CSS Reset / Normalize Snippet Generator
Generate a minimal CSS reset or a normalize.css-style snippet, ready to paste at the top of a stylesheet.
What is CSS Reset?
A generator for the snippet every stylesheet starts with. The modern and minimal variants remove browser defaults; the normalize variant keeps them and fixes only where engines disagree.
How it works
Each option maps to a block of CSS assembled in dependency order: box-sizing first, then document-level defaults, then media elements, form controls and finally the accessibility blocks such as prefers-reduced-motion. Nothing is fetched — the snippets are written out from the generator itself.
- Paste the source. Drop in code, a stylesheet, a query or a selector list. Everything is read locally — the page never uploads what you paste.
- Choose the options. Indent width, quote style, keyword case or target browsers. The result updates as you change them, so you can see the effect immediately.
- Copy or download. Copy the result to the clipboard or download it as a file. Reset clears the form and returns every option to its default.
Examples
A new project that wants border-box everywhere
The modern variant gives the familiar `*, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box }` plus responsive images and form inheritance in about 40 lines.
A legacy site that only needs the bugs fixed
The normalize variant corrects cross-browser differences (bolder, height on hr, appearance on buttons) without removing any margin the design depends on.
Common mistakes
Expecting a formatter to fix invalid code
Formatting is whitespace and quoting. A missing brace, an unclosed tag or an unquoted variable survives the round trip and is reported instead — check the findings list.
Minifying without running the tests afterwards
Even a safe, non-mangling minifier can expose an existing automatic-semicolon-insertion bug. The JavaScript Minifier keeps the newlines that matter, but re-run your tests before shipping.
Treating a rewritten query as verified
The SQL Dialect Converter translates the syntax it can prove; data types, casts and function differences are listed for review, not guessed. Run the converted query against a real database.
Renaming or reformatting generated files
Regenerating a formatter's output is a no-op only if the formatter is the same one that produced it. Keep generated code out of the round trip and format the source it came from.
Frequently asked questions
Reset or normalize — which do I want?
A reset gives you a blank slate and expects you to style everything; a normalize keeps browser defaults and only fixes inconsistencies. Starting from scratch? Reset. Bolting onto an existing design? Normalize.
Should I ship both?
No — they contradict each other. A reset removes heading margins, a normalize preserves them, and having both means the second one decides arbitrarily. Pick one and keep it at the top of the stylesheet.
Does the prefers-reduced-motion block change animations?
It reduces animation and transition durations to almost nothing for users who ask their system for less motion, which is the accessibility expectation. Untick it if your site already handles that requirement elsewhere.