CSSBattle | #18 Matrix

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In this short article, I go through my solution for CSSBattle - #18 Matrix challenge. Please refer to the code snippet below to get a better insight into my thought processes and the implementation detail.

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Challenge:

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Solution:

<div class="container">
  <div class="box bg-orange"></div>
  <div class="box bg-lightyellow"></div>
  <div class="box bg-orange"></div>
  <div class="box bg-lightyellow"></div>
  <div class="box bg-lightyellow"></div>
  <div class="box bg-orange"></div>
  <div class="box bg-lightyellow"></div>
  <div class="box bg-orange"></div>
  <div class="box bg-orange"></div>
  <div class="box bg-lightyellow"></div>
  <div class="box bg-orange"></div>
  <div class="box bg-lightyellow"></div>
</div>

<style>
  * {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
  }
  .container {
    height: 100vh;
    width: 100vw;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-rows: repeat(3, calc(320px / 4));
    grid-template-columns: repeat(4, calc(320px / 4));
    grid-gap: 20px;
    padding: 10px;
    background: #5C434C;
  }
  .box {
    border-top-left-radius: 100%;
  }
  .bg-orange {
    background: #F09462;
  }
  .bg-lightyellow {
    background: #F5D6B4;
  }
</style>

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Key Takeaway(s):

• using display: grid to align contents both horizontally and vertically at the same time
• using grid-gap property to create equal spacing between all the grid elements

As always, I welcome any feedback or questions regarding the implementation detail of the challenge. Otherwise, I hope this was useful!

Comments

[Steven Crocker]

The solution I came up with, also using grid and nth-child selectors

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<style>
  body{
    background: #5c434c;
    margin: 10px;
    display: grid;
    grid: 1fr 1fr 1fr / 80px;
    grid-auto-flow: column;
    gap: 20px;
  }
  i{
    background: #f09462;
    border-radius: 100% 0 0;
  }
  i:nth-child(2n){
    background: #f5d6b4
  }
</style>

[joaaoneto]

body{
margin: 10px 10px;
background: #5C434C;
}
div {
width: 80px;
height: 80px;
background: #F09462;
border-radius: 100% 0 0;
box-shadow: 100px 0 #F5D6B4, 200px 0 #F09462, 300px 0 #F5D6B4, 0 100px #F5D6B4, 100px 100px #F09462, 200px 100px #F5D6B4, 300px 100px #F09462, 0px 200px #F09462, 100px 200px #F5D6B4, 200px 200px #F09462, 300px 200px #F5D6B4
}

it can be also be made just with box-shadows, im just started coding, so im trying this challenges with the most easy for me