Section B.6. CSS Properties | Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual

B.6. CSS Properties

For the most part, the Dreamweaver's CSS Rule Definition window lists CSS properties using nearly the same language as the actual property names ; the color property, for example, is listed in the Type category as Color. But sometimes Dreamweaver uses very different names for CSS properties. Table B-1 shows each category of the CSS Rule Definition window, and lists the actual CSS property name and a page reference where you can learn more about the property. In addition, Appendix A contains a complete list of CSS 2.1 properties.

Table B-1. Dreamweaver property names and their CSS equivalents

Dreamweaver Property Name	Actual CSS Property Name
Category: Type
Font	font-family (Section 6.1.1)
Size	font-size (Section 6.2)
Weight	font-Weight (Section 6.3.2)
Style	font-Style (Section 6.3.2)
Variant	font-Variant (Section 6.3.2.1)
Line height	line height (Section 6.4)
Case	text-transform (Section 6.3.2)
Decoration (underline, overline, line-through, blink, none)	text-decoration (Section 6.3.2.1)
Color	color (Section 6.1.2)
Category: Background
Background color	background-color (Section 7.4)
Background image	background-image (Section 8.2)
Repeat	background-repeat (Section 8.3)
Attachment	background-attachment (Section 8.4.4)
Horizontal position/Vertical position	background-position (Section 8.4)
Category: Block
Word spacing	word-spacing (Section 6.3.4)
Letter spacing	letter-spacing (Section 6.3.4)
Vertical alignment	vertical-alignment (Section 10.2.1)
Text align	text-align (Section 6.4.1.2)
Whitespace	white-space (Section A.1.1)
Display	display (Section 7.2.4)
Category: Box
Width	width (Section 7.5.1)
Height	height (Section 7.5.1)
Float	float (Section 7.6)
Clear	Clear (Section 7.6.2)
Padding	padding (Section 7.2)
Top	padding-top (Section 7.2)
Right	padding-right (Section 7.2)
Bottom	padding-bottom (Section 7.2)
Left	padding-left (Section 7.2)
Margin	margin (Section 7.2)
Top	margin-top (Section 7.2)
Right	margin-right (Section 7.2)
Bottom	margin-bottom (Section 7.2)
Left	margin-left (Section 7.2)
Category: Border ^[1]
Style	border-style (Section 7.3)
Width	border-width (Section 7.3)
Color	border-color (Section 7.3)
Category: List
Type	list-style-type (Section 6.4.4)
Bullet image	list-style-image (Section 6.5.3)
Position	list-style-position (Section 6.5.2)
Category: Positioning
Type:	position (Section 12.1)
Width	width (Section 7.5.1)
Height	height (Section 7.5.1)
Visibility	visibility (Section 12.1.5)
Z-Index	z-index (Section 12.1.4)
Overflow	overflow (Section 7.5.2)
Placement Top	top (Section 12.1.1)
Placement Right	right (Section 12.1.1)
Placement Bottom	bottom (Section 12.1.1)
Placement Left	left (Section 12.1.1)
Clip Top, Right, Bottom, Left	clip (Section A.1.1)
Category: Extensions
Before	page-break-before (Section 13.3.5)
After	page-break-after (Section 13.3.5)
Cursor	cursor (Section A.1)
Filter	Filter is an Internet Explorer for Windows only property. For more information go to : http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/filter/reference/reference.asp (Section A.1)

^[1] There are many different border properties, all of which provide different ways to specify the same thing (see Section 7.3). Dreamweaver's CSS Styles Preferences determine exactly how Dreamweaver writes the CSS code for borders (Section B.1.1). You can't set the very useful border-collapse property in the Rule Definition window (see Section 10.2.1).