Css

Introduction

Selectors

Simple Selector

The body is known as the simple selector and the background-color:#cccc99; is the property name and value

body {
    background-color:#cccc99;
}

id Selector

#myid {
    background-color:#cccc99;
}

class Selector

.myClass {
    font-style:italic;
}

You can group selector with a comma.

h1,h2 {
    background-color:#cccc99;
}

descendant selector

This will only effect the

elements below a div tag.

div p {
   background-color:#ddddaa;
}

child selector

This will only effect the child and not descendant

elements below a div tag.

div > p {
   background-color:#ddddaa;
}

<div>
  <form>
    <p>I'm a descendant but not a child</p>
  </form>
  <p>I'm a child</p>
</div>

attribute selector

This will only effect if the attribute matches.

img[alt=spacer] {
   padding:0px;
}

<img src="gradient.jpg" alt="spacer">

psuedo selector

This will only effect if the pseudo is true.

a:visited {color: #dddddd; }

other selectors

There are many other selectors. Here is an example.

ul: li:nth-child(3)
{
   background-color: #cccc99;
}

This sets the 3 child of the list to have background of #cccc99

Specifying CSS Property Values

• keywords
  • thing, thick, larger
• Physical measurements
  • inches (in), points (pt), picas(pc)
• Screen measurements
  • pixels
• Relative measurements
  • %, em
• Color codes
  • #rrggbb, rbg(r,g,b)
• Fonts
  • Helvetica, sans-serif
• Functional notation
  • rgb(r,g,b), url("http://test.com")

Cascading and Inheritance

Ordering rules

Rules last applied based on last read. I.E. in this case paragraphs will be Green

p 
{
  background-color:Gray;
}

p 
{
  background-color:Green;
}

Developer Tools

Chrome shows the user agent stylesheet as well as your stylesheet

CSS Reset Stylesheet

This can be used to reset to styles regardless of browser to reset.

Specificity

This is the number associated with the rule. The highest rule is the rule which is applied.

• A Count of ID selectors
• B Count of class and attribute selectors
• C Count of type selectors

So

*                 /* a=0 b=0 c=0 -> specificity =     0  */
LI                /* a=0 b=0 c=1 -> specificity =     1  */  
UL LI             /* a=0 b=0 c=2 -> specificity =     2  */
LI.red            /* a=0 b=1 c=1 -> specificity =    11  */
#content          /* a=1 b=0 c=0 -> specificity =    100 */ 

Generally a more specific rule takes presidence. In devtools the styles appear in specificity order

Inheritance

Some properties are inherited when you use markup but some are not. Checkout [1] for details

CSS and the Box Model

The Big Three

• Margin (distance from outside to border)
• Border (border itself)
• Padding (distance from border to inside)

Vertical Margins

The vertical margins collapse on top of each other to be the margin of one of the items. E.g. in a list if the list item margin is 5px, the distance between list items will be 5px not 5px for the top item bottom edge and 5px for the item below top edge.

Width

Width is the content size of the item and does not include the margins. Metrics within developer tools shows the calculation.

Display and Visibility

• Display is generally block, inline, or none
  • Block elements sit on top of each other
  • Inline elements only move downward when there is not enough space
  • Display of none removes an element along with the space

• Visibility
  • Hidden elements are not visible but reserves the space

Styling Text with CSS

Font Families

CSS defines five font categories

• serif, e.g. Times New Roman
• sans-serif e.g. Arial
• cursive, e.g. Comic Sans
• fantasy, e.g. Impact
• monospace, e.g. Courier New

You use the font-family to specify this. You can specify a list of fonts and it will use the first match

p
{
  font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
}

Font Sizes

You can use em which will scale the font from the default. 2em is 2 times the size of the default.

Positioning

Element Types

There are two types of elements, inline and block elements. Inline elements by default position along the line, block elements are stacked

Block Elements

 * <address>
 * <article>
 * <aside>
 * <blockquote>
 * <canvas>
 * <dd>
 * <div>
 * <dl>
 * <dt>
 * <fieldset>
 * <figcaption>
 * <figure>
 * <footer>
 * <form>
 * <h1>-<h6>
 * <header>
 * <hr>
 * <li>
 * <main>
 * <nav>
 * <noscript>
 * <ol>
 * <p>
 * <pre>
 * <section>
 * <table>
 * <tfoot>
 * <ul>
 * <video>

Inline Elements

 * <a>
 * <abbr>
 * <acronym>
 * <b>
 * <bdo>
 * <big>
 * <br>
 * <button>
 * <cite>
 * <code>
 * <dfn>
 * <em>
 * <i>
 * <img>
 * <input>
 * <kbd>
 * <label>
 * <map>
 * <object>
 * <output>
 * <q>
 * <samp>
 * <script>
 * <select>
 * <small>
 * <span>
 * <strong>
 * <sub>
 * <sup>
 * <textarea>
 * <time>
 * <tt>
 * <var>

Relative Positioning

Relative positioning changes the position relatively from where the item would have been.

#buttons input:last-child
{
   position:relative
   top: 20px
   left: 50px
}

Relative Positioning

Relative positioning changes the position relatively from where the item would have been.

#buttons input:last-child
{
   position:relative
   top: 20px
   left: 50px
}

Absolute and Fixed Positioning

Absolute positioning puts the item exactly where requested. Fixed positioning is the same except it remains in that position even when you scroll the page.

Float and Clear

For inline elements float allows other elements to float up against the them. Clear stops this occurring

#figure1
{
   float:left
}

Bootstrep

Quick Stuff

• p-x padding (padding all four)
• m-x margin (padding all four)
• rounded (rounded courners)

Layouts

Containers

Greats a centered squared on your web page. To take up all of the space you can use container-fluid.

Rows And Columns

Row and columns go inside of a container.

<div class="container"> 
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col">
        1 of 2
        </div>
        <div class="col">
        2 of 2
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
    </div>
</div>

Breakpoints