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USING DREAMWEAVER
Creating pages with CSS
Last updated 3/28/2012
Define CSS style list properties
The List category of the CSS Rule Definition dialog box defines list settings, such as bullet size and type, for list tags.
1 Open the CSS Styles panel (Shift+F11) if it isn’t already open.
2 Double-click an existing rule or property in the top pane of the CSS Styles panel.
3 In the CSS Rule Definition dialog box, select List, and set any of the following style properties. (Leave the property
blank if it is not important to the style.)
List style type Sets the appearance of bullets or numbers. Type is supported by both browsers.
List style image Lets you specify a custom image for bullets. Click Browse (Windows) or Choose (Macintosh) to
browse to an image, or type the image’s path.
List style position Sets whether list item text wraps and indents (outside) or whether the text wraps to the left margin
(inside).
4 When you are finished setting these options, select another CSS category on the left side of the panel to set
additional style properties, or click OK.
Define CSS style positioning properties
The Positioning style properties determine how the content related to the selected CSS style is positioned on the page.
1 Open the CSS Styles panel (Shift+F11) if it isn’t already open.
2 Double-click an existing rule or property in the top pane of the CSS Styles panel.
3 In the CSS Rule Definition dialog box, select Positioning, and then set the style properties you want.
Leave any of the following properties empty if they are not important to the style:
Position Determines how the browser should position the selected element as follows:
• Absolute places the content using the coordinates entered in the Placement boxes relative to the nearest absolutely-
or relatively-positioned ancestor, or, if no absolutely- or relatively-positioned ancestor exists, to the upper-left
corner of the page.
• Relative places the content block using the coordinates entered in the Placement boxes relative to block’s position
in the text flow of the document. For example, giving an element a relative position and top and left coordinates of
20px each will shift the element 20px to the right and 20px down from its normal position in the flow. Elements
can also be positioned relatively, with or without top, left, right, or bottom coordinates, to establish a context for
absolutely-positioned children.
• Fixed places the content using the coordinates entered in the Placement boxes, relative to the top left corner of the
browser. The content will remain fixed in this position as the user scrolls the page.
• Static places the content at its location in the text flow. This is the default position of all positionable HTML
elements.
Visibility Determines the initial display condition of the content. If you do not specify a visibility property, by default
the content inherits the parent tag’s value. The default visibility of the body tag is visible. Select one of the following
visibility options:
• Inherit inherits the visibility property of the content’s parent.
• Visible displays the content, regardless of the parent’s value.
• Hidden hides the content, regardless of the parent’s value.