Full media guide
Conformance guides for print, projection, screen and all media stylesheets.
Test case results for aural, braille, embossed, handheld, TTY and TV media are equivalent.
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The Code Style media monitor subsection is a collection of articles, browser conformance guides and test case documents for media dependent style sheets. A full media style sheet glossary and FAQ are also available.
Internet Explorer 7.0 update
The latest version of Internet Explorer has been a long time coming and there have been many improvements in its CSS conformance. Sadly, IE7 is no better than IE6 for its media dependent style sheet conformance, it still has a bug in the way it handles media dependent @import rules. See our media guide on the right for full details.
Frequently asked questions
Find answers to common questions about media dependent style sheets.
Paged media questions
- How can I print in a serif font?
- How do I print one image per page?
- How can I place a different image on the first page?
Media style sheet questions
- How should I apply alternate stylesheets with different media?
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Do you have results for media dependent
styleelements? - Which mainstream browsers support aural stylesheets?
Print media styling
- How can I control print headers and footers with CSS?
- Can I set standard page margins for all users?
- How can I suppress printing of navigational elements?
- My print style sheet is suppressing images!
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How can I print tabs hidden with
display: none? - How can I disable print preview?
- How can I put a logo and VAT statement at the top of every page?
Print media
Print media stylesheets have relatively broad browser support and can be used to format documents rendered in print. The methods for attaching print styles are similar to those for projection media stylesheets, but Print media browser conformance compares levels of support for this media type.
Projection media
Projecting your style is a guide to the use of projection media stylesheets, as supported by the Opera Web browser. This article looks at the main methods for attaching projection media stylesheets, how to work around browser compatibility issues and compares test case results for Projection media browser conformance.
Anchor Points
These external links are referenced from the articles in the media monitor subsection and form part of the site-wide Anchor Points section.
CSS2 media style sheets
- The W3C CSS2 recommendation, Section 7: Media types gives an overview of media dependent stylesheets and Section 19: Aural style sheets gives further detail.
- Opera Software implements projection media stylesheets in its Opera Web browser.
- T.V. Raman initiated the aural media part of the W3C recommendation and developed EmacSpeak, a Web browser that supports aural stylesheets. See Open sourcerers tweak Linux for access for further background.
CSS3 Media Queries
- Media Queries W3C Candidate Recommendation by Håkon Lie, Tantek Çelik and Daniel Glazman
