CSS white-space

Through a number of possible values, the white-space property gives us, via CSS, a way of defining how the browser handles multiple white space characters and line breaks. Of course, the portion of the document that you can target is limited to whatever can be targeted via CSS selectors.



Here are the different values for the white-space property.

normal, nowrap, pre, pre-line, pre-wrap

CSS3 Selectors: Alternate Row Styling

Odd or Even Rows
li:nth-child(odd) { color: blue; margin-left: 15px; }
li:nth-child(even) { color: green; margin-left: 15px; }

Every 3rd Row
li:nth-child(3n) { color: orange; margin-left: 15px; }

Specific Row Styling
li:nth-of-type(3) { color: blue; margin-left: 15px; }
p:nth-child(5) { color: green; margin-left: 15px; }

First and Last Element Styling
li:first-of-type { color: blue; margin-left: 15px; }
p:last-of-type { color: green; margin-left: 15px; }

First Two Elements
li:nth-child(-n+2) { color: blue; margin-left: 15px; }

Last Two Elements
p:nth-last-child(-n+2) { color: red; margin-left: 15px; }

All but First and Last Elements
p:not(:first-of-type):not(:last-of-type) { color: orange; margin-left: 15px;}
p:not(:nth-child(-n+2)):not(:nth-last-child(-n+2)) { color: blue; margin-left: 15px;}

Source: http://inspectelement.com/tutorials/a-look-at-some-of-the-new-selectors-introduced-in-css3/

CSS3 Using "text-shadow" to avoid unwanted Images

CSS Syntax

.className {
text-shadow: #666 20px -12px 2px;
}

text-shadow accepts four values:

The color(#666)
The X-coordinate (20px), relative to the text
The Y-coordinate (-12px), relative to the text
The blur radius (2px), which means the amount of space the shadowtext is 'stretched', causing a blur effect. 0 means: no blur.

Reference:http://www.quirksmode.org

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Author: Eye Think