Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, 5th Edition

Appendix C CSS Property Reference^619

Table C.1Cascading style sheet properties (continued)

Property

width

Common Values: A numeric value (pxor em), percentage, or auto (default)

Usage: Configures the width of an element.

Example: width:60%;

z-index

Common Values: A numeric value; the default value is 0

Usage: The stack order of an element on a Web page. A higher value will display in front of elements

with lower values.

Example: z-index:10;

Table C.2 Pseudo-classes Used with the Anchor Element

Pseudo-class Usage

link Default state for a hyperlink that has not been clicked (visited)

Example: a:link {color:#00FF00; }

visited Default state for a visited link

Example: a:visited {color:#003300; }

focus Triggered when the link has focus (for example, by pressing the Tab key on the keyboard)

Example: a:focus {color:#FFFF66; }

hover Triggered when the mouse moves over the hyperlink

Example: a:hover {color:#000000; }

active Triggered when the hyperlink is actually clicked (or the Enter key is pressed when the hyper-

link has focus)

Example: a:active {color:#CCCCCC; }