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In CSS, the ‘>’ sign is not used to compare two values like in other programming languages. Here, we use the greater than sign (>) as a selector. In CSS, selectors are used to selecting single or multiple HTML elements. Whenever we use the greater than sign in the selector, it selects the direct children of the parent element but not that are nested at deep. Syntax Users can follow the syntax below to use the greater than sign in the CSS selector. selecter1>selector2 { /* CSS code */ } In the above syntax, ‘selector1’ is ... Read More

What is Graceful Degradation? If you are an experienced web developer, you may have heard the graceful degradation word before. Before we learn about the graceful degradation in web development, let’s break down the word. The meaning of graceful is elegant or beautiful, and degradation is breaking or falling down. So, the overall meaning of the graceful degradation word is that it makes the feature elegant while it breaks. Developers use the graceful degradation term in web development. It provides various techniques so that any website or application can work correctly in less capable browsers. For example, modern browsers support ... Read More

In CSS, the ‘font-family’ property is used to set the fonts for the text content of the HTML element. It takes the multiple font names as a value. If the browser does not support the first font, it sets the next font style for the HTML element. Users can follow the syntax below to use the ‘font-family’ CSS property. font-family: value1, value2, value3, ... The ‘-apple-system’ value of the ‘font-family’ CSS property allows developers to set the same font for the HTML content of the web page, which the Apple operating system has. It means we can set ... Read More

First, let’s understand float containment before starting this tutorial. So, Float containment is a technique used in the CSS to control the layout of the web page elements. Whenever we set the ‘float’ property for any HTML element, it automatically gets removed from the original document flow of the web page, but it remains in the viewport. So, developers can face issues like the parent div element not expanding according to the dimensions of the child div element. Let’s understand it via the example below. Example In the example below, we have a ‘parent’ div element containing the text and ... Read More

We use the ‘float’ property in CSS to keep elements floating on the left or right side. So, whenever we set the ‘float’ property for any HTML element, it is taken out from the document's normal flow, and sometimes it can create lots of problems. The ‘clear’ CSS property allows developers to set the position of the element which is next to the floating element. However, it always pushes the next element below the floating elements. The ‘clear’ property of CSS can have 4 different values: ' left’, ‘right’, ‘both’, and ‘inherit’. The ‘left’ value is used to push the ... Read More

CSS stands for the cascading style sheet. It is used to style the HTML element. HTML is used to create web pages or add content to web pages. After that, the developer uses CSS to render the HTML content in a particular style to make it look awesome. The CSS ruleset contains mainly two parts. One is a CSS selector, and another is a declaration block. The CSS selector is used to select HTML elements, and the declaration block contains the CSS properties in the key-value format to apply to the HTML element. Syntax Users can follow the syntax ... Read More

Sometimes, we require to show only the text's outline and remove the text's fill. We can also say it is the outline effect. We can use various CSS properties to generate an outline effect for the text. For example, we can add a border to the text and remove the fill colour of the text to add an outline effect to the text. Here, we have three different approaches to showing text with outline effects using HTML and CSS. Using the Various CSS Properties In this approach, we will use the three CSS properties to add an outline effect to ... Read More

In CSS, the ‘position’ property is used to set the position in the viewport for the HTML element. It can have values such as ‘fixed’, ‘sticky’, ‘static’, ‘absolute’, ‘relative’, etc. In this tutorial, we will learn the difference between the ‘position: fixed’ and ‘position: sticky’. What is Position: Fixed in CSS? The ‘fixed’ value for the position property is used to set any element at the fixed position in the HTML viewport. Whenever we set the fixed position for any HTML element, it comes out from the document flow. It sets the position based on the viewport, even if we ... Read More

In CSS, media queries play an important role in creating a responsive web design, and nowadays responsive design is one of the important things every website requires to attract visitors. In general, we can write media queries using the @media CSS rule. However, we can use the different conditions and keywords in a media query to target different devices. For example, mobile devices, desktop devices, printer screens, etc. In this tutorial, we will learn the difference between the ‘screen’ and ‘only screen’ in media queries. What is a Screen in Media Queries? In CSS, we use the ‘screen’ keyword inside ... Read More

In the text input of the HTML, you can observe the marker showing at the editing position in the text, called the text input caret. Also, it is known as a text input cursor. In this tutorial, we will learn to style the text input caret. However, we can only change the color of the text input caret as changing shape is not supported by modern browsers. Syntax Users can follow the syntax below to use the ‘caret-color’ CSS property to change the color of the text input caret. caret-color: color; In the above input, ‘color’ can be the ... Read More