From 5fca371cbec841fd9c9eacfba357f4a355a267dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lim Jing Rong Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 01:08:25 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Added Writeup for CSS in front-end folder resources (#10) * Adding links to box model and positioning * Add writeup for positioning in css * Writeup for css floats * Added writeup for specificity --- front-end/css.md | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/front-end/css.md b/front-end/css.md index 79d8c7bf..d2a034a3 100644 --- a/front-end/css.md +++ b/front-end/css.md @@ -11,10 +11,19 @@ If you are a total beginner to CSS, Codecademy's [HTML & CSS course](https://www ## Glossary -- **Box Model** - The CSS box model describes the rectangular boxes that are generated for elements in the document tree and laid out according to the visual formatting model. Each box has a content area (e.g. text, an image, etc.) and optional surrounding padding, border, and margin areas. -- **Specificity** - TBD -- **Positioning** - TBD -- **Floats** - TBD +- [**Box Model**](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Box_Model/Introduction_to_the_CSS_box_model) - The CSS box model describes the rectangular boxes that are generated for elements in the document tree and laid out according to the visual formatting model. Each box has a content area (e.g. text, an image, etc.) and optional surrounding padding, border, and margin areas. +- [**Specificity**](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Specificity) - Specificity is how browsers decide which CSS property values are the most relevant to an element and, will therefore be applied. It is a weight that is applied to a given CSS declaration, determined by the number of each selector type in the matching selector. + - When multiple declarations have equal specificity, the last declaration found in the CSS is applied to the element. It only applies when the same element is targeted by multiple declarations. As per CSS rules, directly targeted elements will always take precedence over rules which an element inherits from its ancestor. + - Typically used in type selectors/pseduo elements (`h1`, `div`, `:before`), class/attribute selectors (`.btn`, `[type="radio"]`), pseudo-classes (`:hover`) and ID selectors (`#someElement`). + - Inline styles added to an element always overwrite any styles in external stylesheets, and thus can be thought of as having the highest specificity. + - When an important rule (`!important`) is used on a style declaration, this declaration overrides any other declarations. Try to avoid using `!important`, as it breaks the natural cascading in the stylesheets. Always look for a way to use specificity before even considering `!important`, and only use !important on page-specific CSS that overrides foreign CSS (from external libraries, like Bootstrap). +- [**Positioning**](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/position) - The position CSS property determines how an element will be positioned in a document. The `top`, `right`, `bottom`, and `left` properties would later determine the final location of said positioned element. + - Initial value: `static` + - Values that are frequently used: `relative`, `absolute`, `fixed`, `sticky` +- [**Floats**](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/float) - The `float` CSS property determines where an element should be placed - along the left or right side of its container. This allows text and inline elements to wrap around it. Also note, the element would be removed from the normal *flow* of the web page, though still remaining a part of the flow (in contrast to `position: absolute`). For an element to be `float`, it's value must not be `none`. + - Initial value: `none` + - Values that are frequently used: `left`, `right`, `inline-start`, `inline-end`. + - Additional Notes: Usually, there would be cases that you may want to move an item below any floated elements. E.g, you may want some elements like your paragraphs to remain adjacent to floats, but force headings and footers to be on their own line. See [`clear` attribute](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/clear) for more examples ## Writing CSS without Side Effects