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Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language such as HTML or XML
2022-07-02
2022-07-02

CSS

1. Inline CSS

style attribute is used to define CSS properties at each HTML element.

<h1 style = "color:blue; font-size:40px; font-style: italic;"> One Compiler </h1>

2. Internal CSS

You can define CSS properties using the <style> tag in the <head> section.

<head>
    <style>
        body {background-color: pink;}
        h1   {color: red;}
        h2   {color: green; font-size : 40px; font-style: italic;}
    </style>
</head>

3. External CSS

<link> tag is used to refer to an external CSS file.

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />

4. CSS Selectors

You can select elements based on their name

    div {
        font-familt:'Inter',sans-serrif;
        max-width:400px;
    }

or you can use both class based or id based css selection.

    // classed based 
    .container {
        background:red;
        height:600px;
    }
    // id based
    #container {
        background:purple;
        margin:10px;
    }

there are also more fun selectors for different use cases that could be helpful in the long run when you're having a massive project and making tons of classes won't be viable to handle, such as:

Selector What it does?
* * selector selects and gives you all the elements individually, so you're essentially selecting all the elements one by one rather than having a parent controlling the styling
element1,element2 The example of this syntax could be div,p{ ... } this allows you to select all element1 and element2 from the html
element1 element2 Replacing the comma(,) with a space helps you in selecting all the element2 which are inside element1, for eg: div a{ ... } means all the anchor tags(a) which are inside a div
element1 > element2 Much like how the space works, it gives the all the element2 who are directly inside element1 for eg.: div>p{ ... } means all the <div><p> .... </p></div> will be selected but not <div><span><p></p></span></div> because p is not the direct child
element1 + element2 Quite rarely used but quite useful in some cases, it selects element2 which is directly after element1 for eg.: div+p{ ... } means all the <div> ... </div><p> ... </p> will be selected
element1 ~ element2 Also quite rarely used but useful in some cases, it selects the same as the + selector but rather than what + does by selecting only a single element, it selects all the elements following 
    * {
        background:red;
        min-height:100vh;
    }
    div,p {
        background:purple;
    }
    div p {
        background:yellow;
    }
    div > p {
        background:green;
    }
    div + p {
        background:blue;
    }
    div ~ p {
        background:white;
    }

5. Units

Units are used for interpreting length in your css code value. These are used in properties like width, height, font-size, margin, padding etc.

  • Absolute units

    Units description
    in used for inches
    px used for absolute pixels (usually 1/96th of an inch)
    pt points, usually 1/72th of an inch
    pc picas, usally 12 points
    cm used for centimeters
    mm used for millimeters

  • Relative units(preferred)

    Units description
    % relative to the size of the parent for eg. 100% means filling all inside the parent
    em relative to the font size of the element
    rem relative to the font size of the root element
    vw relative to the viewport's width, for eg.: 2vw would be 2% of the width of the viewport
    vh relative to the viewport's height, for eg.: 6vh would be 6% of the height of the viewport
    vmax relative to the viewport's bigger dimension which could be either the height or the width, for eg.: 3vmax would mean 3vh if the height is more than the width and would mean 3vw otherwise
    vmin similar to vmax, differs because it would consider the smaller dimension of either the height or the width

relative units are much more preferred nowadays as their are just too many devices with varying screen heights, widths, pixel densities etc.

    * {
        background: red;
        min-height: 100vh;    //relative unit
    }
    div,p {
        background: purple;
        max-width: 200px      //absolute unit
    }

6. Display Properites

The display CSS property sets whether an element is treated as a block or inline element and the layout used for its children, such as flow layout, grid or flex. Formally, the display property sets an element's inner and outer display types.

.container {
        // various display values 
        display: block;
        display: inline;
        display: inline-block;
        display: flex;
        display: inline-flex;
        display: grid;
        display: inline-grid;
        display: flow-root;
}

7. FlexBox

You can use Flexbox to manage alignment and position of your elements.

To use Flexbox, give this property to the parent element:

    .parent {
        display:flex;
    }

To align the elements towards the main axis (by default it's horizontal), we use justify-content.

