CSS – Mega Notes
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Introduction to CSS
💡 What is CSS?
● CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is used to style and design HTML pages.
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● While HTML creates the structure, CSS makes it attractive, colorful, and
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responsive.
● CSS separates content from design, making websites easy to maintain.
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🌍 Importance of CSS
● CSS brings visual appeal: colors, fonts, layouts, animations.
● Without CSS, a website looks plain and unformatted.
● Modern websites (Facebook, Amazon, YouTube) rely heavily on CSS.
● CSS allows one file to control styles across multiple HTML pages.
🤔 Why Learn CSS?
● It is a core skill for web developers along with HTML and JavaScript.
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● Helps create responsive websites (mobile-friendly).
● Used in frameworks like Bootstrap, TailwindCSS for faster design.
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✨ Example Analogy
● HTML = Skeleton (structure)
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● CSS = Skin & Clothing (appearance)
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● JavaScript = Brain & Muscles (interactivity)
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📜 Types of CSS
Inline CSS – Inside an HTML tag using style.
<p style="color: blue;">Hello CSS!</p>
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2. Internal CSS – Inside <style> in the HTML <head>.
External CSS – A separate .css file linked using:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
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🔑 Key Features of CSS
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● Simple, reusable, and lightweight.
● Enables animations, transitions, and layouts like Grid & Flexbox.
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Cascading Nature: Last rule overrides previous ones.
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🛠 Tools Required
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● VS Code (Visual Studio Code): Recommended for writing CSS.
● Web Browser (Chrome/Firefox) for testing designs.
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💻 Your First CSS Example
Steps:
1. Create a style.css file.
2. Link it in HTML <head>.
3. Write:
body {
background-color: red;
}
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This will turn your page background red.
📚 Practice Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
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<head>
<title>My First CSS Page</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome to CSS</h1>
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<p>This page has a red background.</p>
</body>
</html>
🌳 DOM (Document Object Model)
● Definition: When a webpage is loaded, the browser creates a DOM Tree
(Document Object Model), which is a structured representation of the HTML
document.
● The DOM is like a blueprint of the webpage, where each HTML element (e.g.,
<p>, <div>, <h1>) is represented as an object in a hierarchical tree structure.
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● JavaScript and CSS can use this tree to style, modify, or manipulate elements
dynamically.
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Example of DOM tree visualization:
<html>
└── <body>
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├── <h1>
└── <p>
💡 Key Point: CSS selectors use the DOM structure to target elements for styling.
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🏷 HTML Attributes for CSS
To apply CSS effectively, we use id and class attributes in HTML elements.
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1. id Attribute
● Definition: id is a unique identifier for a single element in a page.
● Only one element can have a particular id.
● Targeted in CSS using the # symbol.
<div id="unique-id">Content</div>
#unique-id {
background: yellow;
color: black;
}
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2. class Attribute
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● Definition: class is used to apply the same style to multiple elements.
● An element can have multiple classes separated by spaces.
● Targeted in CSS using the . symbol.
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<div class="class1 class2 class3">Content</div>
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.class1 {
color: red;
}
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.class2 {
font-size: 20px;
}
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💡 Tip: Use id for unique elements (e.g., header, footer) and class for reusable
styles.
🎨 Three Ways to Add CSS to HTML
There are three standard methods to apply CSS styles to an HTML page:
1. Style Tag (Internal CSS)
● Written inside the <style> tag within the <head> section of HTML.
● Used for small websites or single-page designs.
<style>
body { color: red; background: yellow; }
</style>
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2. Inline CSS
● Written directly in the style attribute of an element.
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Highest priority, but not recommended for large projects (hard to maintain).
<p style="color: blue;">This is a paragraph</p>
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3. External CSS (Recommended)
● A separate .css file is created and linked using <link> in the <head>.
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● Best practice for professional websites (reusable & clean code).
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
/* styles.css */
body {
background-color: #f5f5f5;
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
}
🎯 CSS Selectors
Selectors are used to target elements in the DOM to apply styles.
Basic Selectors
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1. Element Selector – Targets all elements of a type.
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p{
color: blue;
}
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2. ID Selector – Targets a single element with a specific id.
#unique-id {
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color: white;
background: black;
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3. Class Selector – Targets all elements with a particular class.
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.red {
background: red;
}
Advanced Selector Features
● Grouping Selectors – Apply the same style to multiple elements.
h1, h2, h3, div {
color: blue;
}
● Element + Class Combination – Apply style to specific element with a class.
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p.red {
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color: red; /* Only <p class="red"> */
}
● Universal Selector – Targets all elements on the page.
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*{
margin: 0;
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padding: 0;
}
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📊 Specificity Notes
● Priority Order (Highest → Lowest):
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○ Inline CSS (style attribute).
○ ID Selector (#id).
○ Class Selector (.class).
○ Element Selector (h1, p).
○ Universal Selector (*).
● Comments in CSS:
○ Used to add notes inside CSS.
○ Syntax: /* This is a comment */
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💡 Quick Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
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<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<style>
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h1 { color: purple; }
</style>
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</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: red;">This is inline CSS</h1>
<p class="red">This is a red paragraph.</p>
<div id="unique-id">Styled by ID</div>
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</body>
</html>
Unit – II: CSS Colors & Backgrounds – Mega Notes
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🎨 Text Colors
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💡 What is the color Property?
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● The color property in CSS is used to change the text color of an element.
● Colors can be defined using different formats like color names, HEX codes,
RGB values, or HSL values.
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Example:
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p{
color: red; /* This makes paragraph text red */
}
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💡 Tip: Use meaningful colors to enhance readability (avoid too bright or too light text
against background).
