W3C CSS activities

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to describe how the document is displayed.


CSS Tutorial

To learn more about CSS knowledge, please read our CSS tutorial .


CSS1

Recommended as a W3C, CSS1 Posted on December 17, 1996. January 11, 1999, this recommendation has been revised.

CSS2

Recommended as a W3C, CSS2 Posted on January 11, 1999. CSS2 adds support for the media (printer and hearing device) and downloadable fonts.

CSS3

CSS3 CSS program will be divided into smaller modules.


CSS4

From the beginning of CSS3 module will be defined separately, for example css4 selector may be defined in CSS3 module.


CSS properties

W3C CSS defines the following properties:

  • Print Properties
  • Mobile Device Properties
  • TV Properties

W3C CSS specifications and timeline

specification Draft / proposal Recommended Date
CSS 1 17. Dec 1996
CSS 1 (Revised) 11. Apr 2008
CSS 2 12. May 1998
CSS 2.1 07. Jun 2011
DOM Level 2 Style Specification 13. Nov 2000
CSS Style Attributes 12. Oct 2010
CSS 3 Namespaces Module 29. Sep 2011
CSS 3 Selectors 29. Sep 2011
CSS 3 User Interface Module 17. Jan 2012
CSS 3 Fonts Module 12. Feb 2013
CSS 3 Color Module 07. Jun 2011
CSS 3 Backgrounds and Borders Module 24. Jul 2012
CSS 3 Text Module 13. Nov 2012
CSS 3 Lists and Counters Module 24. May 2011
CSS 3 Line Module 15. May 2002
CSS 3 Basic Box model 09. Aug 2007
CSS 3 Multi-column Layout Module 12. Apr 2011
CSS 3 Ruby Module 30. Jun 2011
CSS 3 Speech Module 20. Mar 2012
CSS 3 Paged Media Module 10. Oct 2006
CSS 3 Generated content for Paged Media Module 29. Nov 2011
CSS 3 Values ​​and Units Module 28. Aug 2012
CSS 3 Cascading and Inheritance 03. Jan 2013
CSS 3 Template Layout Module 29. Nov 2011
CSS 3 Media Queries 19. Jun 2012
CSS Mobile Profile 2.0 10. Dec 2008
CSS TV Profile 1.0 14. May 2003
CSS Print Profile 1.0 13. Oct 2006


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