Jay Forbes Web Design


March 10, 2010

Setting rather than Resetting Default Styling

Following the idea of “tweaking” a reset file, I came up with this “base styles sheet“. It sets default styling for many elements, follows a couple of recommendations regarding usability/accessibility, and addresses a few “common issues” as well.

Sort of an expansion of Eric Meyer’s ubiquitous reset.css. There are a few tweaks I hadn’t considered such as forcing a gutter for a vertical scrollbar.