Appendix B. Reading Property Value Definitions

The box on page 95 describes how to read CSS property definitions. One of the fields, however, was omitted because explaining it requires a few pages. The Value field is written in a formal syntax to ensure preciseness, but the end result isn’t always readable to humans. This appendix describes how to read the Value field.

Here is an example of a property defininition.

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The “button bar” on the left side indicates how major browsers support each property. ...

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