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CSS3 - Cascading Style Sheets Level 3

Cascading Style Sheets level 3 is the most recent iteration of CSS. In it, CSS will be modularized to clarify the connections between the different parts of the specification as well as to make it more streamlined.
  1. CSS3 Style Properties (21)
  2. CSS3 Tutorials (19)

What is CSS3?

CSS 3 is the modularization of Cascading Style Sheets to allow additions to the specification as well as limit the properties used in a given situation. With a specification that is modular, additions and changes to that specification become much easier.

What is the Difference Between CSS2 and CSS3

CSS3 offers a bunch of new features that haven\'t been available in CSS2 and before, but it can be hard to quantify exactly what those differences are because the biggest change to CSS3 is that it has been cut up into a bunch of new recommendations, rather than being one big one. This article will help you understand some of the new changes to CSS3 and how it compares to CSS2.

CSS 3 Selectors That Work Right Now

CSS 3 is not yet complete, but there are some selectors already available that you can use to help improve your documents destined for a Mozilla/Firefox audience. CSS 3 selectors give you a lot more flexibility and power with your Web documents.

CSS 3 Style Properties

CSS 3 has not been approved as a specification, but there are already a lot of properties that are supported in various browsers. These are the style properties that may be included in CSS 3.

Your CSS3 Media Query Recipes

CSS3 media queries allow you to define very precisely the types of devices that should use various style sheets. Find out what CSS3 media query recipes other designers use and why they like them. And then share your own favorites.

Introduction to CSS3

CSS 3 is still a working draft specification, and the best place to get information about it is from the CSS 3 working group's drafts. This introduction to CSS 3 explains what the plans are for this version as well as what will be included.

CSS3 Preview - CSS3.info

See some of the new effects in CSS3 as they are implemented into browsers.

CSS 3 Selectors

While CSS 3 is still in production, you can review the selectors that are already in use in CSS 2 and CSS 1, as well as the proposed selectors for CSS 3.

CSS3 Modules - CSS3 . info

CSS3.info is maintaining a list of the CSS3 modules and their status in the recommendation process. There is also a browser compatibility column, although almost none of the modules have anything there.

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