Meyer Eric A., Weyl Estelle. CSS: The Definitive Guide Visual Presentation for the Web

4th ed. — O’Reilly Media, 2018. — 1057 p. — ISBN: 978-1-449-39319-9.If you’re a web designer or app developer interested in sophisticated page styling, improved accessibility, and saving time and effort, this book is for you. This revised edition provides a comprehensive guide to CSS implementation, along with a thorough review of the latest CSS specifications.CSS has come a long way since its early days, when it provided a bit of help to a mostly HTML-oriented world. Today, nearly any serious multi-page site relies on CSS to provide consistent and attractive interfaces that layer smoothly on top of an HTML foundation.
CSS: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition provides experienced web developers with a comprehensive guide to CSS implementation, along with a thorough review of all aspects of CSS 3. Updated to cover Internet Explorer 10, Microsoft's vastly improved browser, as well as Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera, this new edition includes content on transitions, animations, new selectors, paged media, and more.This guide covers:
Selectors, specificity, and the cascade
Values, units, fonts, and text properties
Padding, borders, outlines, and margins
Colors, backgrounds, and gradients
Floats and positioning tricks
Flexible box layout
The new Grid layout system
D and 3D transforms, transitions, and animation
Filters, blending, clipping, and masking
Media and feature queriesUpdated for the latest in CSS3 specifications and browser support
Explores the complex world of CSS transformations
Demonstrates new interface approaches built on CSS animations
Reconsiders layout possibilities with grid and flexible box possibilitiesCSS and Documents
Selectors
Specificity and the Cascade
Values and Units
Fonts
Text Properties
Basic Visual Formatting
Padding, Borders, Outlines, and Margins
Colors, Backgrounds, and Gradients
Floating and Shapes
Positioning
Flexible Box Layout
Grid Layout
Table Layout in CSS
Lists and Generated Content
Transforms
Transitions
Animation
Filters, Blending, Clipping, and Masking
Media-Dependent Styles
Appendix A. Animatable Properties
Appendix B. Basic Property Reference
Appendix C. Color Equivalence Table