Product → Web Applications
CSS
The style sheet language used to describe the presentation of web pages and interfaces.
Motivation
CSS describes presentation for web documents. It solves the problem of separating visual design from document structure.
Mental model
CSS turns semantic HTML into layout, spacing, color, typography, and responsive interfaces.
Where it fits
CSS belongs to the Product track, inside Web Applications. It connects to nearby concepts through the graph relationships on this page and in the graph explorer.
Common mistakes
- Fighting the cascade instead of designing with it.
- Using fixed sizes everywhere.
- Ignoring responsive and accessibility states.
Related concepts
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