CSS tools
are essential for web developers because they act like a sort of magic
lamp that can simplify the job at hand. Most development tools are time
savers that are there to help developers create stylish, functional and
optimized websites with a few shortcuts.
CSS
tools and generators are available in such large numbers that a
developer can choose from a range of them to make their projects go
smoother. Here is the collection of around 50 useful and handy CSS tools
and generators that every developer should know about. Enjoy!
CSS Colors Tools
Color Scheme DesignerThis
tool provides colors in the form of a color wheel that offers mono,
complement, traid, tetrad, analogic and accented analogic color
variations in the percentage ratio; and it also highlights the same with
the suitable scheme chosen.
Ultimate CSS Gradient GeneratorIt is a CSS gradient editor and generator that lets you create CSS gradients having cross-browser support.
CSS Color CodesThis
tool offers two options for furnishing the hexadecimal and RGB color
codes. You can pick the color from the color picker and then copy its
hexadecimal value from the bottom field.
Colors Pallete GeneratorThis
is a powerful tool that generates a color palette derived from the
primary colors of the image that you upload. It is a useful tool for
rapidly grabbing a particular color within an image for inspiration.
With this, you can also generate Photoshop swatches and CSS styles.
CSS ColorsThis color chart offers more than 16 million colors with both RGB and hexadecimal color modes.
Gradient Image MakerThis
tool allows you to easily generate a gradient image of 3 types with on
the spot previewing. With this tool you can create gradient images that
you can use everywhere in your web page design.
CSS Layouts Tools
templatrIt
is a template generator that lets you create beautiful templates for
your blog and web design without requiring any HTML and CSS knowledge.
Free CSS Template Code GeneratorIt
is a free HTML – CSS template generator that generates a three column
layout without using any Tables. This template generator produces a
custom-made template that can be used to control the look and feel of an
entire website.
Firdamatic: the Design Tool for the Uninspired WebloggersThis tableless layout generator lets you easily create and customize layouts by simply completing a form.
CSS Layout Generator – CSS PortalAnother
layout generator with which you can create a fluid or fixed width
column layout, with up to 3 columns, header, footer and menu.
CSS Layout GeneratorAnother
CSS Layout Generator that allows you to create your own template by
using HTML and CSS. You can create a template with up to 3 columns and a
header and footer.
Layout GeneratorThis tool generates multi-column and grid layouts with CSS 2.0 techniques by using pixels, percentage or em.
CSS Layout GeneratorWith
this tool, you can modify the header, footer, sidebars and layout width
and can set the document type as XHTML or HTML strict or transitional
to see the preview in the same page.
YAML BuilderThis tool is designed for visual development of YAML based CSS layouts.
CSS Grids Tools
The 1KB CSS GridIt is a lightweight tool with which you can streamline page templates for content management systems.
Variable Grid SystemIt is a quick way to generate an underlying CSS grid that is based on the 960 Grid System.
GRIDINATORThis tool allows you to generate grids for the 960.gs, Golden Grid, or 1KB Grid. You can even generate a basic generic grid.
Blueprint Grid CSS GeneratorWith this tool, you can generate more flexible versions of Blueprint’s grid.cs and compressed.css and grid.png files.
CSS Grid CalculatorThis
calculator allows you to envision page layouts and draw grids in a
variety of ways. You can have an accurate visual feedback on how text
blocks and page divisions will appear within a browser window. You can
also return style declarations for divisions and text to copy and paste
into style sheets.
Grid DesignerThis tool allows you create design grids by giving you options to customize Columns, Pixels, Gutters and Margins.
Em CalculatorEm
Calculator is a JavaScript tool that lets you design scalable and
accessible CSS design. This tool converts pixels to their relative em
units based on a text size.
CSS Menus and Buttons
CSS Menu MakerThis tool allows you create custom, cross browser compatible website menus.
CSS Menu GeneratorThis
menu generator lets you generate CSS and HTML codes which you need to
create an appealing set of text based navigation buttons.
My CSS MenuThis
tool provides an easy way to create cross browser compatible CSS menus.
With this tool, you can create Horizontal, Vertical, Drop-down web
navigation.
Tabs GeneratorAnother
CSS navigation Tab Menu generator that allows you tweak size, colors,
corners and more to generate unique designs that can be downloaded for
your use.
List-O-MaticWith this tool, you can choose the content, layout and presentation of your list-based navigation menus.
Button Maker OnlineThis tool creates XHTML valid micro buttons (80×15). You can also create larger 88×31 buttons.
