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<p>Imported page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{update}}<br /> {{Wikipedia how to}}<br /> This page documents various CSS elements that are useful to know when working in the article and template namespaces. For information about how to use them, see:<br /> __NOTOC__<br /> == Classes ==<br /> {{main|Wikipedia:Catalogue of CSS classes}}<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;wikitable&#039;&#039;&#039; This class represents Wikipedia&#039;s favored style for data tables.<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;toccolours&#039;&#039;&#039; This class gives the template borders and colors similar to that of the Table of Contents of a page. &#039;&#039;&#039;Do not use &lt;code&gt;id=&quot;toc&quot;&lt;/code&gt; instead of this,&#039;&#039;&#039; as it risks breaking some scripts and causing other problems (every &lt;code&gt;id=&lt;/code&gt; value on a page must be unique). &lt;code&gt;toccolours&lt;/code&gt; is not used much anymore, but used to be used for footer templates etc.<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;navbox&#039;&#039;&#039; This class is used on most footer templates (e.g. {{tl|Regions of the world}}). See also [[Template:Navbox]].<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;infobox&#039;&#039;&#039; This class is used for infoboxes (e.g. {{tl|Infobox Settlement}}).<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;*mbox-*&#039;&#039;&#039;: Message boxes to be used on…<br /> **ambox-*: articles;<br /> **tmbox-*: talk pages;<br /> **cmbox-*: categories;<br /> **imbox-*: images and<br /> **ombox-*: pages in other namespaces (notably Wikipedia:).<br /> **mbox-* (image, text, imageright, small): To be used along with the above, in any namespace<br /> <br /> == Specific styles ==<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;border-collapse:collapse&#039;&#039;&#039; This style will eliminate 3-d style borders created by the &lt;code&gt;border&lt;/code&gt; attribute and collapse them in 1px wide borders. &#039;&#039;This property will override &lt;code&gt;cellspacing&lt;/code&gt;!&#039;&#039; To define similar whitespace, use the &lt;code&gt;border-spacing&lt;/code&gt; property (although it is not possible to have both &lt;code&gt;border-spacing&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;border-collapse&lt;/code&gt; for the same table).<br /> <br /> ===Moving stuff===<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;float:right&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;clear:right&#039;&#039;&#039; These styles are used to move a table to the right-hand side of the screen. Float right is equivalent to &lt;code&gt;align=&quot;right&quot;&lt;/code&gt; The &lt;code&gt;clear&lt;/code&gt; code property makes it impossible for the movement to be blocked by another box or picture: the template will automatically move under it.<br /> <br /> ===Margins and sizes===<br /> *&#039;&#039;&#039;margin:0 0 0.5em 1em;&#039;&#039;&#039; This style prevents text from running straight to the template by saving blank space. It should be used on boxes which are floated right (using &#039;&#039;&#039;float: right;&#039;&#039;&#039;).<br /> **&#039;&#039;&#039;margin:0 1em 0.5em 0;&#039;&#039;&#039; This performs the same function as the style directly above, but should be used for boxes which are floated left (using &#039;&#039;&#039;float: left;&#039;&#039;&#039;).<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Catalogue of CSS classes]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats/classes|Classes used in microformats]]<br /> <br /> {{Wikipedia technical help|collapsed}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Wikipedia template help|Styles]]</div>

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