A recent comment by Chris on my post about css vs tables, reminded me that developing cross-browser css still gives people trouble. Fortunately there’s an easy solution, which is to use a css reset file. However css resets have some cons along with the pros.
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Category: CSS
Thoughts On Building A Typographic Stylesheet
Last week I talked about legibility and readability in typography. That post focused on design terms and concepts. This post will consider some of those same terms and concepts with the focus being shifted to the css you would use to control them in your designs.
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Z-Index And The CSS Stack: Which Element Displays First?
Z-index is another css property that appears simple on the surface, but has some deeper rules that can cause confusion.
On the surface it may seem as simple as a positive z-index sits in front of a 0 z-index, which sits in front of a negative z-index. While that is true, there’s more to the overall equation about how a browser decides which elements display in front of others.
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How Well Do You Understand CSS Positioning?
When people are new to css layouts there’s a tendency to gravitate toward positioning. Positioning seems like an easy concept to grasp. On the surface you specify exactly where you want a block to be located and there it sits. Positioning is a little more complicated than it first appears though. There are a few things that can trip up a newbie and a few things to understand before positioning becomes second nature.
You can do some great things with positioning, once you develop a deeper understanding of how it works.
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CSS Backgrounds: 12 Solutions To Common Questions
CSS backgrounds are an important part of web design. The property is where you add the colors and images that sit behind your content, which controls much of the aesthetics of your site. Remove your CSS backgrounds and your site will probably be text on a white background.
While relatively easy to understand, CSS backgrounds often lead to some questions and confusion when it comes to pulling off specific techniques. Let’s see if we can clear up some of that confusion and then answer a few of those technique specific questions.
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