CSS Shorthand vs Longhand Properties Explained with Simple Examples

.box {
  background: red url(bg.png) center/cover no-repeat fixed;
}

.box {
  background-color: red;
  background-image: url(bg.png);
  background-position: center;
  background-size: cover;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-attachment: fixed;
}

.text {
  font: italic bold 16px/1.5 Arial, sans-serif;
}

.text {
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
}

a {
  text-decoration: underline dotted red;
}

a {
  text-decoration-line: underline;
  text-decoration-style: dotted;
  text-decoration-color: red;
}

.card {
  margin: 10px 20px;
}

.card {
  margin-top: 10px;
  margin-right: 20px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  margin-left: 20px;
}

.box {
  padding: 10px 15px 20px;
}

.box {
  padding-top: 10px;
  padding-right: 15px;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
  padding-left: 15px;
}

.button {
  border: 2px solid black;
}

.button {
  border-width: 2px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: black;
}

.avatar {
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.avatar {
  border-top-left-radius: 50%;
  border-top-right-radius: 50%;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 50%;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 50%;
}

input:focus {
  outline: 2px dashed blue;
}

input:focus {
  outline-width: 2px;
  outline-style: dashed;
  outline-color: blue;
}

.modal {
  inset: 0;
}

.modal {
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
}

.loader {
  animation: spin 1s linear infinite;
}

.loader {
  animation-name: spin;
  animation-duration: 1s;
  animation-timing-function: linear;
  animation-iteration-count: infinite;
}

.button {
  transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

.button {
  transition-property: all;
  transition-duration: 0.3s;
  transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
}

.item {
  flex: 1;
}

.item {
  flex-grow: 1;
  flex-shrink: 1;
  flex-basis: 0%;
}

.container {
  flex-flow: row wrap;
}

.container {
  flex-direction: row;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.grid {
  grid: auto-flow / 1fr 1fr;
}

.grid {
  grid-auto-flow: row;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
}

.item {
  grid-area: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4;
}

.item {
  grid-row-start: 1;
  grid-column-start: 2;
  grid-row-end: 3;
  grid-column-end: 4;
}

ul {
  list-style: square inside;
}

ul {
  list-style-type: square;
  list-style-position: inside;
}

.article {
  columns: 3 200px;
}

.article {
  column-count: 3;
  column-width: 200px;
}

.container {
  place-items: center;
}

.container {
  align-items: center;
  justify-items: center;
}

.container {
  place-content: space-between center;
}

.container {
  align-content: space-between;
  justify-content: center;
}

.item {
  place-self: end;
}

.item {
  align-self: end;
  justify-self: end;
}