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🎯 CSS Color Value Types
There are multiple ways to define colors in CSS:
1️⃣ Color Names
● CSS has 140+ predefined color names like red, blue, green, violet,
orange.
h1 { color: blue; }
2️⃣ RGB (Red, Green, Blue)
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● Colors are defined using red, green, and blue values ranging from 0 to 255.
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● Syntax: rgb(R, G, B)
h2 { color: rgb(200, 98, 70); }
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💡 Example: rgb(255, 0, 0) = pure red.
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3️⃣ HEX Code
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● Uses hexadecimal values in the form #rrggbb.
● rr, gg, bb represent red, green, and blue values in hex (00 to FF).
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p { color: #ff7180; }
💡 #000000 = black, #ffffff = white.
4️⃣ HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness)
● Hue (0–360): Color wheel degrees (0 = red, 120 = green, 240 = blue).
● Saturation (0%–100%): Intensity of the color.
● Lightness (0%–100%): Brightness (0% = black, 100% = white).
div { color: hsl(8, 90%, 63%); }
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5️⃣ Extended Options
● RGBA → Adds transparency (Alpha: 0 = transparent, 1 = opaque).
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p { color: rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5); } /* Semi-transparent red */
● HSLA → Similar to HSL but with transparency.
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p { color: hsla(120, 50%, 50%, 0.7); }
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🖼 Background Properties in CSS
💡 Why Background Properties?
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● Backgrounds make websites visually appealing.
● CSS allows you to set solid colors, images, gradients, or even multiple
backgrounds.
1️⃣ Background Color
● Use background-color to fill the element with a solid color.
.container {
background-color: brown;
}
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2️⃣ Background Image
● Use background-image to place an image as a background.
body {
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background-image: url("baxy.jpg");
}
💡 Use optimized images for faster page loading.
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🎛 Background Control Properties
a) Background Repeat
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● Defines whether the image should repeat horizontally/vertically.
body {
background-repeat: no-repeat; /* Options: repeat, repeat-x, repeat-y */
}
b) Background Size
● Defines how the background image scales inside the element.
body {
background-size: cover; /* Options: cover, contain, auto, or 100px 100px */
}
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● cover – fills the area, cropping if necessary.
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● contain – fits entire image, but may leave empty space.
c) Background Position
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● Controls the starting point of the background image.
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div {
background-position: left top; /* Other values: center, right bottom */
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d) Background Attachment
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● Determines whether the background scrolls with content or stays fixed.
div {
background-attachment: fixed; /* Options: fixed or scroll */
}
💡 Fixed backgrounds are common in parallax effects.
⚡ Background Shorthand
We can combine multiple background properties in one line:
div {
background: red url('img.png') no-repeat fixed right top;
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}
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Order: color → image → repeat → attachment → position.
💡 Important Notes
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● Use contrast-friendly colors for readability.
● Use shorthand properties to reduce code and improve performance.
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● For modern designs, prefer CSS gradients over large image files.
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● Always test background images on different screen sizes.
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💻 Quick Example
body {
background: #ffebcd url("background.png") no-repeat fixed center;
color: rgb(50, 50, 50);
}
Unit – III: CSS Box Model – Mega Notes
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📦 Understanding the CSS Box Model
● In CSS, every HTML element is treated as a rectangular box.
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This box is made up of 4 layers (from inside to outside):
1️⃣ Content:
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● The actual data inside the element (text, images, videos).
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● Its dimensions are defined by width and height.
2️⃣ Padding:
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● The space between the content and the border.
● It increases the "inner spacing" inside the element but does not affect other
elements.
3️⃣ Border:
● A visible line surrounding the padding and content.
● Can be styled using border-width, border-style, and border-color.
4️⃣ Margin:
● The outermost space around the element.
● Used to separate elements from each other.
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Visual Representation of Box Model:
┌───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Margin (outermost)
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│ ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ Border │ │
│ │ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ │
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│ │ │ Padding │ │ │
│ │ │ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ │ │
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│ │ │ │ Content │ │ │ │
│ │ │ └───────────────────────────┘ │ │ │
│ │ └───────────────────────────────┘ │ │
│ └───────────────────────────────────┘ │
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└───────────────────────────────────────┘
📏 Setting Dimensions
● The width and height of an element define its content box only (by default).
● Example:
#box {
width: 70px;
height: 70px;
}
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● Total element size = Content + Padding + Border + Margin.
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🧮 Width/Height Calculation Example
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If:
div {
width: 100px;
padding: 10px;
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border: 5px solid black;
margin: 20px;
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Total Width = 100px (content) + 10px + 10px (padding both sides) + 5px + 5px
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(border both sides) + 20px + 20px (margin both sides) = 170px.
🎯 Margin and Padding
● margin: Creates space outside the element (pushes other elements away).
● padding: Creates space inside the element, between content and border.
Example:
.box {
margin: 3px; /* Sets margin on all 4 sides */
padding: 4px; /* Sets padding equally on all 4 sides */
}
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Individual Sides:
.box {
margin-top: 5px;
padding-left: 10px;
}
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🔄 Margin Collapse
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● When two vertical margins of adjacent elements meet, they collapse into a
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single margin.
● The larger margin value is applied (instead of summing).
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Example:
[Element A: margin-bottom = 3px]
[Element B: margin-top = 7px]
→ Space between elements = 7px (NOT 10px).
⚙ Box-Sizing Property
The box-sizing property changes how width and height are calculated:
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div {
box-sizing: border-box;
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Values:
1. content-box (default):
○ Width/height = Content only.
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○ Padding and border are added outside the specified width/height.
2. border-box:
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○ Width/height includes content + padding + border.
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○ Easier for layout design as total size remains fixed.
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💻 Practical Example
.container {
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
padding: 20px;
border: 5px solid blue;
margin: 15px;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
● Here, total width = 200px (already includes padding and border due to
border-box).
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