CSS Properties Complete Reference

CSS properties are individual attributes for the web design to define the style and appearance of HTML elements.

This CSS reference provides the complete guide to all CSS properties with examples. You can practice the example by clicking on the "Try It" button.

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Following is the list of all CSS properties arranged alphabetically.

A

B

Property	Description	Example
backdrop-filter	Defines a visual impact on the space behind an element.	Try It
backface-visibility	Specifies whether an element's back face should be revealed when facing the user.	Try It
background	Shorthand for background related properties.	Try It
background-attachment	Specifies the position of the background relative to the viewport, either fixed or scrollable.	Try It
background-clip	Controls how far a background image extends beyond the element's padding or content box.	Try It
background-color	Sets the background color of an element.	Try It
background-image	Sets one or more background image(s) on an element.	Try It
background-origin	Sets the origin of the background.	Try It
background-position	Sets the initial position of each image in a background.	Try It
background-position-x	Sets the initial horizontal position of each image in a background.	Try It
background-position-y	Sets the initial vertical position of each image in a background.	Try It
background-repeat	Controls the repetition of an image in the background.	Try It
background-size	Controls the size of the background image.	Try It
background-blend-mode	Determines how an element's background images blend with each other.	Try It
border	Sets the border of an element.	Try It
border-block	Shorthand for setting the logical block border property values.	Try It
border-block-color	Defines the color of the borders in the block direction (top and bottom).	Try It
border-block-end	Shorthand property for setting the logical block end border properties.	Try It
border-block-end-color	Defines the color of the logical block-end border of an element.	Try It
border-block-end-style	Defines the style of the logical block-end border of an element.	Try It
border-block-end-width	Defines the width of the logical block-end border of an element.	Try It
border-block-start	Shorthand property for setting the logical block-start border properties.	Try It
border-block-start-color	Defines the color of the logical block-start border of an element.	Try It
border-block-start-style	Defines the style of the logical block start border of an element.	Try It
border-block-start-width	Defines the width of the logical block-start border of an element.	Try It
border-block-style	Defines the style of the top and bottom block borders of an element.	Try It
border-block-width	Defines the width of the top and bottom block borders of an element.	Try It
border-bottom	Shorthand property sets the element's bottom border.	Try It
border-bottom-color	Sets the color of an element's bottom border.	Try It
border-bottom-left-radius	Rounds the bottom-left corner of an element.	Try It
border-bottom-right-radius	Rounds the bottom-right corner of an element.	Try It
border-bottom-style	Sets the style of the bottom border.	Try It
border-bottom-width	Sets the width of the bottom border.	Try It
border-collapse	Specifies whether the borders of a table should be divided or collapsed into a single border.	Try It
border-color	Sets the color of the border(s).	Try It
border-end-end-radius	Defines a bottom-right border radius on an element.	Try It
border-end-start-radius	Defines a bottom-left border radius on an element.	Try It
border-image	Sets an image as border to an element.	Try It
border-image-outset	Defines how much of the border image area goes outside of the border box.	Try It
border-image-repeat	Specifies whether the border image should be stretched, rounded, or repeated.	Try It
border-image-slice	Divides the border image into regions.	Try It
border-image-source	Defines the path to the image that will be used as the border.	Try It
border-image-width	Sets the width of the border image.	Try It
border-inline	Shorthand property for setting the individual logical inline border property values.	Try It
border-inline-color	Defines the color of the logical inline borders of an element.	Try It
border-inline-end	Shorthand property for setting the logical inline-end border property values.	Try It
border-inline-end-color	Sets the color of the logical inline-end border. (right border)	Try It
border-inline-end-style	Sets the style of the logical inline-end border. (right border)	Try It
border-inline-end-width	Sets the width of the logical inline-end border. (right border)	Try It
border-inline-start	Shorthand property for setting the logical inline-start border (left border) property values.	Try It
border-inline-start-color	Sets the color of the inline-start border (left border).	Try It
border-inline-start-style	Sets the style of the logical inline-start border (left border).	Try It
border-inline-start-width	Sets the width of the logical inline-start border (left border).	Try It
border-inline-style	Defines the style of the left and right inline borders of an element.	Try It
border-inline-width	Defines the width of the left and right inline borders of an element.	Try It
border-left	Shorthand for setting all the properties of the left border of an element.	Try It
border-left-color	Defines the color of the left border of an element.	Try It
border-left-style	Defines the style of the left border of an element.	Try It
border-left-width	Defines the width of the left border of an element.	Try It
border-radius	Rounds the corners of an element's outer border edge.	Try It
border-right	Shorthand for setting all the properties of the right border of an element.	Try It
border-right-color	Defines the color of the right border of an element.	Try It
border-right-style	Defines the style of the right border of an element.	Try It
border-right-width	Defines the width of the right border of an element.	Try It
border-spacing	Defines a distance between borders of adjacent cells in a table.	Try It
border-start-end-radius	Defines a top-right border radius on an element, between the block-start and inline-end sides.	Try It
border-start-start-radius	Defines a top-left border radius on an element, between the block-start and inline-start sides.	Try It
border-style	Sets the line style for all four sides of an element's border.	Try It
border-top	Shorthand property setting all the properties of the top border of an element.	Try It
border-top-color	Defines the color of the top border.	Try It
border-top-left-radius	Sets the roundness of the top-left corner of an element's border.	Try It
border-top-right-radius	Rounds the top-right corner of an element.	Try It
border-top-style	Sets the line style of top border of an element.	Try It
border-top-width	Sets the width of top border of an element.	Try It
border-width	Sets the width of an element's border.	Try It
bottom	Sets the vertical position of an element.	Try It
box-decoration-break	Defines how an element's border and background will behave during page breaks or, in the case of inline elements, at line breaks.	Try It
box-shadow	Adds a shadow effect around an element.	Try It
box-sizing	Sets the way, the total width and height of an element is calculated.	Try It
break-after	Defines whether the given element should be followed by a page, column, or region break.	Try It
break-before	Defines whether a region, page, or column break should come before the given element.	Try It
break-inside	Defines if the given element should have a page, column, or region break inside of it.	Try It

