18.8.10

CSS layout helper rule

You may have used borders around elements to help during layout design:
 * { border:1px solid red }

But when you are being very stingy with your pixels, those extra border pixels can get in the way. I present to you the

Sooper Cosmogonic Layout Helper Rule that Rulez

 * { background: rgba(100, 100, 100, .5) }

The RGBA rule allows you to specify a background color in rgb (0-255) plus an alpha (transparency) value, which will aggregate for nested objects.

Put it at the top of your css, optionally reduce the scope to, say article * {...}, and send me good karma if it works.

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