Vlaues description
flex-start Items are packed towards the start
center Items are packed on the center
flex-end Items are packed towards the end
space-around Items are equally distributed with equal space aroun them
space-between Items are evenly distributed .first item at the start and last items at the end
space-evenly Items are evenly spaced with same amount space between them

To align the elements towards the cross-axis, we use align-items.

Vlaues description
flex-start Items are packed towards the start of cross axis
center Items are packed on the center of cross axis
flex-end Items are packed towards the end of the cross axis

By default, the flex direction is set to row (horizontal). To switch the flex direction to column (vertical), use:

The direction of flex is consider the main axis and the other axis consider as cross axis

    .parent {
        display:flex;
        flex-direction:column;
    }

8. CSS Grid

CSS grid is another way to properly align your HTML elements.

to create a new grid use

    .box {
        display:grid;
    }

CSS grid is made of two things: columns and rows. Using grid-template-rows and grid-template-columns, you can define how many rows and columns you want.

    .box {
        display:grid;
        grid-template-columns:400px 300px 200px;
        grid-template-rows:50px 70px  60px;
    }

You can use grid with a special unit called Fr (fraction), which refers to a portion of remaining space.

    .box {
        display:grid;
        grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr 1fr;
        // or 
        grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr)
    }

9. Variables

Variables are a great way to make your css more manageable, so you're not editing the values you want to be consistent on multiple instances of its usage. It promotes consistency and overall management of the code.

    :root{
      --primary-color: #ffffff;
    }
    body{
      background-color: var(--primary-color);
    }

9. Animations

CSS animations allow one to animate transitions or other media files on the web page.

Property Description Example
Animation A shorthand property for setting all the animation properties animation: example 5s linear 2s infinite alternate;
Animation-name Specifies the name of the @keyframes animation animation-name: myanimation;
Animation-duration Specifies how long time an animation should take to complete one cycle animation-duration: 10s;
Animation-timing-function Specifies the speed curve of the animation animation-timing-function: ease;>
Animation-delay Specifies a delay for the start of an animation animation-delay: 5ms;
Animation-iteration-count Specifies the number of times an animation should be played animation-iteration-count: 3;
Animation-direction Specifies whether an animation should be played forwards, backwards or in alternate cycles animation-direction: normal;
Animation-play-state Specifies whether the animation is running or paused animation-play-state: running;
Animation-fill-mode Specifies whether the animation is running or paused animation-fill-mode: both;

10. Transitions

Transitions let you define the transition between two states of an element.

Property Description Example
Transition A shorthand property for setting the four transition properties into a single property transition: width 2s linear 1s;
Transition-property Specifies the name of the CSS property the transition effect is for transition-property: none;
Transition-duration Specifies how many seconds or milliseconds a transition effect takes to complete transition-duration: 2s;
Transition-timing-function Specifies the speed curve of the transition effect transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
Transition-delay Specifies a delay (in seconds) for the transition effect transition-delay: 20ms;

11. Media queries

CSS media queries empowers you greatly when you're creating and developing sites that are reponsive i.e. look and function well on different screen sizes and pixel densities.

When using media queries we can adopt the following approaches

  • Desktop first approach

    @media all and (min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1280px) { 
    /* Targets desktop screens */
}

@media all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { 
    /* Targets tablet landscape */
}

@media all and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 768px) { 
    /* Targets tablet portrait */
}

@media all and (max-width: 480px) { 
    /* Targets mobile screens*/
}

  • Mobile first approach

    @media only screen { 
    /* Targets mobile screens with width < 641pz */
} 

@media only screen and (min-width: 641px) {
    /* Targets tablet screens with width > 641px */
}

@media only screen and (min-width: 1025px) { 
    /* Targets large screens(desktop) with width > 1025px */
}

@media only screen and (min-width: 1441px) { 
    /* Targets xlarge screens with width > 1441px */
}

@media only screen and (min-width: 1921px) { 
    /* Targets xxlarge screens with width > 1921px */
}

  • Orientation first approach

    @media screen and (orientation:portrait) { 
    /* Add portrait styles here */ 
}
@media screen and (orientation:landscape) { 
    /* Add landscape styles here */ 
}