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Sensible CSS Defaults
/*
html5doctor.com Reset Stylesheet (Eric Meyer's Reset Reloaded + HTML5 baseline)
v1.4 2009-07-27 | Authors: Eric Meyer & Richard Clark
html5doctor.com/html-5-reset-stylesheet/
*/
html, body, div, span, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
abbr, address, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, samp,
small, strong, sub, sup, var,
b, i,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
article, aside, canvas, details, figcaption, figure,
footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section, summary,
time, mark, audio, video {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
outline: 0;
font-size: 100%;
vertical-align: baseline;
background: transparent; }
article, aside, details, figcaption, figure,
footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {
display: block; }
nav ul {
list-style: none; }
blockquote, q {
quotes: none; }
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
content: '';
content: none; }
a {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
font-size: 100%;
vertical-align: baseline;
background: transparent; }
ins {
background-color: #ff9;
color: #000;
text-decoration: none; }
mark {
background-color: #ff9;
color: #000;
font-style: italic;
font-weight: bold; }
del {
text-decoration: line-through; }
abbr[title], dfn[title] {
cursor: help; }
/* tables still need cellspacing="0" in the markup */
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0; }
hr {
display: block;
height: 1px;
border: 0;
border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
margin: 1em 0;
padding: 0; }
input, select {
vertical-align: middle; }
/* this hack is courtesy of gbbowers on github
https://gist.github.com/601810 */
/* Useful with form inputs and textareas */
/* Legacy support for inline-block in IE7 (maybe IE6) */
body {
color: #222;
font-size: 13px;
font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, "lucida grande", sans-serif; }
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
color: #111;
font-family: "helvetica neue", Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; }
/* Success, error & notice boxes for messages and errors. */
div.error, div.notice, div.success,
#flash_failure, #flash_success, #flash_notice {
-moz-border-radius: 8px;
-webkit-border-radius: 8px;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
margin-bottom: 1em;
padding: 0.8em; }
div.error,
#flash_failure {
background: #FBE3E4;
border-color: #FBC2C4;
color: #D12F19; }
div.error a,
#flash_failure a {
color: #D12F19; }
div.notice,
#flash_notice {
background: #FFF6BF;
border-color: #FFD324;
color: #817134; }
div.notice a,
#flash_notice a {
color: #817134; }
div.success,
#flash_success {
background: #E6EFC2;
border-color: #C6D880;
color: #529214; }
div.success a,
#flash_success a {
color: #529214; }
/* Misc classes and elements */
/* Use a .box to create a padded box inside a column. */
.box {
background: #eee;
margin-bottom: 1.5em;
padding: 1.5em; }
/* Use this to create a horizontal ruler across a column. */
hr {
background: #ddd;
border: none;
clear: both;
color: #ddd;
float: none;
height: 1px;
margin: 0 0 1.4em;
width: 100%; }
hr.space {
background: #fff;
color: #fff; }
/* for image replacement */
.ir {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
direction: ltr;
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
text-align: left;
text-indent: -999em; }
/* Hide for both screenreaders and browsers
css-discuss.incutio.com/wiki/Screenreader_Visibility */
.hidden {
display: none;
visibility: hidden; }
/* Hide only visually, but have it available for screenreaders
www.webaim.org/techniques/css/invisiblecontent/ & j.mp/visuallyhidden */
.visuallyhidden {
clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px);
/* IE6, IE7 */
clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
position: absolute !important; }
/* Hide visually and from screenreaders, but maintain layout */
.invisible {
visibility: hidden; }
/* >> The Magnificent CLEARFIX: Updated to prevent margin-collapsing on child elements << j.mp/bestclearfix */
.clearfix:before,
.clearfix:after {
content: "\0020";
display: block;
height: 0;
visibility: hidden; }
.clearfix:after {
clear: both; }
/* Fix clearfix: blueprintcss.lighthouseapp.com/projects/15318/tickets/5-extra-margin-padding-bottom-of-page */
.clearfix {
zoom: 1; }
.ie7 img {
-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; }
@media print {
* {
background: transparent !important;
color: #444 !important;
text-shadow: none !important; }
a, a:visited {
color: #444 !important;
text-decoration: underline; }
a:after {
content: " (" attr(href) ")"; }
abbr:after {
content: " (" attr(title) ")"; }
.ir a:after {
content: ""; }
/* Don't show links for images */
pre, blockquote {
border: 1px solid #999;
page-break-inside: avoid; }
thead {
display: table-header-group; }
/* css-discuss.incutio.com/wiki/Printing_Tables */
tr, img {
page-break-inside: avoid; }
@page {
margin: 0.5cm; }
p, h2, h3 {
orphans: 3;
widows: 3; }
h2, h3 {
page-break-after: avoid; } }
/* Headings */
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
font-weight: bold; }
h1 {
font-size: 2.2em;
line-height: 1;
margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
h2 {
font-size: 1.6em;
line-height: 1.1;
margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
h3 {
font-size: 1.3em;
line-height: 1;
margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
h4 {
font-size: 1.1em;
line-height: 1.25;
margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
h5 {
font-size: 1em;
margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
h6 {
font-size: 1em;
margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
/* Text elements */
p {
margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
p.last {
margin-bottom: 0; }
p img {
float: left;
margin: 1.5em 1.5em 1.5em 0;
padding: 0; }
/* Use this if the image is at the top of the <p>. */
p img.top {
margin-top: 0; }
img {
margin: 0 0 1.5em; }
abbr, acronym {
border-bottom: 1px dotted #666;
cursor: help; }
address {
font-style: italic;
margin-top: 1.5em; }
del {
color: #666; }
a, a:link {
color: #1a4882;
text-decoration: underline; }
a:visited {
color: #1a4882; }
a:hover {
color: #052246; }
a:active,
a:focus {
color: #1a4882; }
blockquote {
border-left: 4px solid #d1d1d1;
color: #666;
font-style: italic;
margin: 1.5em 0;
padding-left: 1em; }
strong {
font-weight: bold; }
em,
dfn {
font-style: italic; }
dfn {
font-weight: bold; }
pre, code {
margin: 1.5em 0;
white-space: pre;
/* CSS2 */
white-space: pre-wrap;
/* CSS 2.1 */
word-wrap: break-word;
/* IE */ }
pre, code, tt {
font: 1em 'andale mono', 'monotype.com', 'lucida console', monospace;
line-height: 1.5; }
pre.code {
background: #000;
color: #fff;
padding: 20px; }
tt {
display: block;
line-height: 1.5;
margin: 1.5em 0; }
/* Forms */
/*removes dotted outline on submit buttons when clicking in firefox */
input[type="submit"]::-moz-focus-inner {
border: none; }
form ol {
list-style: none;
margin: 0 0 1em 0; }
form ol ol {
margin-left: 0; }
form ol li {
list-style-position: outside;
margin: 0 0 1em 0; }
/*list-style-position fixes IE label margin bug*/
form ol ol li {
list-style-position: outside;
margin: 0 0 .25em 0; }
form ol li.error input {
background: #FBE3E4; }
p.inline-errors {
color: #D12F19; }
form ol li.file {
background: #e1e1e1;
border: 1px solid #c8c8c8;
padding: 10px; }
form abbr {
border-bottom: 0; }
label {
display: block; }
.required label {
font-weight: bold; }
.checkbox_field label,
.radio_field label {
font-weight: normal; }
a.cancel {
color: #7d0d0d; }
.inline-hints {
color: #666;
font-size: 0.8em;
margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
/* Fieldsets */
fieldset {
background: #f1f1f1;
border: 1px solid #e3e3e3;
margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;
padding: 1.5em 1.5em 1em 1.5em; }
fieldset fieldset,
fieldset fieldset fieldset {
border: 0;
padding: 0; }
legend {
font-weight: bold; }
.ie6 legend, .ie7 legend {
margin-left: -7px; }
fieldset.buttons {
background: inherit;
border: 0;
padding: 0; }
fieldset.buttons li {
display: inline; }
.radio fieldset {
margin: 0;
padding: 0; }
/* Text fields */
input[type="color"],
input[type="date"],
input[type="datetime"],
input[type="datetime-local"],
input[type="email"],
input[type="month"],
input[type="number"],
input[type="password"],
input[type="range"],
input[type="search"],
input[type="tel"],
input[type="text"],
input[type="time"],
input[type="url"],
input[type="week"] {
font-size: inherit;
padding: 3px 2px;
width: 300px; }
.ie6 input {
vertical-align: text-bottom; }
input[disabled='disabled'] {
background-color: #fcfcfc;
cursor: default; }
input[type="checkbox"] {
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
position: relative;
top: -2px;
vertical-align: middle; }
.ie7 input[type="checkbox"] {
vertical-align: baseline; }
input[type="radio"] {
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
position: relative;
top: -2px;
vertical-align: middle; }
.check_boxes label {
display: inline;
padding: 0;
vertical-align: middle; }
.radio label {
padding: 0; }
/* Textareas */
textarea {
font-size: inherit;
height: 200px;
margin: 0 0.5em 0.5em 0;
padding: 5px;
width: 440px;
overflow: auto; }
/* Select fields */
fieldset .select select {
width: 200px;
font-size: 0.9em; }
optgroup {
margin: 0 0 .5em 0; }
/* Date & Time */
form ol li.date ol li,
form ol li.time ol li {
display: inline; }
form ol li.datetime ol li {
display: inline-block; }
form ol li.datetime select,
form ol li.date select,
form ol li.time select {
display: inline;
width: auto; }
form ol li.date label,
form ol li.time label {
display: none; }
/* Tables */
table {
margin-bottom: 2em;
width: 100%; }
th {
border-bottom: 2px solid #ccc;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: left; }
td {
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; }
caption, th, td {
padding: 4px 10px 4px 0; }
caption {
background: #f1f1f1;
margin-bottom: 1em;
padding: 10px 0; }
tr, td, th {
vertical-align: middle; }
/* Use this if you use span-x classes on th/td. */
table .last {
padding-right: 0; }
/* Lists */
ul, ol {
list-style-position: inside;
margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
ul {
list-style-type: disc; }
ol {
list-style-type: decimal; }
dl {
line-height: 1.4;
margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
dl dt {
font-weight: bold;
margin-top: 0.5em; }
dl dd {
margin-bottom: 0em; }
dd {
margin-left: 0.5em; }
li {
line-height: 1.4; }
ol ol, ol ul, ul ul, ul ol {
margin-left: 1em; }
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