Most used CSS tricks

Now here’s the list of today’s most used CSS tricks – tips. I have added image examples for most of them because of critics on CSS hacks article. If you think I have missed any please let me know

1. Rounded corners without images

.rtop, .rbottom{display:block}
.rtop *, .rbottom *{display: block; height: 1px; overflow: hidden}
.r1{margin: 0 5px}
.r2{margin: 0 3px}
.r3{margin: 0 2px}
.r4{margin: 0 1px; height: 2px}

2. Style your order list

1. 
   

   This is line one

   
   


2. 
   

   Here is line two

   
   


3. 
   

   And last line

   
   

ol {
font: italic 1em Georgia, Times, serif;
color: #999999;
}

ol p {
font: normal .8em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #000000;
}

3. Tableless forms

Name


Address


City

label,input {
display: block;
width: 150px;
float: left;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

label {
text-align: right;
width: 75px;
padding-right: 20px;
}

br {
clear: left;
}

4. Double blockquote

blockquote:first-letter {
background: url(images/open-quote.gif) no-repeat left top;
padding-left: 18px;
font: italic 1.4em Georgia, “Times New Roman”, Times, serif;
}

5. Gradient text effect

CSS Gradient Text

h1 {
font: bold 330%/100% “Lucida Grande”;
position: relative;
color: #464646;
}
h1 span {
background: url(gradient.png) repeat-x;
position: absolute;
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 31px;
}

6. Vertical centering with line-height

div{
height:100px;
}
div *{
margin:0;
}
div p{
line-height:100px;
}

Content here

7. Rounded corners with images

width=”15″ height=”15″ class=”corner”
style=”display: none” / />

CONTENT

width=”15″ height=”15″ class=”corner”
style=”display: none” / />

.roundcont {
width: 250px;
background-color: #f90;
color: #fff;
}

.roundcont p {
margin: 0 10px;
}

.roundtop {
background: url(tr.gif) no-repeat top right;
}

.roundbottom {
background: url(br.gif) no-repeat top right;
}

img.corner {
width: 15px;
height: 15px;
border: none;
display: block !important;
}

8. Multiple class name

.class1 { border:2px solid #666; }
.class2 {
padding:2px;
background:#ff0;
}

9. Center horizontally

#container {
margin:0px auto;
}

10. CSS Drop Caps

This paragraph has the class “introduction”. If your browser supports the pseudo-class “first-letter”, the first letter will be a drop-cap.

p.introduction:first-letter {
font-size : 300%;
font-weight : bold;
float : left;
width : 1em;
}

11. Prevent line breaks in links, oversized content to brake

a{
white-space:nowrap;
}

#main{
overflow:hidden;
}

12. Show firefox scrollbar, remove textarea scrollbar in IE

html{
overflow:-moz-scrollbars-vertical;
}

textarea{
overflow:auto;
}