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title: CSS 3 date: 2020-12-25 20:22:47 background: bg-[#3473b5] tags: - web - css - style categories: - Programming intro: | This is a quick reference cheat sheet for CSS goodness, listing selector syntax, properties, units and other useful bits of information. plugins: - copyCode - runCode

Getting Started

Introduction {.row-span-3}

CSS is rich in capabilities and is more than simply laying out pages.

External stylesheet

<link href="./path/to/stylesheet/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

Internal stylesheet

<style>
	body {
		background-color: linen;
	}
</style>

Inline styles

<h2 style="text-align: center;">Centered text</h2>

<p style="color: blue; font-size: 18px;">Blue, 18-point text</p>

Add class

<div class="classname"></div>
<div class="class1 classn ..."></div>

Support multiple classes on one element.

!important

.post-title {
	color: blue !important;
}

Overrides all previous styling rules.

Selector

h1 {
}
#job-title {
}
div.hero {
}
div > p {
}

See: Selectors

Text color

color: #2a2aff;
color: green;
color: rgb(34, 12, 64, 0.6);
color: hsla(30 100% 50% / 0.6);

See: Colors

Background

background-color: blue;
background-image: url('nyan-cat.gif');
background-image: url('../image.png');

See: Backgrounds

Font

.page-title {
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 30px;
	font-family: 'Courier New';
}

See: Fonts

Position

.box {
	position: relative;
	top: 20px;
	left: 20px;
}

See also: Position

Animation

animation: 300ms linear 0s infinite;

animation: bounce 300ms linear infinite;

See: Animation

Comment

/* This is a single line comment */

/* This is a 
   multi-line comment */

Flex layout

div {
	display: flex;
	justify-content: center;
}
div {
	display: flex;
	justify-content: flex-start;
}

See: Flexbox | Flex Tricks

Grid layout

#container {
	display: grid;
	grid: repeat(2, 60px) / auto-flow 80px;
}

#container > div {
	background-color: #8ca0ff;
	width: 50px;
	height: 50px;
}

See: Grid Layout

Variable & Counter

counter-set: subsection;
counter-increment: subsection;
counter-reset: subsection 0;

:root {
	--bg-color: brown;
}
element {
	background-color: var(--bg-color);
}

See: Dynamic content

CSS Selectors

Examples {.row-span-2}

Groups Selector

h1,
h2 {
	color: red;
}

Chaining Selector

h3.section-heading {
	color: blue;
}

Attribute Selector

div[attribute='SomeValue'] {
	background-color: red;
}

First Child Selector

p:first-child {
	font-weight: bold;
}

No Children Selector

.box:empty {
	background: lime;
	height: 80px;
	width: 80px;
}

Basic

See also: Type / Class / ID / Universal selectors

Combinators

See also: Adjacent / Sibling / Child selectors

Attribute selectors

| | | | -------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | | a[target] | With a target attribute | | a[target="_blank"] | Open in new tab | | a[href^="/index"] | Starts with /index | | [class | ="chair"] | Starts with chair | | [class*="chair"] | containing chair | | [title~="chair"] | Contains the word chair | | a[href$=".doc"] | Ends with .doc | | [type="button"] | Specified type |

See also: Attribute selectors

User action pseudo classes

Pseudo classes

Input pseudo classes

Structural pseudo classes

CSS Fonts

Properties {.row-span-3}

| font-weight: | <number> / bold / normal | | font-style: | italic / normal | | text-decoration: | underline / none |

| text-align: | left / right
center / justify | | text-transform: | capitalize / uppercase / lowercase | {.left-text}

See also: Font

Shorthand {.secondary .col-span-2}

Example

font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 12pt;
letter-spacing: 0.02em;

Case {.row-span-2}

/* Hello */
text-transform: capitalize;

/* HELLO */
text-transform: uppercase;

/* hello */
text-transform: lowercase;

@font-face

@font-face {
	font-family: 'Glegoo';
	src: url('../Glegoo.woff');
}

CSS Colors

Named color

color: red;
color: orange;
color: tan;
color: rebeccapurple;

Hexadecimal color

color: #090;
color: #009900;
color: #090a;
color: #009900aa;

rgb() Colors

color: rgb(34, 12, 64, 0.6);
color: rgba(34, 12, 64, 0.6);
color: rgb(34 12 64 / 0.6);
color: rgba(34 12 64 / 0.3);
color: rgb(34 12 64 / 60%);
color: rgba(34.6 12 64 / 30%);

