_basic.scss

// needed for IE10 desktop snap mode: http://menacingcloud.com/?c=cssViewportOrMetaTag
@-ms-viewport {
  width: device-width;
}

html, body, button, input, table, td, th { font-family: $NTA-Light; }

// basic styles for HTML5 and other elements
html, body, div, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, article, aside, footer, header, hgroup, nav, section {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  vertical-align: baseline;
}

// HTML5 display definition
main {
  display: block;
}

// self clearing floats
.group:before,
.group:after {
    content: "\0020";
    display: block;
    height: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
 }

.group:after {
    clear: both;
}
.group {
    zoom: 1;
}

// make elements stick at top of viewport when scrolling
.content-fixed {
  top: 0;
  position: fixed;
}
.shim {
  display: block;
}

/*
 * 1. Prevents iOS text size adjust after orientation change, without disabling
 *    user zoom.
 */
html {
  -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 1 */
  -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; /* 1 */
  // Set background colour to match footer background
  background-color: $footer-background;
}

/*
  Force the scrollbar to always display in IE10/11
 */
html {
  -ms-overflow-style: scrollbar;
}

body {
  background: $white;
  color: $text-colour;
  line-height: 1.5;
  font-weight: 400;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

ol, ul, nav ol, nav ul {
  list-style: inherit;
}

fieldset {
  border: none;
  padding: 0;
}

a:link {
  color: $link-colour;
}

a:visited {
  color: $link-visited-colour;
}

a:hover {
  color: $link-hover-colour;
}

a:active {
  color: $link-active-colour;
}

a[rel="external"] {
  @include external-link-default;
  @include external-link-16;
  @include media(tablet) {
    @include external-link-19;
  }
}

.external-link {
  @include external-link-12-no-hover;
  @include external-link-heading;
}

// adjustments to normalize.css

/*
 * 1. Corrects text resizing oddly in IE6/7 when body font-size is set using em units
 *    http://clagnut.com/blog/348/#c790
 *    note - font-size reduced to 62.5% to allow simple rem/px font-sizing and fallback
 *    http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/font-size-with-rem
 * 2. Keeps page centred in all browsers regardless of content height
 * 3. Removes Android and iOS tap highlight color to prevent entire container being highlighted
 *    www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/10/01/quick-tip-customizing-the-mobile-safari-tap-highlight-color/
 */

html {
  font-size: 62.5%; /* 1 */
  overflow-y: scroll; /* 2 */
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0,0,0,0); /* 3 */
}

/*
 * 1. Font-size increased to compensate for change to html element font-size in
 *    order to support beta typography which was set in ems
 *    (62.5% * 160% = 100%)
 * 2. Addresses margins handled incorrectly in IE6/7
 */

body {
  font-size: 160%; /* 1 */
  margin: 0; /* 2 */
}

b,
strong {
  font-weight: 600;
}

img {
  border: 0;
}

@include ie-lte(7) {
  button {
    overflow:visible;
  }
}

abbr[title] {
  cursor: help;
}

/*
 * 1. Addresses `appearance` set to `searchfield` in Safari 5 and Chrome.
 * 2. Addresses `box-sizing` set to `border-box` in Safari 5 and Chrome
 *    (include `-moz` to future-proof).
 */

input[type="search"] {
    -webkit-appearance: textfield; /* 1 */
    -moz-box-sizing: content-box;
    -webkit-box-sizing: content-box; /* 2 */
    box-sizing: content-box;
}
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button {
  -webkit-appearance: searchfield-cancel-button;
  margin-right: 2px;
}

input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}