CSS Button & Text Field GeneratorThis tool is a CSS button and text field generator that lets you easily create with just a click of the mouse.
Fonts and Text CSS Tools
FonttesterThis
is an amazing tool that lets you edit loads of CSS properties including
inline height, font weight, font style and variant, text indent and
transform, and word and letter spacing.
CSS font styleYou can use this tool to set the style of the font to italic or oblique.
TypetesterThis
application provides a comparison of the fonts for the screen. Since
the new fonts are packed into operating systems, the list of the common
fonts will be updated.
CSS Font and Text Style WizardYou
can use this wizard if you want to experiment with the fonts and text
styles in order to generate sample CSS style source code. Dynamic HTML
is used in this wizard that changes the style of the table in-situ,
without loading another page.
CSS Type SetThis is a typography tool that allows designers and developers to test and learn the ways to style their web content.
CSS Generator & Optimizer
CSS GeneratorThis
tool lets you choose a style for your web page. You can select
different Cascading Style Sheet properties with live preview. You can
choose color, HTML tag, click the field you would like to insert color
into and color them.
CSS GeneratorThis
tool gives you a live preview of the color that you select from the
palette. You can directly specify colors and other design attributes.
This tool helps you select a face color for your new web project
straight away!
Cascading Style Sheet CSS GeneratorThis is a free tool that lets you create cascading style sheets for your web page. You can add as many style sheets as you want.
quickCSS – Online-CSS-GeneratorWith this tool, you can generate CSS with just one click.
Spiffy Corners – Purely CSS Rounded CornersIt is a simple tool to generate the CSS and HTML required to generate anti-aliased corners without using images or javascript.
Clean CSSThis is a CSS optimizer and formatter that takes your CSS code and makes it cleaner and more concise.
Simple CSSThis tool lets you create unique Cascading Style Sheets from scratch. You can also modify your existing CSS.
Regex Patterns for Single Line CSSWhile
formatting your CSS Style sheet single-line, you may find Dan Rubin’s
Textmate macro useful if you group your ruler and add white spaces that
makes scanning through the web page easier. You can also use a regular
expression if you don’t want to use Textmate.
CSS Sprite Tools
CSS – Sprit.esWith
this tool, you can easily generate CSS and HTML code by uploading the
file you want to use in your CSS sprite and then click the button that
join all your images into a single file. With this tool, you can also
achieve any rollover effects.
Spritegen CSS SpritesThis
tool allows you create your sprite by letting your upload your image
and then add more images. You can also set the output of your images as
in PNG, JPEG or GIF.
CSS SpritesWith this tool, upload any number of images and click Generate button to create your CSS sprites with ease.
Website Performance (CSS Sprite Generator)It
is a tool that allows you to upload your source file in order to create
the sprite image and CSS. This tool works by ignoring duplicates,
resizing the source images, setting the sprite and other CSS options
like horizontal and vertical offset, background color, class prefix, CSS
suffix etc.
SpriteboxIt
is a WYSIWYG tool that is helpful for the web designers who want to
quickly create CSS classes and IDs from a single sprite image. This tool
works on the principle of using the background-position property to
line up areas of a sprite image into block elements of a web page.
Other CSS Tools
SlickMap CSSThis
tool displays your site maps directly from HTML unordered list
navigation. This is appropriate for the websites that want to
accommodate up to three levels of page navigation and extra utility
links that can be easily modified to meet personal requirements,
branding, or style preferences.
CSS3 Please!This
tool displays the output of your code instantaneously. It is a simple
yet powerful tool for the web designers and developers.
CSS SorterCSS Sorter is a tool that sorts CSS files and rules alphabetically so that you can easily manage your CSS files.
Sky CSS ToolSky
CSS lets you create CSS classes without requiring any manuscript code.
In order to work properly, it needs a JavaScript compatible browser.
CSS Table WizardThis wizard helps you generate style source code and allows you to do experiments with table border styles.
CsstxtCsstxt is a powerful tool that illustrates numerous ways to add a style to a text with ‘a’, ‘p’ or div tag.
MinifyMeIt is a small AIR application that packs together multiple CSS and JavaScript files into one and runs on your desktop.
Password GeneratorThis
tool generates all the compulsory codes required to password protect a
directory, or selects files within it on your site by means of
.htaccess. This tool works by encrypting your desired password and then
put the outputs inside your .htaccess and .htpasswd files.
XHTML/CSS Markup GeneratorThis
is a simple tool that lets you quickly generate XHTML Markup and a CSS
frame; shorten syntax so that you can directly jump to the elements
styling. This tool significantly speeds up your work.
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