Google HTML/CSS Style Guide
+Background
-This document defines formatting and style rules for HTML and CSS. It aims at +
This document defines formatting and style rules for HTML and CSS. It aims at improving collaboration, code quality, and enabling supporting infrastructure. It applies to raw, working files that use HTML and CSS, including Sass and GSS files. Tools are free to obfuscate, minify, and compile as long as the general code quality is maintained.
- +General
-General Style Rules
+General Style Rules
-Protocol
+Protocol
-Use HTTPS for embedded resources where possible.
+Use HTTPS for embedded resources where possible.
-Always use HTTPS (https:) for images and other media files, style sheets, and
+
Always use HTTPS (https:) for images and other media files, style sheets, and
scripts, unless the respective files are not available over HTTPS.
<!-- Not recommended: omits the protocol -->
+<!-- Not recommended: omits the protocol -->
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Not recommended: uses HTTP -->
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
-/* Not recommended: omits the protocol */
+/* Not recommended: omits the protocol */
@import '//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans';
/* Not recommended: uses HTTP */
@import 'http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans';
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
@import 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans';
-General Formatting Rules
+General Formatting Rules
-Indentation
+Indentation
-Indent by 2 spaces at a time.
+Indent by 2 spaces at a time.
-Don’t use tabs or mix tabs and spaces for indentation.
+Don’t use tabs or mix tabs and spaces for indentation.
-<ul>
+<ul>
<li>Fantastic
<li>Great
</ul>
-.example {
+.example {
color: blue;
}
-Capitalization
+Capitalization
-Use only lowercase.
+Use only lowercase.
-All code has to be lowercase: This applies to HTML element names, attributes,
+
All code has to be lowercase: This applies to HTML element names, attributes,
attribute values (unless text/CDATA), CSS selectors, properties, and property
values (with the exception of strings).
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
<A HREF="/">Home</A>
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<img src="google.png" alt="Google">
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
color: #E5E5E5;
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
color: #e5e5e5;
-Trailing Whitespace
+Trailing Whitespace
-Remove trailing white spaces.
+Remove trailing white spaces.
-Trailing white spaces are unnecessary and can complicate diffs.
+Trailing white spaces are unnecessary and can complicate diffs.
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
<p>What?_
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<p>Yes please.
-General Meta Rules
+General Meta Rules
-Encoding
+Encoding
-Use UTF-8 (no BOM).
+Use UTF-8 (no BOM).
-Make sure your editor uses UTF-8 as character encoding, without a byte order
+
Make sure your editor uses UTF-8 as character encoding, without a byte order
mark.
-Specify the encoding in HTML templates and documents via <meta
+Specify the encoding in HTML templates and documents via <meta
charset="utf-8">. Do not specify the encoding of style sheets as these assume
UTF-8.
(More on encodings and when and how to specify them can be found in
Handling character encodings in HTML and CSS.)
-Comments
+Comments
-Explain code as needed, where possible.
+Explain code as needed, where possible.
-Use comments to explain code: What does it cover, what purpose does it serve,
+
Use comments to explain code: What does it cover, what purpose does it serve,
why is respective solution used or preferred?
(This item is optional as it is not deemed a realistic expectation to always
demand fully documented code. Mileage may vary heavily for HTML and CSS code and
depends on the project’s complexity.)
-Action Items
+Action Items
-Mark todos and action items with TODO.
+Mark todos and action items with TODO.
-Highlight todos by using the keyword TODO only, not other common formats like
+
Highlight todos by using the keyword TODO only, not other common formats like
@@.
-Append action items after a colon as in TODO: action
+Append action items after a colon as in TODO: action
item.
-{# TODO: Revisit centering. #}
+{# TODO: Revisit centering. #}
<center>Test</center>
-<!-- TODO: Remove optional tags. -->
+<!-- TODO: Remove optional tags. -->
<ul>
<li>Apples</li>
<li>Oranges</li>
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ HTML
HTML Style Rules
-Document Type
+Document Type
Use <!doctype html>.
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ Document Type
and CSS constructs, and are likely to cause subtle failures and
incompatibilities especially when re-using code that expects no-quirks mode.
-HTML Validity
+HTML Validity
Use valid HTML where possible.
@@ -190,19 +191,19 @@ HTML Validity
learning about technical requirements and constraints, and that ensures proper
HTML usage.
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
<title>Test</title>
<article>This is only a test.
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<!doctype html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Test</title>
<article>This is only a test.</article>
-Semantics
+Semantics
Use HTML according to its purpose.
