CSS Flashcards
What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?
selector and declaration block (property & value)
In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?
dot and whatever class name
In CSS, how do you select elements by their type?
by node name or element type
In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?
pound or hashtag followed by id name
Name three different types of values you can use to specify colors in CSS.
color-names, hex codes, or rgb values
What CSS properties make up the box model?
border, margin, padding, actual content (width, height)
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 selector that selects elements that are in a specific state
What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?
For style and accessibility.
Name at least two units of type size in CSS.
px, ems, 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 it’s a block
What is the default flex-direction of an element with display: flex?
row
What are the four components of “the Cascade”.
Source order
Specificity
Inheritance
Importance
What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?
the order that your CSS rules are written in your stylesheet.
How is it possible for the styles of an element to be applied to its children as well without an additional CSS rule?
the inheritance selector
List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.
type, class, ID,
Why is using !important considered bad practice?
it’ll make debugging hell, it ruins everything
What does the transform property do?
The transform property applies a 2D or 3D transformation to an element.
Give four examples of CSS transform functions.
matrix, rotate, scale, translate, skew
The transition property is shorthand for which four CSS properties?
transition-property , transition-duration , transition-timing-function , transition-delay .