HSL Colors

color: hsl(30, 100%, 50%, 0.6);
color: hsla(30, 100%, 50%, 0.6);
color: hsl(30 100% 50% / 0.6);
color: hsla(30 100% 50% / 0.6);
color: hsl(30 100% 50% / 60%);
color: hsla(30.2 100% 50% / 60%);

Other

color: inherit;
color: initial;
color: unset;
color: transparent;

color: currentcolor; /* keyword */

CSS Backgrounds

Properties {.row-span-2}

| background-color: | See: Colors | | background-image: | url(...) | | background-position: | left/center/right
top/center/bottom | | background-size: | cover X Y | | background-clip: | border-box
padding-box
content-box | | background-repeat: | no-repeat
repeat-x
repeat-y | | background-attachment: | scroll/fixed/local | {.left-text}

Shorthand {.secondary .col-span-2}

Examples {.col-span-2}

background: url(img_man.jpg) no-repeat center;

background: url(img_flwr.gif) right bottom no-repeat, url(paper.gif) left top repeat;

background: rgb(2, 0, 36);
background: linear-gradient(
	90deg,
	rgba(2, 0, 36, 1) 0%,
	rgba(13, 232, 230, 1) 35%,
	rgba(0, 212, 255, 1) 100%
);

CSS The Box Model

Maximums/Minimums

.column {
	max-width: 200px;
	width: 500px;
}

See also: max-width / min-width / max-height / min-height

Margin / Padding

.block-one {
	margin: 20px;
	padding: 10px;
}

See also: Margin / Padding

Box-sizing

.container {
	box-sizing: border-box;
}

See also: Box-sizing

Visibility

.invisible-elements {
	visibility: hidden;
}

See also: Visibility

Auto keyword

div {
	margin: auto;
}

See also: Margin

Overflow

.small-block {
	overflow: scroll;
}

See also: Overflow

CSS Animation {.cols-5}

Shorthand {.col-span-5 .secondary}

Properties {.row-span-2 .col-span-2}

{.left-text}

See also: Animation

Example {.col-span-3}

/* @keyframes duration | timing-function | delay |
   iteration-count | direction | fill-mode | play-state | name */
animation: 3s ease-in 1s 2 reverse both paused slidein;

/* @keyframes duration | timing-function | delay | name */
animation: 3s linear 1s slidein;

/* @keyframes duration | name */
animation: 3s slidein;

animation: 4s linear 0s infinite alternate move_eye;
animation: bounce 300ms linear 0s infinite normal;
animation: bounce 300ms linear infinite;
animation: bounce 300ms linear infinite alternate-reverse;
animation: bounce 300ms linear 2s infinite alternate-reverse forwards normal;

Javascript Event {.col-span-3}

.one('webkitAnimationEnd oanimationend msAnimationEnd animationend')

CSS Flexbox {.cols-2}

Simple example

.container {
	display: flex;
}

.container > div {
	flex: 1 1 auto;
}

Container {.row-span-2}

.container {

display: flex;
display: inline-flex;

flex-direction: row; /* ltr - default */
flex-direction: row-reverse; /* rtl */
flex-direction: column; /* top-bottom */
flex-direction: column-reverse; /* bottom-top */

flex-wrap: nowrap; /* one-line */
flex-wrap: wrap; /* multi-line */

align-items: flex-start; /* vertical-align to top */
align-items: flex-end; /* vertical-align to bottom */
align-items: center; /* vertical-align to center */
align-items: stretch; /* same height on all (default) */

justify-content: flex-start; /* [xxx        ] */
justify-content: center; /* [    xxx    ] */
justify-content: flex-end; /* [        xxx] */
justify-content: space-between; /* [x    x    x] */
justify-content: space-around; /* [ x   x   x ] */
justify-content: space-evenly; /* [  x  x  x  ] */

}

Child

.container > div {

/* This: */
flex: 1 0 auto;

/* Is equivalent to this: */
flex-grow: 1;
flex-shrink: 0;
flex-basis: auto;

order: 1;

align-self: flex-start; /* left */
margin-left: auto; /* right */

}

CSS Flexbox Tricks

Vertical center

.container {
	display: flex;
}

.container > div {
	width: 100px;
	height: 100px;
	margin: auto;
}

Vertical center (2)

.container {
	display: flex;

	/* vertical */
	align-items: center;

	/* horizontal */
	justify-content: center;
}

Reordering

.container > .top {
	order: 1;
}

.container > .bottom {
	order: 2;
}

Mobile layout

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

.container > .top {
	flex: 0 0 100px;
}

.container > .content {
	flex: 1 0 auto;
}

A fixed-height top bar and a dynamic-height content area.

