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: __NOTOC__ == CSS classes == *'''wikitable''' This class represents Wikipedia's favored style for data tables. *'''toccolours''' This class gives the template borders and colors similar to that of the Table of Contents of a page. ''Do not use id="toc" instead of this,'' as it risk breaking some scripts. toccolours is used on most footer templates (for examples, {{tl|Region}}) *''' messagebox standard-talk''' This class combination is used to style templates affected by WP:TS == Specific styles == *'''border-collapse:collapse''' This style will eliminate 3-d style borders created by the border attribute and collapse them in 1px wide borders. ''This property will override cellspacing!'' To define similar whitespace, use the border-spacing property (although it is not possible to have both border-spacing and border-collapse for the same table). ===Moving stuff=== *'''float:right''' and '''clear:right''' These styles are used to move a table to the right-hand side of the screen. Float right is equivalent to align="right" The clear code property makes it impossible for the movement to be blocked by another box or picture: the template will automatically move under it. ===Margins and sizes=== *'''margin:0 0 0.5em 1em;''' 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 '''float: right;'''). **'''margin:0 1em 0.5em 0;''' This performs the same function as the style directly above, but should be used for boxes which are floated left (using '''float: left;'''). *'''margin:1em auto;''' This style is the proper way to center a footer or similar template. A 1em margin is added at the top and the bottomof the template. *'''width:90%;''' 90% is a recommended width to allow some whitespace on each side of templates that would otherwise stretch across the text area, such as the aforementioned {{tl|Region}} or {{tl|Cabinet of Canada}}, to give two examples. {{PAGENAME}}