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CSS

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for specifying the presentation and styling of a document written in a markup language, such as HTML or XML (including XML dialects such as SVG, MathML, or XHTML). CSS is a cornerstone technology of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and JavaScript.

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Contained by
HTML Documents
Container for
Style rules for HTML elements
Developed by
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Initial release
17 December 1996; 29 years ago (1996-12-17)
Internet media type
text/css
Latest release
CSS 3 is being developed as multiple separate modules. Regular snapshots summarize their status. 7 December 2023; 2 years ago (2023-12-07)

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Syntax

History

Browser support

Limitations

  • Sass Sass (stylesheet language)
  • Less Less (stylesheet language)
  • Stylus Stylus (stylesheet language)

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Standardization

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CSS

Nodes131
Edges130
Triples156
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015267
Components1

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CSS

Top relations

related to Difficulty with adoption · 20
CSS → However, HTML, IE, IE5/Windows, Internet Explorer, It, Macintosh, March, Microsoft, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, Other, Such, The CSS, The IE Windows, They, Windows, Without
related to history · 19
CSS → At, Bert Bos, CERN, CSS1, DSSSL, FOSI, Håkon Wium Lie, In, Lie, October, One, Several, SGML, Standard Generalized Markup Language, Style, Therefore, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C CSS Recommendation, World Wide Web Consortium
related to Browser support · 13
CSS → Additionally, Because, BrowserStack, CanIUse, Each, For, In, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, MDN Web Docs, The, These, Tools
related to Frameworks · 9
CSS → Although, Blueprint, Bootstrap, Cascading Style Sheets, Foundation, HTML, Like, Materialize, They
related to Design methodologies · 8
CSS → ACSS, As, BEM, Cascade Style Sheet, OOCSS, Popular, SMACSS, The
related to Use · 8
CSS → And, Before CSS, Customizing, For, HTML, In, That, The
related to Specificity · 7
CSS → Based, Because, H1, ID, It, Specificity, Thus
related to Sources · 6
CSS → Additionally, Cascading Style Sheets, HTML, Its, Not, These
related to Cannot include styles from a rule into another rule · 5
CSS → Instead, Less, Sass, Some, Stylus
related to Inheritance · 5
CSS → Descendant, In, Inheritance, Properties, XHTML

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style html web elements w3c element browser sheet used styles content browsers properties sheets also support recommendation different one cascading

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CSSContained byHTML Documents1.00infobox
CSSContainer forStyle rules for HTML elements1.00infobox
CSSDeveloped byWorld Wide Web Consortium (W3C)1.00infobox
CSSFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .css1.00infobox
CSSInitial release17 December 1996; 29 years ago (1996-12-17)1.00infobox
CSSInternet media typetext/css1.00infobox
CSSLatest releaseCSS 3 is being developed as multiple separate modules. Regular snapshots summarize their status. 7 December 2023; 2 years ago (2023-12-07)1.00infobox
CSSOpen format?Yes1.00infobox
CSSType of formatStyle sheet language1.00infobox
CSSUniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.css1.00infobox
CSSWebsitew3.org/TR/CSS/#css1.00infobox
CSSis acornerstone technology of the World Wide Web0.90text

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