What is CSS?

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is used to style and layout web pages. It controls the color, font, spacing, and positioning of elements.

Basic CSS Syntax:

CSS is written in rules. Each rule has a selector and a declaration block:

Example:

Basic Concepts:

• Selectors: Used to select HTML elements to apply styles. Example: p { color: red; }

• Properties & Values: Properties are aspects like color, font-size, or margin, and values are the settings for those properties.

• Box Model: Every HTML element is treated as a box. The box has content, padding, border, and margin.

 

Common Properties:

• color: Text color.

• font-family: Font style.

• margin: Space outside the element.

• padding: Space inside the element.

• background-color: Background color of an element.