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defining an important style
!important keyword: page 95
css grids
219
character encoding
@charset rule page 96
fixed layout
A fixed page layout that expresses all container widths in pixels and remains the same size regardless of the size of the browser window. page 176
style inheritance
A process in which style properties are passed from a parent element to its children. page 93
CSS at rule
A rule used to send directives to the browser indicating how the contents of the CSS file should be interpreted and parsed.
contextual selector
A select that matches elements based on their positions in the document hierarchy. page 109
RGB triplet
A set of numbers representing intensities of red, green, and blue.
lorem ipsum
A setting in page makeup software that produces Greek dummy text. page 216
reset style sheet
A style sheet that removes many of the browser-specific style rules. page 172
elastic layout
All measurements are expressed in em units and based on the default font size used in the page. page 177
Viewport unit
Another relative unit which the lengths are expressed as a percentage of the width or height of the browser window.
wildcard selector
The asterisk selector (*) which selects all elements in a document.
list-marker
The default browser style for unordered and ordered lists is to display each list iten alongside a symbol known as list-marker.
browser styles(user agent styles)
The styls built into the browser itself.
framework
a software package that provides a library of tools to design your website, including stylesheets for grid layouts and built-in scripts to provide support for a variety of browsers and devices.
inline styles
are added as element attributes within an HTML document and thus apply to that element alone.
external styles
are defined in an external CSS file
The W3C supported style properties most browsers supply their own extended library of style properties known as__________
browser extensions
Browser extensions are identified through the use of a ___________, which indicates the browser vendor that created and supports the property.
browser vendor
Opacity
defines how solid the color appears. ranging from 0 (completely transparent) up to 1.0 (completely opaque)
style rule
defines the styles applied to an element or group of elements, is the building block of the CSS style sheet. page 90
Relative units
expressed relative to other objects within the webpage. An em unit is commonly used for a relative unit
floating
floating an element takes it out of position and places it along the left or right edge of its parent element. page 183
web safe fonts
font displayed reliably in most web browsers on most devices
Selector
identifies an element or a group of elements within the document and the property: value pairs specify the style properties and their values applied to that element or elements. page 90
Tracking
measures the amount of space between words
leading
measures the amount of spae between lines of text and is set using the folling line-height property.
lightness
measures the brightness of the color. (all of the above 3 are on page 99) (measured in percent)
saturation
measures the intensity of the chosen color. (measured in percent)
CSS3 is not based on a single specification but rather is built upon several _______________, where each module is focused on a separate design topic
modules
create grid on own practice
on page 207
defining semi- opaque colors
page 100
selector patterns
page 108
attribute selectors table
page 112
Web Font the definition font is supplied to the browser in an external file.
page 118
setting the font size
page 121
using google fonts
page 121
root em unit(rem)
page 122
controling spacing and indentation
page 125
aligning text horizontally and vertically
page 128
combining all text formating in a single style
page 128
Formatting lists
page 134
creating an outline style
page 134
working with width and heith in the page layout
page 178
clearing a float
page 187
content box model and border box model
page 191
container collapse
page 195
keeping a container from collapsing
page 197
setting up a grid
page 205
designing the grid rows
page 208
designing the grid columns
page 209
adding page content
page 211
outlining a grid
page 216
assigning content to grid cells
page 220
positioning objects
page 226
fixed and inherited positioning
page 230
creating an irregular line wrap
page 240
handling overflow
page 240
clipping an element
page 243
stacking elements
page 244
Hierarhy of styles
page 86
embedded and inline styles sheets
page 90/91
vendor prefixes for browser extensions
page 91
RGB values are sometimes expressed as hexadecimal numbers.
page 99
absolute positioning
places an element at specific coordinates either in a page or within a container element. page 227
progressive enhancement
places code conforming to older standards before newer properties page 104
static positioning
positions the element where it would have fallen naturally within the flow of the document.
Pixel
represents a single dot on the output device. A pixel is a relative unit because the actual pixel size depends on the resolution and density of the output device.
Fluid Layout
sets the width of page elements as a percent of the available screen width. page 178
attribute selector
specified with an attribute name and optional value comparison enclosed in square brackets ([ and ]), matches elements with the specified attribute or the specified attribute and value. page 111
working with fonts
starts on page 115
grid layouts
starts on page 202
user-defined styles
styles defined by the user based on the settings he or she makes in configuring the browser. example: a user with a visual impairment could alter the browser's default settings.
problem solving: principles of design
table on page 245
color values
the color is given by an exact numeric represenatation. page 98
Responsive Design
the layout and design of the page changes in response to the device that is rendering it. page 177
embedded styles (internal styles)
the styles added to the head of an HTML document.
hue
the tint of the color (measured in degrees)
fixed grid
the widths of the columns and margins are specified in pixels, where every column has a fixed position.
The @font-face rule
to access and load a web font, you add the @font-face rule to the style sheet.
Absolute units
units that are fixed in size regardless of the output device and are usually used only with printed media.
relative positioning
used to nudge an element out of its normal position in the document flow.
Sibling selector
used to select elements based on elements that are adjacent to them in the document hierarchy. page 109
fluid grid
which column widths are expressed in percentages rather than pixels, is often used to provide more support across different devices.