C

Property	Description	Example
caption-side	Defines where a table caption should be positioned.	Try It
caret-color	Defines the color of the editable cursor (caret) in text areas, input fields, and other elements.	Try It
@charset	Provides details about the character encoding that the style sheet uses.	Try It
clear	Defines the behavior of the element next to a floating element.	Try It
clip	Clips an element that is precisely positioned.	Try It
clip-path	Creates a clipping region that sets the part of the element to be shown.	Try It
color	Defines the foreground color of a text.	Try It
column-count	Defines the number of columns into which an element should be divided.	Try It
column-fill	Controls an element's contents and break it into columns.	Try It
column-gap	Defines the size of the gap that exists between the columns in a multi-column layout..	Try It
column-rule	Shorthand property that sets the color, style, and width of the line drawn between columns in a multi-column layout.	Try It
column-rule-color	Sets the color of the line drawn between columns in a multi-column layout.	Try It
column-rule-style	Sets the style of the line drawn between columns in a multi-column layout.	Try It
column-rule-width	Sets the width of the line drawn between columns in a multi-column layout.	Try It
column-span	Defines whether an element should span across one column or all columns, in a multi-column layout.	Try It
column-width	Sets the column width in a multi-column layout.	Try It
columns	Shorthand property for setting the width and count of columns.	Try It
content	Replaces content with a generated value.	Try It
counter-increment	Used to increase or decrease the value of named CSS counters.	Try It
counter-reset	Creates named CSS counters and initializes a specific value to them.	Try It
counter-set	Sets a given value to a CSS counter.	Try It
cursor	Defines the mouse pointer that will be displayed when pointing at an item.	Try It

D

Property	Description	Example
direction	Sets the direction of the text, table columns, and horizontal overflow.	Try It
display	Defines the display method for a certain HTML element.	Try It

E

Property	Description	Example
empty-cells	Defines whether borders and backgrounds to be shown on empty cells in a table.	Try It

F

Property	Description	Example
filter	Applies graphical effects to an element.	Try It
flex	Shorthand property that sets whether a flex item will grow or shrink.	Try It
flex-basis	CSS flex-basis property sets the initial size of a flex item on the main axis before distributing the remaining space among the flex items	Try It
flex-direction	CSS flex-direction property determines the direction in which flex items are placed within a flex container. ( horizontal and vertical )	Try It
flex-flow	Shorthand property for specifying the direction and wrapping behavior of a flex container.	Try It
flex-grow	Determines how much extra space a flex item should take up in the flex container along its main axis.	Try It
flex-shrink	Defines the shrinking of the item in relation to the others.	Try It
flex-wrap	CSS flex-wrap property determines whether flex items should remain on a single line or are allowed to wrap onto multiple lines depending on the availability of space.	Try It
float	Places an element on left or right side of its container.	Try It
font	Shorthand property for setting all the font related properties.	Try It
font-family	Defines the text's font family.	Try It
font-feature-settings	Used to enable or disable specific OpenType font features, which control how text is rendered using advanced font features like ligatures, kerning, stylistic sets	Try It
font-kerning	Determines how the kerning information, the spacing between letters, is used.	Try It
font-language-override	Used to adjusting the rendering of glyphs and features to match the linguistic needs of different languages.	Try It
font-size	Determines the font size of the text.	Try It
font-size-adjust	Preserves text readability in the event of a font fallback.	Try It
font-stretch	Selects the standard, condensed, or expanded face of a font.	Try It
font-style	Sets the text's font style.	Try It
font-synthesis	Determines whether or not the browser should synthesize a style that are missing in a font-family.	Try It
font-variant	Sets all the font variants for a font.	Try It
font-variant-alternate	Controls the use of alternate glyphs.	Try It
font-variant-caps	Controls the use of alternate glyphs used for small capitals.	Try It
font-variant-east-asian	Regulates the use of alternate glyphs for East Asian scripts, such as Chinese and Japanese.	Try It
font-variant-ligatures	Regulates the usage of contextual forms and ligatures.	Try It
font-variant-numeric	Regulates the use of different glyphs for ordinal markers, fractions, and integers.	Try It
font-variant-position	Regulates the use of smaller alternate glyphs that are positioned as superscript or subscript.	Try It
font-weight	Specifies the weight of a font.	Try It

