CSS Reset

CSS Reset by Eric Meyer

This piece of CSS code resets all the browser default styles preventing any browser inconsistencies in your CSS styles.

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
border: 0;
outline: 0;
font-size: 100%;
vertical-align: baseline;
background: transparent;
}
body {
line-height: 1;
}
ol, ul {
list-style: none;
}
blockquote, q {
quotes: none;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
content: '';
content: none;
}

/* remember to define focus styles! */
:focus {
outline: 0;
}

/* remember to highlight inserts somehow! */
ins {
text-decoration: none;
}
del {
text-decoration: line-through;
}

/* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0;
}

Drop Caps Using CSS

p:first-letter{
display:block;
margin:5px 0 0 5px;
float:left;
color:#FF3366;
font-size:3.0em;
font-family:Georgia;
}

Highlight links that open in a new window

This piece of CSS code will highlight links that open in a new window so that user knows before hand that link will pop open in a new tab or window.

a[target="_blank"]:before,
a[target="new"]:before {
 margin:0 5px 0 0;
 padding:1px;
 outline:1px solid #333;
 color:#333;
 background:#ff9;
 font:12px "Zapf Dingbats";
 content: "\279C";
}

Change Text Highlight Color

You might not have known this before! With CSS you can control the colors of selected test at least for standards compliant browsers like Safari or Firefox.

1. ::selection{ /* Safari and Opera */
2. background:#c3effd;
3. color:#000;
4. }
5. ::-moz-selection{ /* Firefox */
6. background:#c3effd;
7. color:#000;
8. }