@@ -213,15 +214,15 @@ Semantics
Using HTML according to its purpose is important for accessibility, reuse, and
code efficiency reasons.
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
<div onclick="goToRecommendations();">All recommendations</div>
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<a href="recommendations/">All recommendations</a>
-Multimedia Fallback
+Multimedia Fallback
Provide alternative contents for multimedia.
@@ -237,15 +238,15 @@ Multimedia Fallback
whose purpose is purely decorative which you cannot immediately use CSS for, use
no alternative text, as in alt="".)
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
<img src="spreadsheet.png">
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<img src="spreadsheet.png" alt="Spreadsheet screenshot.">
-Separation of Concerns
+Separation of Concerns
Separate structure from presentation from behavior.
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ Separation of Concerns
maintenance reasons. It is always more expensive to change HTML documents and
templates than it is to update style sheets and scripts.
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
<!doctype html>
<title>HTML sucks</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="base.css" media="screen">
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ Separation of Concerns
my website without doing everything all over again!</center>
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<!doctype html>
<title>My first CSS-only redesign</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css">
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ Separation of Concerns
<p>It’s awesome!
-Entity References
+Entity References
Do not use entity references.
@@ -299,15 +300,15 @@ Entity References
The only exceptions apply to characters with special meaning in HTML (like <
and &) as well as control or “invisible” characters (like no-break spaces).
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
The currency symbol for the Euro is “&eur;”.
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
The currency symbol for the Euro is “€”.
-Optional Tags
+Optional Tags
Omit optional tags (optional).
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ Optional Tags
For consistency and simplicity reasons it’s best served omitting all optional
tags, not just a selection.)
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
@@ -333,13 +334,13 @@ Optional Tags
</html>
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<!doctype html>
<title>Saving money, saving bytes</title>
<p>Qed.
-type Attributes
+type Attributes
Omit type attributes for style sheets and scripts.
@@ -352,25 +353,25 @@ type Attributes
text/javascript
as defaults. This can be safely done even for older browsers.
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.google.com/css/maia.css"
type="text/css">
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.google.com/css/maia.css">
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
<script src="https://www.google.com/js/gweb/analytics/autotrack.js"
type="text/javascript"></script>
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<script src="https://www.google.com/js/gweb/analytics/autotrack.js"></script>
-id Attributes
+id Attributes
Avoid unnecessary id attributes.
@@ -386,11 +387,11 @@ id Attributes
hyphen are still available as property names, these cannot be referenced as
global JavaScript variables.
-<!-- Not recommended: `window.userProfile` will resolve to reference the <div> node -->
+<!-- Not recommended: `window.userProfile` will resolve to reference the <div> node -->
<div id="userProfile"></div>
-<!-- Recommended: `id` attribute is required and its value includes a hyphen -->
+<!-- Recommended: `id` attribute is required and its value includes a hyphen -->
<div aria-describedby="user-profile">
…
<div id="user-profile"></div>
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ id Attributes
HTML Formatting Rules
-General Formatting
+General Formatting
Use a new line for every block, list, or table element, and indent every such
child element.
@@ -415,19 +416,19 @@ General Formatting
put all li elements in one line. A linter is encouraged to throw a warning
instead of an error.)
-<blockquote>
+<blockquote>
<p><em>Space</em>, the final frontier.</p>
</blockquote>
-<ul>
+<ul>
<li>Moe
<li>Larry
<li>Curly
</ul>
-<table>
+<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Income
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ General Formatting
</table>
-HTML Line-Wrapping
+HTML Line-Wrapping
Break long lines (optional).
@@ -450,7 +451,7 @@ HTML Line-Wrapping
wrapped attributes from child elements. Lines should be wrapped consistently
within a project, ideally enforced by automated code formatting tools.
-<button
+<button
mat-icon-button
color="primary"
class="menu-button"
@@ -460,13 +461,13 @@ HTML Line-Wrapping
</button>
-<button mat-icon-button color="primary" class="menu-button"
+<button mat-icon-button color="primary" class="menu-button"
(click)="openMenu()">
<mat-icon>menu</mat-icon>
</button>
-<button
+<button
mat-icon-button
color="primary"
class="menu-button"
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ HTML Line-Wrapping
</button>
-<button mat-icon-button
+<button mat-icon-button
color="primary"
class="menu-button"
(click)="openMenu()">
@@ -483,18 +484,18 @@ HTML Line-Wrapping
</button>
-HTML Quotation Marks
+HTML Quotation Marks
When quoting attributes values, use double quotation marks.