Table-like {.col-span-2}

.container {
	display: flex;
}

/* the 'px' values here are just suggested percentages */
.container > .checkbox {
	flex: 1 0 20px;
}
.container > .subject {
	flex: 1 0 400px;
}
.container > .date {
	flex: 1 0 120px;
}

This creates columns that have different widths, but size accordingly according to the circumstances.

Vertical

.container {
	align-items: center;
}

Vertically-center all items.

Left and right {.col-span-2}

.menu > .left {
	align-self: flex-start;
}
.menu > .right {
	align-self: flex-end;
}

CSS Grid Layout

Grid Template Columns

#grid-container {
	display: grid;
	width: 100px;
	grid-template-columns: 20px 20% 60%;
}

fr Relative Unit

.grid {
	display: grid;
	width: 100px;
	grid-template-columns: 1fr 60px 1fr;
}

Grid Gap

/*The distance between rows is 20px*/
/*The distance between columns is 10px*/
#grid-container {
	display: grid;
	grid-gap: 20px 10px;
}

CSS Block Level Grid

#grid-container {
	display: block;
}

CSS grid-row

CSS syntax:

• grid-row: grid-row-start / grid-row-end;

Example

.item {
	grid-row: 1 / span 2;
}

CSS Inline Level Grid

#grid-container {
	display: inline-grid;
}

minmax() Function

.grid {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: 100px minmax(100px, 500px) 100px;
}

grid-row-start & grid-row-end

CSS syntax:

• grid-row-start: auto|row-line;
  
• grid-row-end: auto|row-line|span n;

Example

grid-row-start: 2;
grid-row-end: span 2;

CSS grid-row-gap

grid-row-gap: length;

Any legal length value, like px or %. 0 is the default value

CSS grid-area

.item1 {
	grid-area: 2 / 1 / span 2 / span 3;
}

Justify Items

#container {
	display: grid;
	justify-items: center;
	grid-template-columns: 1fr;
	grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
	grid-gap: 10px;
}

CSS grid-template-areas

.item {
	grid-area: nav;
}
.grid-container {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-areas:
		'nav nav . .'
		'nav nav . .';
}

Justify Self

#grid-container {
	display: grid;
	justify-items: start;
}

.grid-items {
	justify-self: end;
}

The grid items are positioned to the right (end) of the row.

Align Items

#container {
	display: grid;
	align-items: start;
	grid-template-columns: 1fr;
	grid-template-rows: 1fr 1fr 1fr;
	grid-gap: 10px;
}

CSS Dynamic Content

Variable

Define CSS Variable

:root {
	--first-color: #16f;
	--second-color: #ff7;
}

Variable Usage

#firstParagraph {
	background-color: var(--first-color);
	color: var(--second-color);
}

See also: CSS Variable

Counter

/* Set "my-counter" to 0 */
counter-set: my-counter;

/* Increment "my-counter" by 1 */
counter-increment: my-counter;

/* Decrement "my-counter" by 1 */
counter-increment: my-counter -1;

/* Reset "my-counter" to 0 */
counter-reset: my-counter;

See also: Counter set

Using counters

body {
	counter-reset: section;
}

h3::before {
	counter-increment: section;
	content: 'Section.' counter(section);
}

ol {
	counter-reset: section;
	list-marker-type: none;
}

li::before {
	counter-increment: section;
	content: counters(section, '.') ' ';
}

Css 3 tricks

Scrollbar smooth

html {
	scroll-behavior: smooth;
}

Click me, the page will scroll smoothly to Getting started

Modern CSS

container queries(size)

.element-wrap {
	container: element / inline-size;
}
@container element (min-inline-size: 300px) {
	.element {
		display: flex;
		gap: 1rem;
	}
}

container qeries(style)

.container {
	--variant: 1;

	&.variant2 {
		--variant: 2;
	}
}

@container style(--variant: 1) {
	button {
	} /* You can't style .container, but can select inside it */
	.other-things {
	}
}

