Web Design with HTML and CSS

Appendix 271

CSS Properties and Values

This table provides a reference to some of the most commonly used CSS properties in
CSS 2.1. In addition to the name of the property, the allowed values have been listed. For a
complete list of CSS properties visit http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/propidx.html. For a more
in-depth discussion on how to add custom values, please review Lesson 4: Fundamentals of
HTML, XHTML, and CSS.

Name Possible Values Default value

background-attachment scroll | fi xed |

inherit

scroll

background-color <color> |

transparent |

inherit

transparent

background-image <uri> | none |

inherit

none

background-position [ [ <percentage>

| <length> | left

| center | right

] [ <percentage>

| <length> | top |

center | bottom ] ]

| [ [ left | center

| right ] || [ top

| center | bottom ]

] | inherit

0% 0%

background-repeat repeat | repeat-x

| repeat-y | no-

repeat | inherit

repeat

background [background-color

|| background-

image ||

background-repeat

|| background-

attachment ||

background-

position] | inherit

see individual properties

border-collapse collapse | separate

| inherit

separate

border-color [ <color> |

transparent ]{1,4}

| inherit

see individual properties

border-spacing <length> <length>?

| inherit

0

border-style <border-style>{1,4}

| inherit

see individual properties

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