Earlier before I have written an article about current best CSS hacks which you can see here And now here’s the list of today’s most used CSS tricks – tips. I have added image examples for most of them because of critics on CSS hacks article. If you think I have missed any please let me know
1. Rounded corners without images
<div id="container"> <b class="rtop"> <b class="r1"></b> <b class="r2"></b> <b class="r3"></b> <b class="r4"></b> </b> <!--content goes here --> <b class="rbottom"> <b class="r4"></b> <b class="r3"></b> <b class="r2"></b> <b class="r1"></b> </b> </div> .rtop, .rbottom{display:block} .rtop *, .rbottom *{display: block; height: 1px; overflow: hidden} .r1{margin: 0 5px} .r2{margin: 0 3px} .r3{margin: 0 2px} .r4{margin: 0 1px; height: 2px}
2. Style your order list
<ol> <li> This is line one </li> <li> Here is line two </li> <li> And last line </li> </ol> ol { font: italic 1em Georgia, Times, serif; color: #999999; } ol p { font: normal .8em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; }
3. Tableless forms
<form> <label for="name">Name</label> <input id="name" name="name"><br> <label for="address">Address</label> <input id="address" name="address"><br> <label for="city">City</label> <input id="city" name="city"><br> </form> label,input { display: block; width: 150px; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; } label { text-align: right; width: 75px; padding-right: 20px; } br { clear: left; }
4. Double blockquote
blockquote:first-letter { background: url(images/open-quote.gif) no-repeat left top; padding-left: 18px; font: italic 1.4em Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; }
5. Gradient text effect
<h1><span></span>CSS Gradient Text</h1> h1 { font: bold 330%/100% "Lucida Grande"; position: relative; color: #464646; } h1 span { background: url(gradient.png) repeat-x; position: absolute; display: block; width: 100%; height: 31px; } <!--[if lt IE 7]> <style> h1 span { background: none; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='gradient.png', sizingMethod='scale'); } </style> <![endif]-->
6. Vertical centering with line-height
div{ height:100px; } div *{ margin:0; } div p{ line-height:100px; } Content here
7. Rounded corners with images
<div class="roundcont"> <div class="roundtop"> <img src="tl.gif" alt="" width="15" height="15" class="corner" style="display: none" /> </div> CONTENT <div class="roundbottom"> <img src="bl.gif" alt="" width="15" height="15" class="corner" style="display: none" /> </div> </div> .roundcont { width: 250px; background-color: #f90; color: #fff; } .roundcont p { margin: 0 10px; } .roundtop { background: url(tr.gif) no-repeat top right; } .roundbottom { background: url(br.gif) no-repeat top right; } img.corner { width: 15px; height: 15px; border: none; display: block !important; }
8. Multiple class name
<img src="image.gif" class="class1 class2" alt="" /> .class1 { border:2px solid #666; } .class2 { padding:2px; background:#ff0; }
9. Center horizontally
<div id="container"></div> #container { margin:0px auto; }
10. CSS Drop Caps
<p class="introduction"> This paragraph has the class "introduction". If your browser supports the pseudo-class "first-letter", the first letter will be a drop-cap. p.introduction:first-letter { font-size : 300%; font-weight : bold; float : left; width : 1em; }
11. Prevent line breaks in links, oversized content to brake
a{ white-space:nowrap; } #main{ overflow:hidden; }
12. Show firefox scrollbar, remove textarea scrollbar in IE
html{ overflow:-moz-scrollbars-vertical; } textarea{ overflow:auto; }