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I

Property	Description	Example
image-rendering	Defines the kind of image scaling approach to be used.	Try It
inline-size	Defines the horizontal and vertical size of an element's block.	Try It
inset	Indicates the distance an element is from edges of its parent element.	Try It
inset-block	Defines the logical block start and end offsets of an element.	Try It
inset-block-end	Defines the logical block end offsets of an element.	Try It
inset-block-start	Defines the logical block start offsets of an element.	Try It
inset-inline	Defines the logical start and end offsets of an element in the inline direction.	Try It
inset-inline-end	Defines the distance, measured in the inline direction, between an element's end and its parent element.	Try It
inset-inline-start	Defines the distance, measured in the inline direction, between an element's start and it's parent element.	Try It
isolation	Defines if a new stacking content must be created by an element.	Try It

J

Property	Description	Example
justify-content	Defines how space is distributed between and around content items in a flex and grid container.	Try It
justify-items	Defines how grid elements should be aligned along the horizontal axis within a grid container.	Try It
justify-self	Defines how a grid item should be aligned in the inline direction that resides within a grid container.	Try It
@keyframes	Defines a set of keyframes for animations or transitions.	Try It

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M

O

Property	Description	Example
object-fit	Defines how an image or video should be resized or cropped to fit within its container.	Try It
object-position	Defines the position of the content inside an element that has a defined size.	Try It
offset	Shorthand property that makes used to position elements in container.	Try It
offset-anchor	Defines the moving position of an element inside a box traveling along an offset-path.	Try It
offset-distance	Defines the position along an offset-path where an element should be placed.	Try It
offset-path	Defines an element's path inside its parent container or SVG coordinate system.	Try It
offset-rotate	Defines the orientation or direction of an element as it moves along the specified offset-path.	Try It
opacity	Sets the transparency of an element.	Try It
order	Defines the order in which flex items appear within a flex container.	Try It
orphans	Defines the minimum number of lines required at the bottom of a page, region, or column to prevent a break.	Try It
outline	Sets the width, color, and style of an outline around an element. The outline is used to highlight an element when focused.	Try It
outline-color	Sets the color of an outline around an element.	Try It
outline-offset	Defines the space between an outline and the border edge of an element.	Try It
outline-style	Determines the style of an outline around an element.	Try It
outline-width	Defines the width of the outline around an element.	Try It
overflow	Defines how to handle content that overflows the boundaries of its container.	Try It
overflow-anchor	Provides a way to disable the browser's scroll anchoring behavior, which adjusts scroll position to reduce content shifting.	Try It
overflow-wrap	Allows the browser to split a line of text into an unbreakable string to keep the content from overflowing its container.	Try It
overflow-clip-margin	Defines the distance that content can overflow the element's box before being clipped.	Try It
overflow-x	Defines that an element's content will overflow to its left and right margins, as well as horizontally.	Try It
overflow-y	Defines how the content of a block-level element is displayed when it exceeds the element's top and bottom edges.	Try It
overflow-block	Defines how the content of an element behaves when it exceeds the left and right boundaries of its box.	Try It
overflow-inline	Defines how overflowing content is displayed when it overflows the inline edges of an element.	Try It
overscroll-behavior	Determines what a browser does when the boundary of a scrolling area is reached.	Try It
overscroll-behavior-block	Determines how the browser behaves when the block direction border of a scrolling region is reached.	Try It
overscroll-behavior-inline	Determines how the browser behaves when the inline direction border of a scrolling region is reached.	Try It
overscroll-behavior-x	Determines what a browser does when the horizontal boundary of a scrolling area is reached.	Try It
overscroll-behavior-y	Determines what a browser does when the vertical boundary of a scrolling area is reached.	Try It

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Q

Property	Description	Example
quotes	Defines the style of quotation marks to be used for embedded quotes.	Try It

R

Property	Description	Example
resize	Defines if and how a user can resize an element.	Try It
right	Controls the horizontal position of an element	Try It
rotate	Defines the way an element rotates.	Try It
row-gap	Defines the gap between the grid rows. Also used to add gap between columns in multi-column layout.	Try It

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T

U

Property	Description	Example
unicode-bidi	Controls how bidirectional text is displayed in a document.	Try It
user-select	Determines if text can be selected by the user.	Try It

V

Property	Description	Example
vertical-align	Defines an element's vertical alignment.	Try It
visibility	Defines if an element needs to be shown or hidden without changing the layout of a document.	Try It

W

Property	Description	Example
white-space	Defines the white space flow inside the text in an element.	Try It
widows	Defines how many lines a page or column must have left at the top.	Try It
width	Defines the width of an element's content area.	Try It
word-break	Defines how words should be broken or wrapped in case they exceed the available width of an element.	Try It
word-spacing	Defines the space between the words in a text.	Try It
writing-mode	Defines if text should be displayed vertically or horizontally.	Try It

Z

Property	Description	Example
z-index	Controls the stacking order of elements in web page.	Try It
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