Which is the best book for Advanced CSS ?

Hi..

I know CSS, but I have seen there are like 500 CSS properties and I dont know all of them.
Also, earlier this year, many new things has been introduced in CSS3 and all.

So, which book can give me all ?
Starting from font-weight to zindex property descriptions and examples pictured.

So, anyone knows any good book for that ??

 

Ultimate CSS reference by sitepoint.

 

CSS The Missing Manual is very good.

 

Actually, you're off by a factor of five. There are 99 css2.1 properties.

You can get full descriptions, usages, and examples at W3's CSS Full Property Table. You can find the same info for css3, but not as straight forwardly, since the specification is still being written.

cheers,

gary

 

That link would increase in awesomness if it then listed how many browsers actually support it. You know, I drooled when I saw display: run-in. Of the 99 CSS properties, the developer needs only to know the ones that actually do something in one or more browsers.

 

Yeah, me too. I've been following Moz's bug tracker on this. The issue's are surprisingly complex. Webkit, Presto, and IE8 have all implemented the property to one extent or another; each failing various test cases.

Looks like there will be a wait for a usable level of implementation. Grab a seat in the bar, and make yourself comfortable.

cheers,

gary

 

That's new to me, not that I've kept up with it... last I heard, some version of Opera sometimes did something with it... actually, I might have seen a Demo Of Suck at Brunildo or somewhere. Or maybe it was ppk's page...

Actually, I'm surprised you'd like run-in as well... since that looked to me to be something from the Print World much like the idea of a Sticky Footer. We're always saying, The Web's Not Print etc...

 

Not even similar. Consider this:

<dl>
  <dt>Hacker</dt>
  <dd>A really smart coder</dd>
</dl>
===================
dt {
  font-weight: bold;
  display: run-in;
  }

dt:after {
  content: ":\a0\a0";
  }

dd {
  margin-left: 0;
  }

Code (markup):

Which should render like so:

Hacker: A really smart coder

cheers,

gary