CSS Formatter - Format and Beautify CSS Code Online Free
Format, beautify, and organize CSS code with multiple formatting styles. Clean up messy CSS and improve code readability instantly.
🎨 CSS Formatter & Beautifier
Format and beautify your CSS code with multiple formatting styles. Improve code readability and organization.
CSS Code Formatter
Formatting Style Examples
Expanded Style
Compact Style
Compressed Style
Nested Style
CSS Formatting Best Practices
Code Organization
- • Use consistent indentation (2 or 4 spaces)
- • Group related properties together
- • Use meaningful class and ID names
- • Add comments for complex sections
- • Separate sections with blank lines
Performance Tips
- • Minimize CSS file size for production
- • Use shorthand properties when possible
- • Avoid deep nesting in selectors
- • Remove unused CSS rules
- • Use efficient selectors
Multiple Styles
Choose from 4 different formatting styles.
Instant Format
Format CSS code instantly with one click.
Better Readability
Improve code readability and maintainability.
Professional Output
Generate clean, professional CSS code.
Frequently Asked Questions
Expanded puts each property on its own line with indentation, Compact keeps properties inline but one rule per line, Compressed minimizes all whitespace, and Nested provides hierarchical indentation for better structure visualization.
No, formatting only changes whitespace, indentation, and line breaks. It doesn't modify selectors, properties, or values, so your CSS will work exactly the same way.
Yes! This tool is perfect for formatting minified or compressed CSS back into a readable format. Use the Expanded or Nested style for best readability of previously minified code.
Yes, the formatter preserves CSS comments (/* comment */) and positions them appropriately in the formatted output while maintaining their original content.
For development, use Expanded or Nested for better readability. For production, consider Compressed to reduce file size. Compact is good for a balance between readability and space efficiency.