CSS Snippets

2011 Updated Clearfix

.clearfix:before, .container:after { content: ""; display: table; }
.clearfix:after { clear: both; }

/* IE 6/7 */
.clearfix { zoom: 1; }

@Font-Face Template

@font-face {  
    font-family: 'MyWebFont';  
    src: url('webfont.eot'); /* IE9 Compat Modes */  
    src: url('webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), /* IE6-IE8 */  
    url('webfont.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */  
    url('webfont.ttf')  format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */  
    url('webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */  
}  
      
body {  
    font-family: 'MyWebFont', Arial, sans-serif;  
}  

Anchor Link Pseudo Classes

a:link { color: blue; }  
a:visited { color: purple; }  
a:hover { color: red; }  
a:active { color: yellow; } 

Cross-Browser Transparency

.transparent {  
    filter: alpha(opacity=50); /* internet explorer */  
    -khtml-opacity: 0.5;      /* khtml, old safari */  
    -moz-opacity: 0.5;       /* mozilla, netscape */  
    opacity: 0.5;           /* fx, safari, opera */  
}  

CSS Blockquote Template

blockquote {  
    background: #f9f9f9;  
    border-left: 10px solid #ccc;  
    margin: 1.5em 10px;  
    padding: .5em 10px;  
    quotes: "\201C""\201D""\2018""\2019";  
}  
blockquote:before {  
    color: #ccc;  
    content: open-quote;  
    font-size: 4em;  
    line-height: .1em;  
    margin-right: .25em;  
    vertical-align: -.4em;  
}  
blockquote p {  
    display: inline;  
}  

CSS Clearfix

.clearfix:after { content: "."; display: block; clear: both; visibility: hidden; line-height: 0; height: 0; }  
.clearfix { display: inline-block; }  
   
html[xmlns] .clearfix { display: block; }  
* html .clearfix { height: 1%; }  

css reset

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code, del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp, small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var, b, u, i, center, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td, article, aside, canvas, details, embed, figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary, time, mark, audio, video {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: 0;
  font-size: 100%;
  font: inherit;
  vertical-align: baseline;
  outline: none;
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
html { height: 101%; }
body { font-size: 62.5%; line-height: 1; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; }

article, aside, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section { display: block; }
ol, ul { list-style: none; }

blockquote, q { quotes: none; }
blockquote:before, blockquote:after, q:before, q:after { content: ''; content: none; }
strong { font-weight: bold; } 

table { border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0; }
img { border: 0; max-width: 100%; }

p { font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.0em; color: #333; }

CSS Tooltip Hovers

a {   
    border-bottom:1px solid #bbb;  
    color:#666;  
    display:inline-block;  
    position:relative;  
    text-decoration:none;  
}  
a:hover,  
a:focus {  
    color:#36c;  
}  
a:active {  
    top:1px;   
}  
   
/* Tooltip styling */  
a[data-tooltip]:after {  
    border-top: 8px solid #222;  
    border-top: 8px solid hsla(0,0%,0%,.85);  
    border-left: 8px solid transparent;  
    border-right: 8px solid transparent;  
    content: "";  
    display: none;  
    height: 0;  
    width: 0;  
    left: 25%;  
    position: absolute;  
}  
a[data-tooltip]:before {  
    background: #222;  
    background: hsla(0,0%,0%,.85);  
    color: #f6f6f6;  
    content: attr(data-tooltip);  
    display: none;  
    font-family: sans-serif;  
    font-size: 14px;  
    height: 32px;  
    left: 0;  
    line-height: 32px;  
    padding: 0 15px;  
    position: absolute;  
    text-shadow: 0 1px 1px hsla(0,0%,0%,1);  
    whitewhite-space: nowrap;  
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;  
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;  
    -o-border-radius: 5px;  
    border-radius: 5px;  
}  
a[data-tooltip]:hover:after {  
    display: block;  
    top: -9px;  
}  
a[data-tooltip]:hover:before {  
    display: block;  
    top: -41px;  
}  
a[data-tooltip]:active:after {  
    top: -10px;  
}  
a[data-tooltip]:active:before {  
    top: -42px;  
}  

Custom Text Selection

::selection { background: #e2eae2; }  
::-moz-selection { background: #e2eae2; }  
::-webkit-selection { background: #e2eae2; } 

Default H1-H5 Headers

h1,h2,h3,h4,h5{  
    color: #005a9c;  
}  
h1{  
    font-size: 2.6em;  
    line-height: 2.45em;  
}  
h2{  
    font-size: 2.1em;  
    line-height: 1.9em;  
}  
h3{  
    font-size: 1.8em;  
    line-height: 1.65em;  
}  
h4{  
    font-size: 1.65em;  
    line-height: 1.4em;  
}  
h5{  
    font-size: 1.4em;  
    line-height: 1.25em;  
} 

Disable Mobile Webkit Highlights

body {  
    -webkit-touch-callout: none;  
    -webkit-user-select: none;  
    -khtml-user-select: none;  
    -moz-user-select: none;  
    -ms-user-select: none;  
    user-select: none;  
}  

Display URLS In A Printed Webpage

@media print   {    
  a:after {    
    content: " [" attr(href) "] ";    
  }    
} 

Fancy CSS3 Pull-Quotes

.has-pullquote:before {  
    /* Reset metrics. */  
    padding: 0;  
    border: none;  
      
