CSS Flashcards
What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?
Selector
Declaration Block
Property
Value
In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?
.class{}
elements.class{}
In CSS, how do you select elements by their tag name?
tag{}
In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?
id{}
What CSS properties make up the box model?
border
margin
padding
content
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
What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?
They allow to change the appearance when a user is interacting with them
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?
Horizontal
What is the default flex-wrap of a flex container?
No-Wrap
What are all of justify-content values?
flex-start (items align to left)
flex-end (items align to right)
center (items align to center)
space-between (items have equal spacing)
space-around (items have spacing around them)
space-evenly (container and items spaced evenly)
Why do two div elements “vertically stack” on one another by default?
Because they are block level elements
What is the default flex-direction of an element with display: flex?
Horizontal
What are the three primary components of a page layout? (Which helper classes do you need?)
Row
Column
Container
What is the minimum number of columns that you should put in a row?
1
What is the purpose of a container?
They will hold columns and rows
What is the default value for the position property of HTML elements?
Static
How does setting position: relative on an element affect document flow?
It doesn’t
How does setting position: relative on an element affect where it appears on the page?
It doesn’t it’ll still be relative to where it would’ve been
How does setting position: absolute on an element affect document flow?
It gets removed from the document flow
How does setting position: absolute on an element affect where it appears on the page?
It ignores the space it would be taking up
How do you constrain an absolutely positioned element to a containing block?
By setting a relative
What are the four box offset properties?
Top
Right
Bottom
Left
z-index
A z-index will allow you to determine how containers are stacked
What does the term “source order” mean with respect to CSS?
The order CSS gets applied
How is it possible for the styles of an element to be applied to its children as well without an additional CSS rule?
inheritance
Why is using !important considered bad practice?
It reverses the cascade order of the stylesheet
What are the four components of “the Cascade”.
Source Order
Inheritance
Specificity
!importance
What does the transform property do?
It lets you rotate, scale, skew, or translate an element.
Give four examples of CSS transform functions.
rotate()
scale()
matrix()
translate()
Give four examples of CSS transform functions.
rotate()
scale()
matrix()
translate()
The transition property is shorthand for which four CSS properties?
delay
duration
timing-function
property
Give two examples of media features that you can query in an @media rule.
screen
width
Which HTML meta tag is used in mobile-responsive web pages?
<meta></meta>
What is a breakpoint in responsive Web design?
A point where you would want the @media to be applied
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?
Using percentages will give you a more accurate measurement
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?
All @mediia rules have the same weight so whatever is last takes the soruce
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?
All @mediia rules have the same weight so whatever is last takes the source order