Use double ("") rather than single quotation marks ('') around attribute
values.
-<!-- Not recommended -->
+<!-- Not recommended -->
<a class='maia-button maia-button-secondary'>Sign in</a>
-<!-- Recommended -->
+<!-- Recommended -->
<a class="maia-button maia-button-secondary">Sign in</a>
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@ CSS
CSS Style Rules
-CSS Validity
+CSS Validity
Use valid CSS where possible.
@@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ CSS Validity
CSS code that may not have any effect and can be removed, and that ensures
proper CSS usage.
-Class Naming
+Class Naming
Use meaningful or generic class names.
@@ -533,7 +534,7 @@ Class Naming
Using functional or generic names reduces the probability of unnecessary
document or template changes.
-/* Not recommended: meaningless */
+/* Not recommended: meaningless */
.yee-1901 {}
/* Not recommended: presentational */
@@ -541,7 +542,7 @@ Class Naming
.clear {}
-/* Recommended: specific */
+/* Recommended: specific */
.gallery {}
.login {}
.video {}
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ Class Naming
.alt {}
-Class Name Style
+Class Name Style
Use class names that are as short as possible but as long as necessary.
@@ -560,17 +561,17 @@ Class Name Style
Using class names this way contributes to acceptable levels of understandability
and code efficiency.
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
.navigation {}
.atr {}
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
.nav {}
.author {}
-Class Name Delimiters
+Class Name Delimiters
Separate words in class names by a hyphen.
@@ -578,14 +579,14 @@ Class Name Delimiters
-/* Not recommended: does not separate the words “demo” and “image” */
+/* Not recommended: does not separate the words “demo” and “image” */
.demoimage {}
/* Not recommended: uses underscore instead of hyphen */
.error_status {}
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
.video-id {}
.ads-sample {}
@@ -601,11 +602,11 @@ Prefixes
Using namespaces helps preventing naming conflicts and can make maintenance
easier, for example in search and replace operations.
-.adw-help {} /* AdWords */
+.adw-help {} /* AdWords */
.maia-note {} /* Maia */
-Type Selectors
+Type Selectors
Avoid qualifying class names with type selectors.
@@ -615,17 +616,17 @@ Type Selectors
Avoiding unnecessary ancestor selectors is useful for
performance reasons.
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
ul.example {}
div.error {}
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
.example {}
.error {}
-ID Selectors
+ID Selectors
Avoid ID selectors.
@@ -633,15 +634,15 @@ ID Selectors
difficult to guarantee when a page contains many components worked on by many
different engineers. Class selectors should be preferred in all situations.
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
#example {}
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
.example {}
-Shorthand Properties
+Shorthand Properties
Use shorthand properties where possible.
@@ -652,7 +653,7 @@ Shorthand Properties
Using shorthand properties is useful for code efficiency and understandability.
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
border-top-style: none;
font-family: palatino, georgia, serif;
font-size: 100%;
@@ -663,49 +664,49 @@ Shorthand Properties
padding-top: 0;
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
border-top: 0;
font: 100%/1.6 palatino, georgia, serif;
padding: 0 1em 2em;
-0 and Units
+0 and Units
Omit unit specification after “0” values, unless required.
Do not use units after 0 values unless they are required.
-flex: 0px; /* This flex-basis component requires a unit. */
+flex: 0px; /* This flex-basis component requires a unit. */
flex: 1 1 0px; /* Not ambiguous without the unit, but needed in IE11. */
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
-Leading 0s
+Leading 0s
Always include leading “0”s in values.
Put 0s in front of values or lengths between -1 and 1.
-font-size: 0.8em;
+font-size: 0.8em;
-Hexadecimal Notation
+Hexadecimal Notation
Use 3 character hexadecimal notation where possible.
For color values that permit it, 3 character hexadecimal notation is shorter and
more succinct.
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
color: #eebbcc;
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
color: #ebc;
-Important Declarations
+Important Declarations
Avoid using !important declarations.
@@ -714,19 +715,19 @@ Important Declarations
selector specificity
to override properties instead.
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
.example {
font-weight: bold !important;
}
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
.example {
font-weight: bold;
}
-Hacks
+Hacks
Avoid user agent detection as well as CSS “hacks”—try a different approach
first.
@@ -742,7 +743,7 @@ Hacks
CSS Formatting Rules
-Declaration Order
+Declaration Order
Alphabetize declarations (optional).
