document updated 11 years ago, on Jul 13, 2014
Snippets of code that I tend to cut-n-paste a lot.
links aren't underlined unless you :hover
/* --==## links aren't underlined unless you :hover ##==-- */
a:link:hover {text-decoration:underline; background-color:#aaf}
a:visited:hover {background-color:#faf}
a {text-decoration:none}
@media print { a {text-decoration:underline} }
grayed-out text
I use this a lot for digressions.
/* --==## text is grayed-out for digressions ##==-- */
.digression {color:#aaa}
span.digression {margin-left:2em}
.digression a {color:#aaf}
.digression a:visited {color:#e9e}
make h1/h2/h3 stand out with bars
/* --==## make h1/h2/h3 stand out with bars ##==-- */
h1, h2, h3 {padding:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #000; border-bottom:2px solid #000; background-color:#ccc; margin-top:2em}
body>h1:first-child, body>h2:first-child, body>h3:first-child {margin-top:0}
indent everything but headers
/* --==## indent everything but headers ##==-- */
body {margin-left:4%}
h1, h2, h3, h4, .lead {margin-left:-3%}
table cells have a nice border
/* --==## table cells have a nice border ##==-- */
table {border-collapse:collapse}
td, th {border:1px solid #aaa; padding:0.3em}
th {background-color:#000; color:#fff}
th a {color:#aaf}
th a:visited {color:#faf}
selectively make ul/ol spaced or non-spaced (cascading)
/* --==## selectively make ul/ol spaced or non-spaced (cascading) ##==-- */
.spaced .nonspaced li {margin-bottom:0em}
.nonspaced .spaced li {margin-bottom:1em}
.spaced li {margin-bottom:1em}
.nonspaced li {margin-bottom:0em}
selectively make ul/ol spaced (non-cascading)
/* --==## selectively make ul/ol spaced (non-cascading) ##==-- */
ul.spaced > li, ol.spaced > li {margin-bottom:1em}
.spaced > li > .spaced {margin-top:1em}
turn things on/off for printing
/* --==## turn things on/off for printing ##==-- */
@media print { .noprint {display:none} }
@media screen { .printonly {display:none} }
pre/tt have green backgrounds
/* --==## pre/tt have green backgrounds ##==-- */
tt, pre {background-color:#afa}
pre {padding:0.3em}
TOC (table of contents) distinctive styling
/* --==## Table of Contents distinctive styling ##==-- */
div.toc {margin-left:4em; background-color:#ddd; padding:0.3em; border:1px solid #666; display:inline-block}
add space after the first element within <li>s
/* --==## add space after the first element within <li>s ##==-- */
.space_after_first > li > *:first-child {margin-right:2em}