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Change a control’s appearance on hover
CSS: Hover applies while a pointing device is positioned over the element.
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Change visual order without changing DOM order
CSS: Order changes flex painting positions while keyboard and reading order still follow the document.
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Choose a list-marker style
CSS: Learn how to choose a list-marker style in a complete browser example.
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Choose the smaller of a fixed and viewport-relative size
CSS: Min selects whichever supplied length is smaller at the current viewport.
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Choose which overlapping box receives a pointer
CSS: Z-index controls the stack level of these positioned sibling elements.
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Clip content that exceeds a fixed-height box
CSS: Overflow hidden clips the painted content while the full content remains in the DOM.
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Combine a fixed sidebar with a flexible content track
CSS: Minmax zero avoids an intrinsic minimum forcing the flexible track wider than its container.
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Constrain and center a container
Use max-width and auto margins for a centered CSS reading area.
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Control tab width in preformatted content
CSS: Tab-size defines the interval of tab stops in a preformatted block.
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Control the size of a repeated background tile
CSS: Background-size sets the rendered dimensions of each repeated background image.
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Create equal grid columns
Divide a CSS grid into three equal columns with gaps.
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Create two equal grid columns
CSS: Learn how to create two equal grid columns in a complete browser example.
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