Mozilla Specific CSS Commands

"Mozilla.org created their own CSS commands to allow them to use the technology for the UI of Mozilla. All of the commands follow the W3C's standards for vendor specific tags, which is why they all begin with -moz. This is only a list of commands which may be useful to you, it is in no way all of the Mozilla specific commands available. Other Sites which list Mozilla specific CSS commands * XulPlanet.com"

Mozilla Style Properties

“The following lists some of the custom style properties that Mozilla supports.”

free images

“In the imageafter.com 'image' directory you can expect free high resolution images of objects, places, animals, mechanics, insects, signs, circuits and plants etc. All stock photos can be freely downloaded and used in you commercial or personal works. “

Clearing a float container without source markup

“When a float is contained within a container box that has a visible border or background, that float does not automatically force the container's bottom edge down as the float is made taller. Instead the float is ignored by the container and will hang down out of the container bottom like a flag. Those familiar only with Explorer for Windows may scratch their heads and say “That's not right!” True, IE/Win does enclose a float within a container 'automatically', but only if the container element has a stated dimension, and in any case it's a W3C spec violation. This illegal behavior can also be 'toggled' on and off by links within the container, if 'hovering' alters the link background or several other properties. Quite a mess.”

"When you say: "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at you blankly and say: "Hey, I got those with the system — for free." (Linus Torvalds)"

CSS: centering things

"A common task for CSS is to center text or images. In fact, there are three kinds of centering: * Centering lines of text * Centering a block of text or an image * Centering a block or an image vertically"

Float: The Theory

"If you are like most people, the whole issue of Floats is rather intimidating. The theory is difficult to grasp, and on top of that, the bugs are rumored to be numerous and nasty. Well fear not, because we will walk through the concepts, some of the bugs, and the practical uses of floats, in nice easy stages. Be assured that you will suffer no ill effects. Rather, a vast new world of positioning will open up before you. Onward!"

Float: The Bugs (The IE float model)

"If tables are used for layout purposes, Internet Explorer (IE) is the equal of any browser out there. But when it comes to CSS positioning, IE does some rather odd things. One of these things has to do with the way floats are handled."

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