@container style(--variant: 2) {
	button {
	}
	.whatever {
	}
}

container units

• The units are cqw (“container query width”),
• cqh (“container query height”),
• cqi (“container query inline”),
• cqb (“container query block”),
• cqmin (smaller of cqi and cqb),
• and cqmax (larger of cqi and cqb)

.card {
	padding: 5cqi;
	font-size: 4cqi;
	border: 1cqi solid brown;
	height: 100%;
}

h2 {
	font-size: 10cqi;
	margin-block: 0 3cqi;
}

the :has() pseudo selector

figure:has(figcaption) {
	border: 1px solid black;
	padding: 0.5rem;
}

nesting

.cards {
	.card {
		& .card-description {
			color: blue;
		}
		& .card-title {
			color: red;
		}
	}
}

scoping

@scope {
	:scope {
		display: grid;
		grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
		gap: 1rem;
		padding: 1rem;
		border: 1px solid black;
	}
	.card {
		padding: 1rem;
		border: 1px solid black;
		background: lightgray;
		h2 {
			margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
		}
	}
}

cascade layers

/* Specify the order to apply styles in cascade */
@layer legacyCard, newCard;

/* Imagine you have a lot of styles */
@layer newCard {
	.card {
		background-color: red;
	}
}
@layer legacyCard {
	.card {
		background-color: green;
	}
}

logical properties

button {
	background-color: #4caf50;
	border: none;
	color: white;
	padding: 0.5rem 1.5rem;
	text-decoration: none;
	font: inherit;
	border-radius: 4px;
	.icon {
		position: relative;
		top: 0.125em;
		fill: white;
		width: 1em;
		aspect-ratio: 1;
		margin-inline-end: 0.25rem;
	}
}

p3 colors

<div class="container">
	<div class="swatch">
		<style contenteditable>
			@scope {
				:scope {
					background-color: color(display-p3 1 0.5 0);
				}
			}
		</style>
	</div>
	<div class="swatch">
		<style contenteditable>
			@scope {
				:scope {
					background-color: oklch(61.88% 0.286 342.4);
				}
			}
		</style>
	</div>
	<div class="swatch">
		<style contenteditable>
			@scope {
				:scope {
					background-color: oklab(0.73 0.15 0.16);
				}
			}
		</style>
	</div>

	<div class="swatch">
		<style contenteditable>
			@scope {
				:scope {
					background-image: linear-gradient(to right in oklch, red, blue);
				}
			}
		</style>
	</div>

	<div class="swatch">
		<style contenteditable>
			@scope {
				:scope {
					background-image: linear-gradient(to right in oklab, red, blue);
				}
			}
		</style>
	</div>

	<div class="swatch">
		<style contenteditable>
			@scope {
				:scope {
					background-image: linear-gradient(to right in srgb, red, blue);
				}
			}
		</style>
	</div>
</div>

color mixing

.swatch {
	color: white;
	width: 100px;
	aspect-ratio: 1;
	display: grid;
	place-items: center;
	text-align: center;

	&:nth-child(1) {
		background-color: var(--bg);
	}
	&:nth-child(2) {
		background-color: color-mix(in oklch, var(--bg), black 30%);
	}
	&:nth-child(3) {
		background-color: color-mix(in oklch, var(--bg), white 30%);
	}
}

margin trim

.container {
	/* prevent "extra" margin at the end of the element */
	margin-trim: block-end;

	/* an element like this might be the culprit, but it could be anything */
	> p {
		margin-block-end: 1rem;
	}
}

text wrapping

.balance {
	text-wrap: balance;
}
.pretty {
	text-wrap: pretty;
}

html {
	font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
}

main {
	max-inline-size: 60ch;
	margin-inline: auto;
}

subgrid

.grid {
	display: grid;
	grid-template-columns: repeat(9, 1fr);
	grid-template-rows: repeat(4, minmax(100px, auto));
}

.item {
	display: grid;
	grid-column: 2 / 7;
	grid-row: 2 / 4;
	grid-template-columns: subgrid;
	grid-template-rows: repeat(3, 80px);
}

.subitem {
	grid-column: 3 / 6;
	grid-row: 1 / 3;
}

Also see {.cols-1}

• frontendmasters.com
• CSS selectors cheatsheet (frontend30.com)
• MDN: Using CSS flexbox
• Ultimate flexbox cheatsheet
• GRID: A simple visual cheatsheet
• CSS Tricks: A Complete Guide to Grid
• Browser support