CSS Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

Selectors, Declaration or Declaration Block, Property, Value.

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2
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In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?

A

. follow the classname ie, .classname

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3
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In CSS, how do you select elements by their type?

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just put the element name, body { }

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4
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In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?

A

id

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

A

Color name, Hex Code, RGB

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6
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What CSS properties make up the box model?

A

Width, height, margin, padding, border.

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7
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Which CSS property pushes boxes away from each other?

A

margin

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8
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Which CSS property add space between a box’s content and its border?

A

padding

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9
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What is a pseudo-class?

A

selectors that help changes the appearance of the page when the user is interacting with them.

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10
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What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?

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To put the focus on to certain thing that make the page feel more useable. ie making a button pressed more like a button press, or make the user typing easier to spot where they are.

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11
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Name two types of units that can be used to adjust font-size in CSS.

A

Pixel (px), ems

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12
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What CSS property controls the font used for the text inside an element?

A

font-family

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13
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What is the default flex-direction of a flex container?

A

row

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

A

no wrap

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15
Q

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

A

they are block level elements.

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16
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What is the default value for the position property of HTML elements?

A

Statics.

17
Q

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

A

no changes

18
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How does setting position: relative on an element affect where it appears on the page?

A

no changes

19
Q

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

A

it get ignored by everything on the page

20
Q

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

A

it sit in the top left corner of ancestor element with non static

21
Q

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

A

set the parent element to position relative

22
Q

What are the four box offset properties?

A

top, bottom, right, left

23
Q

What are the four components of “the Cascade”.

A

Source Order.
Inheritance.
Specificity.
!important.

24
Q

What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?

A

go in order of the listed item source file

25
Q

How is it possible for the styles of an element to be applied to its children as well without an additional CSS rule?

A

inheritance

26
Q

List the three selector types in order of increasing specificity.

A
element type
class
id
27
Q

Why is using !important considered bad practice?

A

bad practice and should be avoided because it makes debugging more difficult by breaking the natural cascading in your stylesheets. When two conflicting declarations with the !important rule are applied to the same element, the declaration with a greater specificity will be applied.

28
Q

What does the transform property do?

A

It add stylistic effect for object moving from one place to another

29
Q

Give four examples of CSS transform functions.

A

rotate()
translate()
skew()
scale()

30
Q

The transition property is shorthand for which four CSS properties?

A

transition-delay
transition-duration
transition-property
transition-timing-function

31
Q

Give two examples of media features that you can query in an @media rule.

A

min-width

max-width