2.1 standard.

Property
Name 		Value(s) Initial
Value 		Applies to
(Default: all) 		Inheritance Percentages
(Default: N/A) 		Media Group(s)
azimuth <angle> | [[ left-side | far-left | left | center-left | center | center-right | right | far-right | right-side ] || behind ] | leftwards | rightwards | inherit center yes aural
background-attachment scroll | fixed | inherit scroll no visual
background-color <color> | transparent | inherit transparent no visual
background-image <uri> | none | inherit none no visual
background-position [ [ <percentage> | <length> | left | center | right ] [ <percentage> | <length> | top | center | bottom ]? ] | [ [ left | center | right ] || [ top | center | bottom ] ] | inherit 0% 0% no refer to the size of the box itself visual
background-repeat repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y | no-repeat | inherit repeat no visual
background [background-color || background-image || background-repeat || background-attachment || background-position] | inherit see individual properties no allowed on background-position visual
border-collapse collapse | separate | inherit separate table and inline-table elements yes visual
border-color [ <color> | transparent ]{1,4} | inherit see individual properties no visual
border-spacing <length> <length>? | inherit 0 table and inline-table elements yes visual
border-style <border-style>{1,4} | inherit see individual properties no visual
border-top
border-right
border-bottom
border-left 		[ <border-width> || <border-style> || border-top-color ] | inherit see individual properties no visual
border-top-color
border-right-color
border-bottom-color
border-left-color 		<color> | transparent | inherit the value of the color property no visual
border-top-style
border-right-style
border-bottom-style
border-left-style 		<border-style> | inherit none no visual
border-top-width
border-right-width
border-bottom-width
border-left-width 		<border-width> | inherit medium no visual
border-width <border-width>{1,4} | inherit see individual properties no visual
border [ <border-width> || <border-style> || border-top-color ] | inherit see individual properties no visual
bottom <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto positioned elements no refer to height of containing block visual
caption-side top | bottom | inherit top table-caption elements yes visual
clear none | left | right | both | inherit none block-level elements no visual
clip <shape> | auto | inherit auto absolutely positioned elements no visual
color <color> | inherit depends on user agent yes visual
content normal | [ <string> | <uri> | <counter> | attr(<identifier>) | open-quote | close-quote | no-open-quote | no-close-quote ]+ | inherit normal :before and :after pseudo-elements no all
counter-increment [ <identifier> <integer>? ]+ | none | inherit none no all
counter-reset [ <identifier> <integer>? ]+ | none | inherit none no all
cue-after <uri> | none | inherit none no aural
cue-before <uri> | none | inherit none no aural
cue [ cue-before || cue-after ] | inherit see individual properties no aural
cursor [ [<uri> ,]* [ auto | crosshair | default | pointer | move | e-resize | ne-resize | nw-resize | n-resize | se-resize | sw-resize | s-resize | w-resize | text | wait | help | progress ] ] | inherit auto yes visual, interactive
direction ltr | rtl | inherit ltr all elements, but see prose yes visual
display inline | block | list-item | run-in | inline-block | table | inline-table | table-row-group | table-header-group | table-footer-group | table-row | table-column-group | table-column | table-cell | table-caption | none | inherit inline no all
elevation <angle> | below | level | above | higher | lower | inherit level yes aural
empty-cells show | hide | inherit show table-cell elements yes visual
float left | right | none | inherit none all, but see 9.7 no visual
font-family [[ <family-name> | <generic-family> ] [, <family-name>| <generic-family>]* ] | inherit depends on user agent yes visual
font-size <absolute-size> | <relative-size> | <length> | <percentage> | inherit medium yes refer to parent elements font size visual
font-style normal | italic | oblique | inherit normal yes visual
font-variant normal | small-caps | inherit normal yes visual
font-weight normal | bold | bolder | lighter | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | inherit normal yes visual
font [ [ font-style || font-variant || font-weight ]? font-size [ / line-height ]? font-family ] | caption | icon | menu | message-box | small-caption | status-bar | inherit see individual properties yes see individual properties visual
height <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto all elements but non-replaced inline elements, table columns, and column groups no see prose visual
left <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto positioned elements no refer to width of containing block visual
letter-spacing normal | <length> | inherit normal yes visual
line-height normal | <number> | <length> | <percentage> | inherit normal yes refer to the font size of the element itself visual
list-style-image <uri> | none | inherit none elements with display: list-item yes visual
list-style-position inside | outside | inherit outside elements with display: list-item yes visual
list-style-type disc | circle | square | decimal | decimal-leading-zero | lower-roman | upper-roman | lower-greek | lower-latin | upper-latin | armenian | georgian | none | inherit disc elements with display: list-item yes visual
