CSS Flashcards
What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?
selector, declaration, and inside declaration are property, value
In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?
.(class name)
In CSS, how do you select elements by their type?
element name {
}
In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?
(id name)
Name three different types of values you can use to specify colors in CSS.
color keywords, RGB, hex value
What CSS properties make up the box model?
margins, borders, padding, 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?
keyword added to a selector that specifies a special state of the selected element
What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?
applying styling under the influence of external factors (user interaction, html structure (eg striped table), etc)
Name two types of units that can be used to adjust font-size in CSS.
pixels, percentages, ems
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 (left to right)
What is the default flex-wrap of a flex container?
nowrap (default): all flex items will be on one line
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, left to right
What is the default value for the position property of HTML elements?
static
How does setting position: relative on an element affect document flow?
you can make changes to the element itself, but the neighboring elements is not affected
How does setting position: relative on an element affect where it appears on the page?
same
How does setting position: absolute on an element affect document flow?
it removes other elements to take that absolute position
How does setting position: absolute on an element affect where it appears on the page?
defaults to top left of the boundary (which is set by the ancestor element having relative position)
How do you constrain an absolutely positioned element to a containing block?
by setting an ancestor element as relative (or anything other than static)
What are the four box offset properties?
top, bottom, left, right
What are the four components of “the Cascade”.
Source Order, Inheritance, !Important, Specificity
