Hello Everyone and Seasons Greetings...
Sometimes you just need a creative push to dive into the new features of CSS3. For example, the new CSS3 Grid layout system is really amazing (even when you already know and are using the flexbox layout... and of course these 2 systems can work together nicely). Just wanted to share the results of my learning with the web development world :)
I think one of the coolest things about CSS Grid is how it simplifies responsive layout without the need for using media queries in many cases.
Screen shot
So, here's my Chanuka Menora code:
As an exercise, please try to re-create this using grid-template-areas (a.k.a. 'named areas' and post the results here)
menora.css
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
html {
background-color: #6f6758;
}
.toprow {
}
.flame {
height: 16px;
width: 8px;
background: linear-gradient(orange, red 18px);
align-self: end;
justify-self: center;
grid-row: 2/3;
}
#flame_5_center {
grid-column: 5/6;
grid-row: 1/2;
}
.cup {
height: 40px;
width: 34px;
background-color: rgb(230, 200, 34);
align-self: start;
justify-self: center;
grid-row: 3/4;
border: black 1px solid;
border-bottom-left-radius: 6px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 6px;
}
#cup_5_center {
grid-column: 5/6;
grid-row: 2/3;
}
.sphere {
grid-row: 4/5;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 24px solid transparent;
border-right: 24px solid transparent;
border-top: 48px solid #929faa;
align-self: start;
justify-self: center;
}
#sphere_5_center {
grid-column: 5/6;
grid-row: 3/4;
}
.stick {
height: 100%;
width: 8px;
background-color: #929faa;
align-self: start;
justify-self: center;
grid-row: 5/6;
}
#stick_5_center {
grid-column: 5/6;
visibility: hidden;
}
.crossbar {
height: 16px;
background-color: #929faa;
grid-row: 6/7;
grid-column: 2/9;
}
.left {
height: 16px;
background-color: #929faa;
grid-column: 1/2;
width: calc(50% + 4px);
justify-self: right;
border-bottom-left-radius: 10px;
}
.right {
height: 16px;
background-color: #929faa;
grid-column: 9/10;
width: calc(50% + 4px);
justify-self: left;
grid-row: 6/7;
border-bottom-right-radius: 10px;
}
.shaft {
grid-column: 5/6;
width: 8px;
background-color: #929faa;
justify-self: center;
grid-row: 4/9;
}
.base {
grid-row: 8/9;
align-self: end;
justify-self: center;
grid-column: 5/6;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 52px solid transparent;
border-right: 52px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 80px solid #929faa;
}
.grid {
display: grid;
padding: 20px;
height: 100vh;
width: 100vw;
grid-template-columns: repeat(9, minmax(33px, 1fr));
grid-template-rows: repeat(6, 40px) 1fr;
}
And the .html
menora.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<meta name="theme-color" content="#000000">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="menora.css">
<title>CSS-Grid-Chanuka</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="root" class="grid">
<div id="top_clear_row" class="toprow"></div>
<div id="flame_1" class="flame"></div>
<div id="flame_2" class="flame"></div>
<div id="flame_3" class="flame"></div>
<div id="flame_4" class="flame"></div>
<div id="flame_5_center" class="flame"></div>
<div id="flame_6" class="flame"></div>
<div id="flame_7" class="flame"></div>
<div id="flame_8" class="flame"></div>
<div id="flame_9" class="flame"></div>
<div id="cup_1" class="cup"></div>
<div id="cup_2" class="cup"></div>
<div id="cup_3" class="cup"></div>
<div id="cup_4" class="cup"></div>
<div id="cup_5_center" class="cup"></div>
<div id="cup_6" class="cup"></div>
<div id="cup_7" class="cup"></div>
<div id="cup_8" class="cup"></div>
<div id="cup_9" class="cup"></div>
<div id="sphere_1" class="sphere"></div>
<div id="sphere_2" class="sphere"></div>
<div id="sphere_3" class="sphere"></div>
<div id="sphere_4" class="sphere"></div>
<div id="sphere_5_center" class="sphere"></div>
<div id="sphere_6" class="sphere"></div>
<div id="sphere_7" class="sphere"></div>
<div id="sphere_8" class="sphere"></div>
<div id="sphere_9" class="sphere"></div>
<div id="stick_1" class="stick"></div>
<div id="stick_2" class="stick"></div>
<div id="stick_3" class="stick"></div>
<div id="stick_4" class="stick"></div>
<div id="stick_5_center" class="stick"></div>
<div id="stick_6" class="stick"></div>
<div id="stick_7" class="stick"></div>
<div id="stick_8" class="stick"></div>
<div id="stick_9" class="stick"></div>
<div id="crossBarL" class="left"></div>
<div id="crossBar" class="crossbar"></div>
<div id="crossBarR" class="right"></div>
<div id="baseId" class="base"></div>
<div id="shaftId" class="shaft"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
For more learning and information, be sure to check out these links:
- https://labs.jensimmons.com/
- https://gridbyexample.com/
- LayoutLand
- http://www.csstutorial.org/css-grid-tutorial.html
Happily Holidays!
Top comments (3)
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This is awesome! I'm trying to get more practice with Grid so I'll definitely be playing with this. Would be a fun way to "light" a candle each night.
I published this to github pages for you enjoyment: hey68you.github.io/css3_grid_chanu...