list-style [ list-style-type || list-style-position || list-style-image ] | inherit see individual properties elements with display: list-item yes visual
margin-right
margin-left 		<margin-width> | inherit 0 all elements except elements with table display types other than table and inline-table no refer to width of containing block visual
margin-top
margin-bottom 		<margin-width> | inherit 0 all elements except elements with table display types other than table and inline-table no refer to width of containing block visual
margin <margin-width>{1,4} | inherit see individual properties all elements except elements with table display types other than table and inline-table no refer to width of containing block visual
max-height <length> | <percentage> | none | inherit none all elements except non-replaced inline elements and table elements no see prose visual
max-width <length> | <percentage> | none | inherit none all elements except non-replaced inline elements and table elements no refer to width of containing block visual
min-height <length> | <percentage> | inherit 0 all elements except non-replaced inline elements and table elements no see prose visual
min-width <length> | <percentage> | inherit 0 all elements except non-replaced inline elements and table elements no refer to width of containing block visual
orphans <integer> | inherit 2 block-level elements yes visual, paged
outline-color <color> | invert | inherit invert no visual, interactive
outline-style <border-style> | inherit none no visual, interactive
outline-width <border-width> | inherit medium no visual, interactive
outline [ outline-color || outline-style || outline-width ] | inherit see individual properties no visual, interactive
overflow visible | hidden | scroll | auto | inherit visible block-level and replaced elements, table cells, inline blocks no visual
padding-top
padding-right
padding-bottom
padding-left 		<padding-width> | inherit 0 all elements except elements with table display types other than table, inline-table, and table-cell no refer to width of containing block visual
padding <padding-width>{1,4} | inherit see individual properties all elements except elements with table display types other than table, inline-table, and table-cell no refer to width of containing block visual
page-break-after auto | always | avoid | left | right | inherit auto block-level elements no visual, paged
page-break-before auto | always | avoid | left | right | inherit auto block-level elements no visual, paged
page-break-inside avoid | auto | inherit auto block-level elements yes visual, paged
pause-after <time> | <percentage> | inherit 0 no see prose aural
pause-before <time> | <percentage> | inherit 0 no see prose aural
pause [ [<time> | <percentage>]{1,2} ] | inherit see individual properties no see descriptions of pause-before and pause-after aural
pitch-range <number> | inherit 50 yes aural
pitch <frequency> | x-low | low | medium | high | x-high | inherit medium yes aural
play-during <uri> [ mix || repeat ]? | auto | none | inherit auto no aural
position static | relative | absolute | fixed | inherit static no visual
quotes [<string> <string>]+ | none | inherit depends on user agent yes visual
richness <number> | inherit 50 yes aural
right <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto positioned elements no refer to width of containing block visual
speak-header once | always | inherit once elements that have table header information yes aural
speak-numeral digits | continuous | inherit continuous yes aural
speak-punctuation code | none | inherit none yes aural
speak normal | none | spell-out | inherit normal yes aural
speech-rate <number> | x-slow | slow | medium | fast | x-fast | faster | slower | inherit medium yes aural
stress <number> | inherit 50 yes aural
table-layout auto | fixed | inherit auto table and inline-table elements no visual
text-align left | right | center | justify | inherit left if direction is ltr; right if direction is rtl block-level elements, table cells and inline blocks yes visual
text-decoration none | [ underline || overline || line-through || blink ] | inherit none no (see prose) visual
text-indent <length> | <percentage> | inherit 0 block-level elements, table cells and inline blocks yes refer to width of containing block visual
text-transform capitalize | uppercase | lowercase | none | inherit none yes visual
top <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto positioned elements no refer to height of containing block visual
unicode-bidi normal | embed | bidi-override | inherit normal all elements, but see prose no visual
vertical-align baseline | sub | super | top | text-top | middle | bottom | text-bottom | <percentage> | <length> | inherit baseline inline-level and table-cell elements no refer to the line-height of the element itself visual
visibility visible | hidden | collapse | inherit visible yes visual
voice-family [[<specific-voice> | <generic-voice> ],]* [<specific-voice> | <generic-voice> ] | inherit depends on user agent yes aural
volume <number> | <percentage> | silent | x-soft | soft | medium | loud | x-loud | inherit medium yes refer to inherited value aural
white-space normal | pre | nowrap | pre-wrap | pre-line | inherit normal yes visual
widows <integer> | inherit 2 block-level elements yes visual, paged
width <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit auto all elements but non-replaced inline elements, table rows, and row groups no refer to width of containing block visual
word-spacing normal | <length> | inherit normal yes visual
z-index auto | <integer> | inherit auto positioned elements no visual