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Building a CSS Foundation with YUI Reset

Test page with YUI Reset applied

YUI Reset removes and normalizes the presentation of HTML elements. The process creates a level playing field upon which to author CSS.

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This is 3rd level heading

This is 4th level heading

This is 5th level heading

This is 6th level heading

Basic block level elements

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This holds an address. Block level, but without margin or padding because they're often stacked.

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The following contains address information about the author, in an address element.

Lists

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One.
Two.
Three. Well, probably this list item should be longer. Note that for short items lists look better if they are compactly presented, whereas for long items, it would be better to have more vertical spacing between items.
Four. This is the last item in this list. Let us terminate the list now without making any more fuss about it.

This is a paragraph before a numbered list (ol). Note that the spacing between a paragraph and a list before or after that is hard to tune in a user style sheet. You can't guess which paragraphs are logically related to a list, e.g. as a "list header".

One.
Two.
Three. Well, probably this list item should be longer. Note that if items are short, lists look better if they are compactly presented, whereas for long items, it would be better to have more vertical spacing between items.
Four. This is the last item in this list. Let us terminate the list now without making any more fuss about it.
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten

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Apple: is a fruit.
Banana: Is also a fruit.
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Text-level markup

CSS (an abbreviation; abbr markup used)
radar (an acronym; acronym markup used)
Origin of Species (a book title; cite markup used)
a[i] = b[i] + c[i); (computer code; code markup used)
an octet is an entity consisting of eight bits (dfn markup used for the term being defined)
this is very simple (em markup used for emphasizing a word)
type yes when prompted for an answer (kbd markup used for text indicating keyboard input)
Hello! (q markup used for quotation)
He said: She said Hello! (a quotation inside a quotation)
you may get the message Core dumped at times (samp markup used for sample output)
this is highlighted text (strong markup used)
text in monospace font (tt markup used)
the command cat filename displays the file specified by the filename (var markup used to indicate a word as a variable).
In order to test how subscripts and superscripts (sub and sup markup) work inside running text, we need some dummy text around constructs like x ₁ and H ₂ O (where subscripts occur). So here is some fill so that you will (hopefully) see whether and how badly the subscripts and superscripts mess up vertical spacing between lines. Now superscripts: M ^lle , 1 ^st , and then some mathematical notations: e ^x , sin ² x, and some nested superscripts (exponents) too: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.

Some of the elements tested above are typically displayed in a monospace font, often using the same presentation for all of them. This tests whether that is the case on your browser:

This is sample text inside code markup
This is sample text inside kbd markup
This is sample text inside samp markup
This is sample text inside tt markup

Tables

The following table has a caption. The first row and the first column contain table header cells only; other cells are data cells.

Caption: Sample table: Areas of the Nordic countries, in sq km
Country	Total area	Land area
Denmark	43,070	42,370
Finland	337,030	305,470
Iceland	103,000	100,250
Norway	324,220	307,860
Sweden	449,964	410,928

Same table but inline formating

Caption: Sample table: Areas of the Nordic countries, in sq km
Country	Total area	Land area
Denmark	43,070	42,370
Finland	337,030	305,470
Iceland	103,000	100,250
Norway	324,220	307,860
Sweden	449,964	410,928

Forms

Single-line text input field:

Multi-line text input field (textarea):

Default text.

The following two radio buttons are inside fieldset element with a legend:

Legend

Radio button 1

Radio button 2 (initially checked)

Check those that apply

Checkbox 1

Checkbox 2 (initially checked)

A select element with size="1" (dropdown box):

one two (default) three

A select element with size="3" (listbox):

one two (default) three

Submit button:

Reset button:

This next bit shows that PREformatted text is working.

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Building a CSS Foundation with YUI Reset

Test page with YUI Reset applied

YUI Reset removes and normalizes the presentation of HTML elements. The process creates a level playing field upon which to author CSS.

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This is 3rd level heading

This is 4th level heading

This is 5th level heading

This is 6th level heading

Basic block level elements

Lists

Text-level markup

Links

Tables

Same table but inline formating

Forms