CSS Format

Style sheets include rules, which define styles for elements in web pages. Each rule comprises a selector and declaration. In turn, declarations include CSS properties and values. For example

Body {Background-color: #fff;Color: #000;}

Where:

Body is the selector.

• The declaration is defined within the curly braces.

Background-color and Color are CSS properties.

#fff and #000 are property values.

An example of a custom style looks like the following:

.footer {Color: #000;Font-weight: bold;}

Application of the same custom style in a web page looks like the following:

. . .DIV class="footer" . . .

Descendent Selectors

When you work with style sheets, including SharePoint 2010 style sheets, you encounter selectors that include a ...

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