CSS Flashcards
What are the names of the individual pieces of a CSS rule?
A selector, declaration, property, value
In CSS, how do you select elements by their class attribute?
Period before the selector
In CSS, how do you select elements by their type?
Match the elements name
In CSS, how do you select an element by its id attribute?
Hash before the selector
Name three different types of values you can use to specify colors in CSS.
Name, RGB, Hex Code, RGBA, etc.
What CSS properties make up the box model?
padding, border, margin
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 CSS added keyword to a selector that specifies a certain state of that selected element
What are CSS pseudo-classes useful for?
They allow you to apply style that gives effect to elements
Name at least two units of type size in CSS.
em, px, 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, left to right
What is the default flex-wrap of a flex container?
nowrap
Why do two div elements “vertically stack” on one another by default?
because they are 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?
It does not
How does setting position: relative on an element affect where it appears on the page?
it does not affect where it is on the page at all, but it affects where the other elements get placed
How does setting position: absolute on an element affect document flow?
it no longer has a place in document flow
How does setting position: absolute on an element affect where it appears on the page?
it goes through each of its parent elements until it finds a parent element that is not static.
How do you constrain an absolutely positioned element to a containing block?
set the parent to relative
What are the four box offset properties?
top, right, bottom, left
What are the four components of “the Cascade”.
source order, specificity, inheritance, !important.