CSS Properties Cheat Sheet

📖 Tool Introduction

The CSS Properties Cheat Sheet is an offline reference tool for front-end developers and style debugging that arranges the properties you look up most often into a two-column layout: categories on the left, a property list on the right. When you style a page, you often forget which values justify-content accepts, the order of the four box-shadow parameters, or whether line-height should carry a unit or stay a bare number. This tool groups those high-frequency properties into layout, text, background, border and animation categories in the left sidebar; clicking switches the view, and the right-hand list shows each property's semantic note, common value chips and a copy-ready example. The search box at the top filters live by property name, value or keyword, so typing flex reveals everything related to flexible layout. Every example sits in a dark code block that maps neatly onto your own stylesheet, and the copy button exports the currently visible snippets in one click.

Getting the syntax right quickly is what turns a slow styling session into a smooth one. Modern layout relies heavily on flexbox and grid, and remembering exactly which property controls alignment, sizing or spacing is something every front-end developer does dozens of times a day. The value chips are designed to jog that memory instantly, while the examples map the abstract property onto a real-looking rule you can paste. The left sidebar also encourages you to browse by topic rather than only by guessing a name, which is how you discover the property you did not know you needed. With no network calls involved, the whole reference loads in a blink and stays usable wherever you are.

Keep it bookmarked, and your styling sessions will feel noticeably faster and more confident.

It is the fastest way to settle a styling doubt without leaving your editor.

✨ Key Features

• Covers five high-frequency groups: layout, text, background, border and animation
• Each property shows a semantic note, common value chips and a copy-ready example
• The vertical sidebar switches categories in one click and collapses to buttons on mobile
• The search box filters live by property name, value or description
• Dark code blocks and value chips keep the hierarchy clean and scannable
• Copy example code or download a TSV list for offline reference

📝 How to Use

1. Pick a category in the left sidebar, or type a property name at the top
2. Read each property's semantic note and common values in the right-hand list
3. Copy the snippet you need from the code block
4. Use Copy code or Download list to export the current filter results
5. Click Clear filter to return to the full category view

⚠️ Notes

• Trimmed values: value chips list the common forms; see MDN for the full list
• Units: prefer rem for font size and px for spacing, subject to your project rules
• Compatibility: newer features like grid and sticky may need fallbacks in old browsers
• Fully offline: all data is embedded locally with no network requests
• Not exhaustive: this table focuses on core properties; check the official spec for the rest