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CSS Formatter
Minify or beautify CSS stylesheets with customizable formatting options. Easily compress your CSS for production or format it for readability.
CSS
Minify
Beautify
Stylesheet
Input CSS
Enter or paste your CSS code here
Output CSS
Beautified CSS code
Formatting Options
Customize how your CSS will be formatted
Number of spaces to use for indentation in beautified output
Format Code
Apply the selected formatting options
CSS formatting optimizes your stylesheets for either production use (minified) or development (beautified).
About CSS Formatting
CSS formatting is the process of organizing stylesheet code to improve readability and maintainability. Well-formatted CSS makes styling rules easier to find, understand, and modify.
Beautification
- Adds consistent indentation for nested rules
- Inserts line breaks between selectors and declarations
- Adds spacing around properties and values
- Organizes media queries and keyframes
- Makes CSS rules easier to scan and comprehend
Minification
- Removes unnecessary whitespace, comments, and line breaks
- Reduces file size for faster loading in browsers
- Optimizes bandwidth usage for production sites
- Can reduce HTTP request time for stylesheets
- Essential part of CSS optimization
Benefits of CSS Formatting
Development Benefits
- Makes CSS rules easier to find and navigate
- Reduces time spent debugging styling issues
- Enhances collaboration on shared stylesheets
- Creates visual structure that mirrors the cascade
- Helps spot redundant or conflicting rules
Performance Benefits
- Minified CSS loads faster in browsers
- Reduces bandwidth consumption for users
- Improves page rendering times
- Especially important for mobile users
- Can contribute to better SEO rankings
CSS Formatting Best Practices
Style Consistency
- Use consistent indentation (usually 2 or 4 spaces)
- Place each property on its own line
- Add a space after the colon in property declarations
- Use consistent ordering of properties (alphabetical or by type)
- Group related selectors together
Organization Tips
- Consider using CSS methodologies like BEM or SMACSS
- Use comments to separate sections of your stylesheet
- Keep selector specificity as low as possible
- Consider using CSS preprocessors for large projects
- Automate formatting with tools like Prettier or Stylelint
Using This Formatter
Key Features
- Toggle between beautify and minify modes
- Customize indentation size
- Format poorly structured CSS
- Fix inconsistent formatting
- Download the formatted result
- Works with regular CSS, SCSS, and LESS
Common Uses
- Clean up CSS before sharing with team members
- Minify CSS before deploying to production
- Format CSS generated by design tools
- Make legacy stylesheets more maintainable
- Prepare CSS snippets for documentation