CSS Flashcards
What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?
Selector declaration block property value
In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?
.classname
In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?
idname
In CSS, how do you select elements by their type?
elementname
Name three different types of values you can use to specify colors in CSS.
color names hexcodes rgb
What CSS properties make up the box model?
padding border margin
Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?
Margin
Which CSS property add space between a box’s content and its border?
Padding
What is a pseudo-class?
specifies a special state of an element
What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?
more direct and efficient
Name at least two units of type size in CSS.
px rem
What CSS property controls the font used for the text inside an element?
font family
What is the default flex-direction of a flex container?
row
What is the default flex-wrap of a flex container?
no wrap
Why do two div elements “vertically stack” on one another by default?
theyre block elements
What is the default flex-direction of an element with display: flex?
horizontal/row
What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?
styling that is lower in the styling sheet takes priority
How is it possible for the styles of an element to be applied to its children as well without an additional CSS rule?
inheritance where child can use styling from parent elements if it hast been used
List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.
type class id
Why is using !important considered bad practice?
no reason for it
What does the transform property do?
rotate scale skew or translate an image
Give four examples of CSS transform functions.
rotate scale skew or translate matrix
The transition property is shorthand for which four CSS properties?
transition-delay
transition-duration
transition-property
transition-timing-function
Give two examples of media features that you can query in an @media rule.
min-width,max-height
Which HTML meta tag is used in mobile-responsive web pages?
viewport
What is a breakpoint in responsive Web design?
when the content and design starts to adapt in a certain to fit the user experience
What is the advantage of using a percentage (e.g. 50%) width instead of a fixed (e.g. px) width for a “column” class in a responsive layout?
adapts to exact dimensions of page
If you introduce CSS rules for a smaller min-width after the styles for a larger min-width in your style sheet, the CSS rules for the smaller min-width will “win”. Why is that?
bottom would win cause of source order
