CSS CHEATSHEET

Selectors
div All div tags
div,span All div tags and all span tags
div span All span tags inside div tags
#content element with ID content
.box all elements with class "box"
ul#box UL tags with ID"box"
span.box All span tags with class "box"
* All elements
#box * All elements inside #box
a:link,a:active links in normal state,in clicked state
a:hover link with mouse over it
div>span all SPANs one-level deep in a DIV
Text
font-family font used,e.g. Helvetica,Arial
font-size text-size,e.g. 60px 3em
color text color,e.g.#000, #abcdef
font-weight how bold the text is e.g bold
font-style what style the text is e.g. italic
text-decoration sets a variety of effects on text e.g. underline,overline,none
text-align how text is aligned, e.g. center
line-height spacing wetween line,e.g. 2em
letter-spacing spacing wetween letters, e.g. 5px
text-indent indent of the first line, e.g. 2em
text-transform applies formatting to text, e.g. upper-case,lowercase,capitalize
vertical-align align relative to baseline, e.g.text-top
Border and Lists
border sets border style for all borderin the format:border: (solid,dashed,dotted,double)(width)(color),e.g. border:solid 1px #000
border-top sets border style for the top
border-bottom sets border style for the bottom
border-left sets border style for the left
border-right sets border style for the right
list-style-type sets style of bullets, e.g. square
list-style-position sets how text wraps when bulleted, e.g. outside, inside
list-style-image sets an image for a bullet, e.g. list-style-image:url(bullet.png)
Positioning
position places elements on screen, e.g. absolute, fixed, relative
float stacks elements horizontally in a particular direction, e.g. left
top,right,left,bottom specifies the offsets used in absolute,fixed, and relative positions, e.g.top:10px;left:10px
display sets how the element is placed in the doc flow, e.g. block, inline, none
z-index sets the stacking order of elements,e.g. z-index of 1 is below z-index of 2
overflow sets what happens to content outside of container, e.g. auto, hidden
Everything else
background sets background of an element, in the format: background: (color) (image) (repeat) (position), e.g. background: #000 url(bg.png) repeat-x top left
cursor sets shape of cursor, e.g. pointer
outline a border drawn around an element that doesn’t affect the box model
border-collapse sets how borders within tables behave, e.g. collapse
clear sets on what side a new line starts in relation to nearby floated elements, e.g. left, right, both
box model image