    /* Content */  
    content: attr(data-pullquote);  
      
    /* Pull out to the right, modular scale based margins. */  
    float: rightright;  
    width: 320px;  
    margin: 12px -140px 24px 36px;  
      
    /* Baseline correction */  
    position: relative;  
    top: 5px;  
      
    /* Typography (30px line-height equals 25% incremental leading) */  
    font-size: 23px;  
    line-height: 30px;  
}  
  
.pullquote-adelle:before {  
    font-family: "adelle-1", "adelle-2";  
    font-weight: 100;  
    top: 10px !important;  
}  
  
.pullquote-helvetica:before {  
    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;  
    font-weight: bold;  
    top: 7px !important;  
}  
  
.pullquote-facit:before {  
    font-family: "facitweb-1", "facitweb-2", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;  
    font-weight: bold;  
    top: 7px !important;  
}  

Fullscreen Backgrounds With CSS3

html {   
    background: url('images/bg.jpg') no-repeat center center fixed;   
    -webkit-background-size: cover;  
    -moz-background-size: cover;  
    -o-background-size: cover;  
    background-size: cover;  
}  

General Media Queries

/* Smartphones (portrait and landscape) ----------- */  
@media only screen   
and (min-device-width : 320px) and (max-device-width : 480px) {  
  /* Styles */  
}  
  
/* Smartphones (landscape) ----------- */  
@media only screen and (min-width : 321px) {  
  /* Styles */  
}  
  
/* Smartphones (portrait) ----------- */  
@media only screen and (max-width : 320px) {  
  /* Styles */  
}  
  
/* iPads (portrait and landscape) ----------- */  
@media only screen and (min-device-width : 768px) and (max-device-width : 1024px) {  
  /* Styles */  
}  
  
/* iPads (landscape) ----------- */  
@media only screen and (min-device-width : 768px) and (max-device-width : 1024px) and (orientation : landscape) {  
  /* Styles */  
}  
  
/* iPads (portrait) ----------- */  
@media only screen and (min-device-width : 768px) and (max-device-width : 1024px) and (orientation : portrait) {  
  /* Styles */  
}  
  
/* Desktops and laptops ----------- */  
@media only screen and (min-width : 1224px) {  
  /* Styles */  
}  
  
/* Large screens ----------- */  
@media only screen and (min-width : 1824px) {  
  /* Styles */  
}  
  
/* iPhone 4 ----------- */  
@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:1.5), only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio:1.5) {  
  /* Styles */  
}  

Hiding H1 Text For Logo

h1 {  
    text-indent: -9999px;  
    margin: 0 auto;  
    width: 320px;  
    height: 85px;  
    background: transparent url("images/logo.png") no-repeat scroll;  
} 

Individual Rounded Corners

#container {  
    -webkit-border-radius: 4px 3px 6px 10px;  
    -moz-border-radius: 4px 3px 6px 10px;  
    -o-border-radius: 4px 3px 6px 10px;  
    border-radius: 4px 3px 6px 10px;  
}  
  
/* alternative syntax broken into each line */  
#container {  
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 4px;  
    -webkit-border-top-rightright-radius: 3px;  
    -webkit-border-bottom-rightright-radius: 6px;  
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 10px;  
      
    -moz-border-radius-topleft: 4px;  
    -moz-border-radius-topright: 3px;  
    -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 6px;  
    -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 10px;  
}  

Polaroid Image Border

img.polaroid {  
    background:#000; /*Change this to a background image or remove*/  
    border:solid #fff;  
    border-width:6px 6px 20px 6px;  
    box-shadow:1px 1px 5px #333; /* Standard blur at 5px. Increase for more depth */  
    -webkit-box-shadow:1px 1px 5px #333;  
    -moz-box-shadow:1px 1px 5px #333;  
    height:200px; /*Set to height of your image or desired div*/  
    width:200px; /*Set to width of your image or desired div*/  
}  

Pure CSS Background Noise

body {  
    background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,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);  
    background-color: #0094d0;  
}

Stitched CSS3 Elements

p {  
    position:relative;  
    z-index:1;  
    padding: 10px;  
    margin: 10px;  
    font-size: 21px;  
    line-height: 1.3em;  
    color: #fff;  
    background: #ff0030;  
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px #ff0030, 2px 1px 4px 4px rgba(10,10,0,.5);  
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px #ff0030, 2px 1px 4px 4px rgba(10,10,0,.5);  
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px #ff0030, 2px 1px 6px 4px rgba(10,10,0,.5);  
    -webkit-border-radius: 3px;  
    -moz-border-radius: 3px;  
    border-radius: 3px;  
}  
  
p:before {  
    content: "";  
    position: absolute;  
    z-index: -1;  
    top: 3px;  
    bottom: 3px;  
    left :3px;  
    right: 3px;  
    border: 2px dashed #fff;  
}  
  
p a {  
    color: #fff;  
    text-decoration:none;  
}  
  
p a:hover, p a:focus, p a:active {  
    text-decoration:underline;  
}  

Vertically Centered Content

.container {  
    min-height: 6.5em;  
    display: table-cell;  
    vertical-align: middle;  
}

Webpage Top Box Shadow

body:before {  
    content: "";  
    position: fixed;  
    top: -10px;  
    left: 0;  
    width: 100%;  
    height: 10px;  
  
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.8);  
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.8);  
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.8);  
    z-index: 100;  
}