A handy collection of some of the mixins available in Compass (and a few from Compass Recipes too).

compass-mixins-variables

// Compass variable: disable support for IE6
$legacy-support-for-ie6: false;


// Compass variable: disable support for IE7
$legacy-support-for-ie7: false;


// Font face (requires Compass v0.13)
@include font-face(
  $name, 
  $font-files, 
  $eot   : false,
  $weight: false,
  $style : false
);


// Micro clearfix
@include pie-clearfix;


// Inline block
// optionally disable Compass default vertical alignment of inline-block (requires Compass v0.13)
$inline-block-alignment: none;
@include inline-block;


// Linear gradient
@include background-image(linear-gradient(white, #cccccc 30%, #bbbbbb 70%, #aaaaaa));


// Gradient linear plus image
@include background(image-url("foo.png"), linear-gradient(top left, #333, #0c0));


// Radial gradient
@include background-image(radial-gradient(45px 45px, aqua 10px, #1e90ff 30px));


// Cross browser min-height
@include min-height($value);


// Cross browser min-width
@include min-width($value);


// List - no bullets
@include no-bullets;


// List - horizontal
@include horizontal-list($padding: 4px, $direction: left);


// List  - inline block
@include inline-block-list($padding: false);


// List - delimited
@include delimited-list($separator: ", ");


// Table outer borders
@include outer-table-borders($width: 2px, $color: black);


// Table inner borders
@include inner-table-borders($width: 2px, $color: black);


// Prevent long urls/text from breaking layouts
@include force-wrap;


// Text shadow single
@include single-text-shadow(rgba(blue, 0.2) .5em .5em 1em);


// Text shadow multiple
@include text-shadow(
	$shadow-1 : rgba(blue, 0.2) .5em .5em 1em,
	$shadow-2 : false,
	$shadow-3 : false,
	$shadow-4 : false,
	$shadow-5 : false,
	$shadow-6 : false,
	$shadow-7 : false,
	$shadow-8 : false,
	$shadow-9 : false,
	$shadow-10: false
);


// Hide text (better technique than text-align:-9999px)
@include hide-text;


// Stretch X (using position: absolute)
@include stretch-x($offset-left:0, $offset-right:0);


// Stretch Y (using position: absolute)
@include stretch-y($offset-top:0, $offset-bottom:0);


// Stretch X+Y (using position: absolute)
@include stretch($offset-top:0, $offset-right:0, $offset-bottom:0, $offset-left:0);


// Background multiple
@include background(
	$background-1,
	$background-2 : false,
	$background-3 : false,
	$background-4 : false,
	$background-5 : false,
	$background-6 : false,
	$background-7 : false,
	$background-8 : false,
	$background-9 : false,
	$background-10: false
);


// Background clip
@include background-clip($clip: padding-box);


// Background origin
@include background-origin($origin: content-box);


// Background size
@include background-size(
	$size-1 : $default-background-size, // 100% auto
	$size-2 : false,
	$size-3 : false,
	$size-4 : false,
	$size-5 : false,
	$size-6 : false,
	$size-7 : false,
	$size-8 : false,
	$size-9 : false,
	$size-10: false
);


// Border radius
@include border-radius($radius: $default-border-radius, $vertical-radius: false);


// Box shadow single
@include single-box-shadow(
	$color : $default-box-shadow-color,    // #333
	$hoff  : $default-box-shadow-h-offset, // 0px
	$voff  : $default-box-shadow-v-offset, // 0px
	$blur  : $default-box-shadow-blur,     // 5px
	$spread: $default-box-shadow-spread,   // false
	$inset : $default-box-shadow-inset     // false
);


// Box shadow multiple
@include box-shadow(
	$shadow-1 : default, // #333 0px 0px 5px false false
	$shadow-2 : false,
	$shadow-3 : false,
	$shadow-4 : false,
	$shadow-5 : false,
	$shadow-6 : false,
	$shadow-7 : false,
	$shadow-8 : false,
	$shadow-9 : false,
	$shadow-10: false
);


// Box sizing
@include box-sizing(border-box);


// CSS columns
@include column-count(2);
@include column-gap(20px);            // optional
@include column-width(100px);         // optional
@include column-rule(1px solid #c00); // optional


// Transition single
@include single-transition(all, 1s, ease-in-out, 0); // property, duration, function, delay


// Transition multiple
@include transition(
	$transition-1 : all 1s ease-in-out 0, // property, duration, function, delay
	$transition-2 : false,
	$transition-3 : false,
	$transition-4 : false,
	$transition-5 : false,
	$transition-6 : false,
	$transition-7 : false,
	$transition-8 : false,
	$transition-9 : false,
	$transition-10: false
);


// MORE MIXINS - FOR USE WITH COMPASS RECIPES PLUGIN
// http://moox.github.com/compass-recipes/


// Compass Recipes drop shadow - lifted corners
// demo: http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-drop-shadows-without-images/demo/
@include drop-shadow-lifted-corners(
	$height: 16px,
	$margin: 10px,
	$angle : 6deg,
	$color : rgba(#000, .3)
);


// Compass Recipes drop shadow - curled corners
// demo: http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-drop-shadows-without-images/demo/
@include drop-shadow-curled-corners(
	$border-radius: 0 0 120px 120px / 0 0 6px 6px,
	$box-shadow   : 0 8px 12px rgba(#000, .5),
	$skew         : 8deg,
	$rotate       : 3deg,
	$distance     : 10px
);


// Compass Recipes drop shadow - perspective
// demo: http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-drop-shadows-without-images/demo/
@include drop-shadow-perspective(
	$skew             : 50deg,
	$distance-x       : 80px,
	$distance-y       : 5px,
	$box-shadow-radius: 8px,
	$color            : rgba(#000, .4)
);



// Compass Recipes drop shadow - raised
// demo: http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-drop-shadows-without-images/demo/
@include drop-shadow-raised(
	$height: 10px,
	$color : #000
);


// Compass Recipes drop shadow - curved
// demo: http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-drop-shadows-without-images/demo/
@include drop-shadow-curved(
	$side: 'vertical',
	$distance: 10px,
	$box-shadow: 0 0 15px rgba(#000, .6),
	$radius-1: 10px,
	$radius-2: 100px
);