When you examine a style rule in Dreamweaver, you might not be familiar with the names of the style definitions that appear in the CSS Styles panel. The following table lists them and explains them for your convenience.
Table B-1.
Style definition | Controls |
|---|
background-attachment | The behavior of a background image when the page scrolls |
background-color | The background color |
background-image | A background image |
background-position | The position of a background image |
background-repeat | The tiling or repeating of a background image |
border-collapse | Whether adjacent borders merge or remain separate |
border-color | The color of a border |
border-spacing | The space between a border and the content it surrounds |
border-style | The style of a border |
border-width | The width or thickness of a border |
border-bottom-color, border-bottom-style, border-bottom-width | The color, style, or width of the bottom border |
border-left-color, border-left-style, border-left-width | The color, style, or width of the left border |
border-right-color, border-right-style, border-right-width | The color, style, or width of the right border |
border-top-color, border-top-style, border-top-width | The color, style, or width of the top border |
bottom | The bottom position of an element |
clear | How a block of content positions itself in relation to surrounding blocks; cleared blocks move down to the next available horizontal line |
clip | The region around a block of content that the browser clips or makes invisible |
color | The foreground color |
cursor | The shape of the cursor when the visitor hovers over the element |
float | How a block of content positions itself in relation to surrounding blocks; floating blocks appear on the same horizontal line |
font-family | The typeface |
font-size | The type size |
font-style | Italic or oblique type |
font-variant | All-capped or small-capped type |
font-weight | Bold type |
height | The height of an element |
left | The left position of an element |
letter-spacing | The amount of space between characters in a line of type |
line-height | The amount of space between lines of type |
list-style-image | The image to be used as the leading character in a list item, such as a graphical replacement for the standard HTML bullet |
list-style-position | The position of the leading character in a list item |
list-style-type | The type of leading character in a list item |
margin-bottom | The location of the bottom margin |
margin-left | The location of the left margin |
margin-right | The location of the right margin |
margin-top | The location of the top margin |
overflow-x | How the element handles horizontal overflow content |
overflow-y | How the element handles vertical overflow content |
padding-bottom | The amount of padding along the bottom of the element |
padding-left | The amount of padding on the left side of the element |
padding-right | The amount of padding on the right side of the element |
padding-top | The amount of padding along the top of the element |
position | How the browser positions the element on the page, either by relative or absolute units |
right | The right position of an element |
text-align | The alignment of a block of text |
text-decoration | Additions to a block of text, such as underlines, overlines, or strikethroughs |
text-indent | The amount of indentation in the first line of a block of text |
text-justify | The justification setting of a block of text |
text-transform | The capitalization style of a block of text |
top | The top position of an element |
visibility | The visibility of an element |
width | The width of an element |
z-index | The position of the element in the stacking order; elements with higher z-index values superimpose those with lower z-index values |