@@ -755,17 +756,17 @@ Declaration Order
vendor-specific prefixes for a certain CSS property should be kept sorted (e.g.
-moz prefix comes before -webkit).
-background: fuchsia;
+background: fuchsia;
border: 1px solid;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
-color: black;
+color: rgb(255, 200, 200);
text-align: center;
text-indent: 2em;
-Block Content Indentation
+Block Content Indentation
Indent all block content.
@@ -774,7 +775,7 @@ Block Content Indentation
-@media screen, projection {
+@media screen, projection {
html {
background: #fff;
@@ -784,47 +785,47 @@ Block Content Indentation
-Declaration Stops
+Declaration Stops
Use a semicolon after every declaration.
End every declaration with a semicolon for consistency and extensibility
reasons.
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
.test {
display: block;
height: 100px
}
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
.test {
display: block;
height: 100px;
}
-Property Name Stops
+Property Name Stops
Use a space after a property name’s colon.
Always use a single space between property and value (but no space between
property and colon) for consistency reasons.
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
h3 {
font-weight:bold;
}
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
h3 {
font-weight: bold;
}
-Declaration Block Separation
+Declaration Block Separation
Use a space between the last selector and the declaration block.
@@ -835,7 +836,7 @@ Declaration Block Separat
The opening brace should be on the same line as the last selector in a given
rule.
-/* Not recommended: missing space */
+/* Not recommended: missing space */
.video{
margin-top: 1em;
}
@@ -847,25 +848,25 @@ Declaration Block Separat
}
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
.video {
margin-top: 1em;
}
-Selector and Declaration Separation
+Selector and Declaration Separation
Separate selectors and declarations by new lines.
Always start a new line for each selector and declaration.
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
a:focus, a:active {
position: relative; top: 1px;
}
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
h1,
h2,
h3 {
@@ -874,13 +875,13 @@ Selector and Decla
}
-Rule Separation
+Rule Separation
Separate rules by new lines.
Always put a blank line (two line breaks) between rules.
-html {
+html {
background: #fff;
}
@@ -890,7 +891,7 @@ Rule Separation
}
-CSS Quotation Marks
+CSS Quotation Marks
Use single ('') rather than double ("") quotation marks for attribute
selectors and property values.
@@ -900,7 +901,7 @@ CSS Quotation Marks
Exception: If you do need to use the @charset rule, use double quotation
marks—single quotation marks are not permitted.
-/* Not recommended */
+/* Not recommended */
@import url("https://www.google.com/css/maia.css");
html {
@@ -908,7 +909,7 @@ CSS Quotation Marks
}
-/* Recommended */
+/* Recommended */
@import url(https://www.google.com/css/maia.css);
html {
@@ -916,16 +917,16 @@ CSS Quotation Marks
}
-CSS Meta Rules
+CSS Meta Rules
-Section Comments
+Section Comments
Group sections by a section comment (optional).
If possible, group style sheet sections together by using comments. Separate
sections with new lines.
-/* Header */
+/* Header */
.adw-header {}
diff --git a/include/styleguide.css b/include/styleguide.css
index b78b8f98f..0c61d9da1 100644
--- a/include/styleguide.css
+++ b/include/styleguide.css
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pre {
}
pre.prettyprint {
- padding:6px 10px !important;
+ /* padding:6px 10px !important; */
border:1px solid #bbb !important;
}
diff --git a/javaguide.css b/javaguide.css
index 19f2fa3c7..1c652c3d7 100644
--- a/javaguide.css
+++ b/javaguide.css
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ pre {
}
pre.prettyprint {
- padding: 6px 10px !important;
+ /* padding: 6px 10px !important; */
border: 1px solid #bbb !important;
}
@@ -463,11 +463,11 @@ pre.badcode {
@media print {
.str {
- color: #060;
+ color: rgb(0, 255, 0);
}
.kwd {
- color: #006;
+ color: rgb(44, 44, 241);
font-weight: bold;
}
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ pre.badcode {
}
.lit {
- color: #044;
+ color: rgb(0, 255, 255);
}
.pun,
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ pre.badcode {
}
.tag {
- color: #006;
+ color: rgb(70, 70, 255);
font-weight: bold;
}
@@ -505,7 +505,9 @@ pre.badcode {
}
.atv {
- color: #060;
+ color: rgb(0, 255, 0);
+ font-weight: bold;
+ font-size: 10px;
}
h1 {