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CSS

CSS static code analysis

Unique rules to find Bugs and Code Smells in your CSS code

  • All rules 26
  • Bug16
  • Code Smell10
 
Tags
    Impact
      Clean code attribute
        1. Expressions within "calc" should be valid

           Bug
        2. Selectors should be known

           Bug
        3. Single line comment syntax should not be used

           Bug
        4. "at-rules" should be valid

           Bug
        5. Media features should be valid

           Bug
        6. Pseudo-element selectors should be valid

           Bug
        7. Pseudo-class selectors should be valid

           Bug
        8. Shorthand properties that override related longhand properties should be avoided

           Bug
        9. Properties should not be duplicated

           Bug
        10. "!important" should not be used on "keyframes"

           Bug
        11. CSS properties should be valid

           Bug
        12. Units should be valid

           Bug
        13. "linear-gradient" directions should be valid

           Bug
        14. "calc" operands should be correctly spaced

           Bug
        15. Font declarations should contain at least one generic font family

           Bug
        16. Color definitions should be valid

           Bug

        "at-rules" should be valid

        intentionality - logical
        reliability
        Bug

          Why is this an issue?

          The W3C specifications define the valid at-rules. Only the official and browser-specific at-rules should be used to get the expected impact in the final rendering.

          Noncompliant code example

          @encoding "utf-8";
          

          Compliant solution

          @charset "utf-8";
          
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