http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-25T04:44:58 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/9.0/WScbb6b82af5544594822510a94ae8d65-7dd1.html#84637 Shorthand refers to the ability to set several properties with a single property. For example, background is a shorthand property that lets you set background-color, background-image, background-repeat, background-attachment, and background-position (or any one or more of these properties) in a single declaration.<br><br>background: #FFF;<br><br>is the same as<br><br>background-color: #FFF;<br><br>while<br><br>background: url("foo.gif") no-repeat;<br><br>is the same as<br><br>background-image: url("foo.gif");<br>background-repeat: no-repeat;<br><br>For more on shorthand properties, see "About Shorthand CSS properties" at http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/9.0/WScbb6b82af5544594822510a94ae8d65-7e2d.html. LoriHC (Dreamweaver Team) 1 1 2008-06-05T10:15:33 http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/9.0/WScbb6b82af5544594822510a94ae8d65-7dd1.html#84622 This does not explain what "shorthand" is. If this is explained somewhere, there should be a link. Otherwise there should be more information than "some older browsers can't read it."<br /><br />I haven't a clue what short-hand is, and I've been using CSS for years. BonBaYel 0 0 2008-06-04T18:17:31