CSS3 Module Status
The powers that be have decided to split CSS3 into multiple ‘modules’, as the monolithic CSS2 would have become far too unwieldy when expanded to the degree that CSS3 has been. Splitting CSS into modules also allows the W3C to bring those modules up to Recommendation level at different rates.
Following is a table of all the CSS3 modules and their current status. css3.info will be maintaining this table as modules progress through their development stages. The further advanced modules are listed first. No CSS3 module has yet reached Recommendation status.
Note: This page was last updated 08 January 2012.
| Module | Last Update | Upcoming | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recommendation(?) | |||
| CSS Color (Complete) | 07 June 2011 | REC | |
| CSS Namespaces (Complete) | 29 September 2011 | REC | |
| Selectors (Complete) | 29 September 2011 | REC | |
| Candidate Recommendation (?) | |||
| Media Queries (Stable) | 27 July 2010 | PR | |
| CSS Style Attributes (Stable) | 12 October 2010 | PR | |
| CSS Backgrounds & Borders (Testing) | 15 February 2011 | CR | |
| CSS Marquee (Testing) | 5 December 2008 | PR | |
| CSS Multi-column Layout (Testing) | 12 April 2012 | CR | |
| CSS Basic User Interface (Revising) | 11 May 2004 | LC | |
| Last Call (?) | |||
| CSS Speech (Refining) | 18 August 2011 | CR | |
| CSS Paged Media (Revising) (Inactive) | 10 October 2006 | LC | |
| Working Draft (?) | |||
| CSS 2D Transformations (Refining) | 15 December 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Transitions (Refining) | 1 December 2009 | WD | |
| CSS Animations (Revising) (Outdated) | 20 March 2009 | WD | |
| CSS Flexible Box Layout (Revising) | 29 November 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Fonts Level 3 (Revising) | 4 October 2011 | LC | |
| CSS Image Values & Replaced Content (Revising) | 6 December 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Text (Revising) | 1 September 2011 | WD | |
| CSS 3D Transformations (Revising) | 20 March 2009 | WD | |
| CSS Values & Units (Revising) | 6 September 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Writing Modes (Revising) | 1 September 2011 | WD | |
| CSSOM View (Revising) | 4 August 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Cascading & Inheritance (Exploring) (Inactive) | 15 December 2005 | WD | |
| CSS Conditional Rules (Exploring) | 1 September 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Device Adaptation (Exploring) | 15 September 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Exclusions and Shapes (Exploring) | 13 December 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Generated Content for Paged Media (Exploring) | 29 November 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Grid Layout (Exploring) | 7 April 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Lists (Exploring) | 24 May 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Presentation Levels (Exploring) (Inactive) | 13 August 2003 | WD | |
| CSS Regions (Exploring) | 29 November 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Template Layout (Exploring) | 29 November 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Object Model (Exploring) | 12 July 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Basic Box Model (Rewriting) (Dangerously outdated) | 9 August 2007 | WD | |
| CSS Generated Content (Rewriting) (Severely outdated) | 14 May 2003 | WD | |
| CSS Line Layout (Rewriting) (Severely outdated) | 15 May 2002 | WD | |
| CSS Ruby (Rewriting) (Outdated and majorly underdefined) | 30 June 2011 | WD | |
| CSS Syntax (Rewriting) (Severely outdated) | 13 August 2003 | WD | |
| Announced (?) | |||
| CSS Positioning (Exploring) | – | WD | |
| CSS Tables (Exploring) (Inactive) | – | WD | |
| CSS Line Grid (Rewriting) (Being redesigned) | – | WD | |
There are also several ‘Profiles’ designed to suit different media:
| Module | Status | Updated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Print Profile | Last Call | 13 October 2006 | |
| TV Profile | Candidate Recommendation | 14 May 2003 | |
| Mobile Profile | Candidate Recommendation | 13 December 2008 | |
| Reader Profile | Dropped | ||