CSS Flashcards

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What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?

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selector, declaration block, block has property value pairs

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In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?

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. (dot)

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In CSS, how do you select elements by their type?

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element name

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In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?

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(pound or hashtag)

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5
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Name three different types of values you can use to specify colors in CSS.

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Color keyword, RGB color value, hexadecimal color value

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What CSS properties make up the box model?

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border, margin, padding, and the content (which incorporates width & height)

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Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?

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margin

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Which CSS property add space between a box’s content and its border?

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padding

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Which CSS property add space between a box’s content and its border?

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padding

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10
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What is a pseudo-class?

A

class that applies to an element in a certain state

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What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?

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event based styling

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12
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Name at least two units of type size in CSS.

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pixels and rem

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13
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What CSS property controls the font used for the text inside an element?

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font-family

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14
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What is the default flex-direction of a flex container?

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row

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What is the default flex-wrap of a flex container?

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nowrap

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Why do two div elements “vertically stack” on one another by default?

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because they’re block-level elements

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What is the default flex-direction of an element with display: flex?

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How does setting position: relative on an element affect document flow?

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does not affect document flow (doesn’t really ruin stuff)

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How does setting position: relative on an element affect where it appears on the page?

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will move in relation to its static original spot

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How does setting position: absolute on an element affect document flow?

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removed from document flow

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How does setting position: absolute on an element affect where it appears on the page?

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gets positioned with the nearest nonstatic ancestor

22
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How do you constrain an absolutely positioned element to a containing block?

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set nonstatic value

23
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What are the four box offset properties?

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top left bottom right

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What are the four components of “the Cascade”?

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source order, inheritance, specify, and !important

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What does the term "source order" mean with respect to CSS?
order The order CSS property sets the order to lay out an item in a flex or grid container. Items in a container are sorted by ascending order value and then by their source code order. Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/order
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How is it possible for the styles of an element to be applied to its children as well without an additional CSS rule?
inheritance
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List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.
name, class, id
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Why is using !important considered bad practice?
!important essentially ruins everything; !important is hard to overwrite the only way to supersede !important is with JavaScript
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What does the transform property do?
change how the element will visually represent itself on the page
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Give four examples of CSS transform functions.
rotate, skew, matrix, and translate
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The transition property is shorthand for which four CSS properties?
property, duration, timing, delay
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Give two examples of media features that you can query in an @media rule.
min-width & max-width
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What is a breakpoint in responsive Web design?
point where the media query takes effect
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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?
you wouldn't have to do media queries for every pixel value overall
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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?
due to source order media queries are reliant on source order