CSS Flashcards
What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?
a selector, a declaration block and properties
In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?
type a dot followed by the name of the class
In CSS, how do you select elements by their type?
by their element names
In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?
type a hashtag followed by the id of the element
Name three different types of values you can use to specify colors in CSS.
rgb values
hex codes
color names
What CSS properties make up the box model?
padding box
border box
margin box
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?
a keyword added to a selector that specifies a special state of the selected element(s).
What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?
applying styling based on user actions
Name at least two units of type size in CSS.
pixels
percentages
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?
nowrap
Why do two div elements “vertically stack” on one another by default?
because they’re block elements
What is the default flex-direction of an element with display: flex?
row
What is the default value for the position property of HTML elements?
static
How does setting position: relative on an element affect document flow?
moves the item it was applied to, but doesn’t affect the rest of the document
How does setting position: relative on an element affect where it appears on the page?
makes the element position relative to where it would be normally in the document
How does setting position: absolute on an element affect document flow?
is is removed from the document entirely
How does setting position: absolute on an element affect where it appears on the page?
it sits on its own layer separate from everything else
How do you constrain an absolutely positioned element to a containing block?
relative
What are the four box offset properties?
top, right, left, bottom
