Table of Contents for

CSS Secrets

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Words of thanks

Making of

About this book

CHAPTER 1
Introduction

Web standards: friend or foe?

CSS coding tips

CHAPTER 2
Backgrounds & Borders

1 Translucent borders

2 Multiple borders

3 Flexible background positioning

4 Inner rounding

5 Striped backgrounds

6 Complex background patterns

7 (Pseudo)random backgrounds

8 Continuous image borders

CHAPTER 3
Shapes

9 Flexible ellipses

10 Parallelograms

11 Diamond images

12 Cutout corners

13 Trapezoid tabs

14 Simple pie charts

CHAPTER 4
Visual Effects

15 One-sided shadows

16 Irregular drop shadows

17 Color tinting

18 Frosted glass effect

19 Folded corner effect

CHAPTER 5
Typography

20 Hyphenation

21 Inserting line breaks

22 Zebra-striped text lines

23 Adjusting tab width

24 Ligatures

25 Fancy ampersands

26 Custom underlines

27 Realistic text effects

28 Circular text

CHAPTER 6
User Experience

29 Picking the right cursor

30 Extending the clickable area

31 Custom checkboxes

32 De-emphasize by dimming

33 De-emphasize by blurring

34 Scrolling hints

35 Interactive image comparison

CHAPTER 7
Structure & Layout

36 Intrinsic sizing

37 Taming table column widths

38 Styling by sibling count

39 Fluid background, fixed content

40 Vertical centering

41 Sticky footers

CHAPTER 8
Transitions & Animations

42 Elastic transitions

43 Frame-by-frame animations

44 Blinking

45 Typing animation

46 Smooth state animations

47 Animation along a circular path

Index