Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, Third Edition

Index

Symbols

[ ] (square brackets), for grouping values, 124

^ characters, attribute selectors and, 308, 310

! (exclamation marks), !important rules and, 66

# (hash marks), id selectors and, 42

$ (dollar signs), attribute selectors and, 310, 312

* (asterisks)

attribute selectors and, 313, 315

font-family property and, 75

as universal selector, 48

*-resize keywords, 338

+ (plus signs)

next sibling selectors and, 300

numbers and, 29

- (minus signs), numbers and, 29

. (dots), class name selectors and, 40

/ (forward slashes), font size and, 87

: (colon)

pseudo-classes and, 50, 315

separating parts of style sheets and, 18, 19

:: (double colons), pseudo-element syntax and, 315

; (semi-colon)

declarations and, 19

!important rules and, 66

separating parts of style sheets and, 18

< > (left and right angle brackets), styling elements and, 18

> (greater than signs), direct child selectors and, 298

{ } (curly braces), separating parts of style sheets and, 18, 19

| (vertical bars), for grouping values, 125

@font-face rule, 276, 280, 286

@import rule, 34

@media rules, 324, 328, 357, 358, 365

A

<a> elements, :link pseudo-classes and, 50

absolute font sizes, 82

absolute keyword, 82

absolute lengths, 25

absolute measurements, 25

absolute path, defined, 35

absolute positioning

basics, 220–224, 248

z-index property and, 236–238

absolute size, mobile devices and, 356

:active pseudo-class, 50, 52

adjacent sibling combinators, 300–302

Adobe Dreamweaver, for writing CSS, 5

advanced selectors. See selectors, ...