CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is the magic ingredient that breathes life into the raw structure of HTML, transforming it into visually captivating and user-friendly interfaces. While the core concepts of CSS are relatively easy to grasp, mastering its nuances takes dedication and practice. But the rewards are substantial.
With CSS proficiency, you gain the power to craft websites that not only boast stunning aesthetics but also prioritize user experience by ensuring intuitive navigation, clear information hierarchy, and overall visual coherence. This not only enhances the user’s journey through your website but also fosters trust and engagement, ultimately contributing to your website’s success.
You don’t need to write the styling for each and every HTML element. Your CSS makes your HTML code smaller. You will find that it’s easy to create a beautiful design for your website. It’s not easy to write the perfect CSS but if you’re a master in it then surely you will save a lot of time. Also, you won’t have to discuss the thing with the designers.
In this blog, we will discuss some tricks of CSS that will help you in writing good CSS for your project. Following these tricks will make you a better developer…
Trick 1: Make Your Button Perfect
Buttons are the common elements of every web application. Whether you need to submit a form, redirect to a different page, buy an item, or send an email, in most cases, you will be using buttons to achieve these tasks. No matter what buttons grab the attention of users, it is important to make your button perfect. Different programmers follow different approaches to get the same result. A similar thing happens in CSS. Below are some tips to make your button perfect…
- Size: The area should be at least 40×40 px to make your button clickable on mobile devices.
- Box-shadow: Add a box-shadow to create a depth effect for your button.
- Min-width: When you see the text is too short in your button, add the min-width for the minimum size of the button. To align your text in the center use the text-align: center property in CSS.
- Hover: You hover the property of CSS to make your button interactive. This will grab the user’s attention. Hover change the color of the button when you hover your mouse over it. It grabs the attention of the user easily.
- Transitions: Adding a transition of colors, add an extra touch.
- Round Corners: It is optional, but rounded corner buttons also grab the attention of users.
- Line height: To vertically center the text in a button with padding use line height. Line height sets the space between the lines in the case of a single line and the element with a display. An example is given below…
CSS
.button {
margin: 30px;
line-height: 60px;
min-width: 160px;
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
background-color: #FD310F;
border-radius: 4px;
text-align: center;
border: 0;
cursor: pointer;
color: #fff;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
transition: background-color 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.button:hover {
background-color: #0000ff;
}
Trick 2: Button Bars
You group the buttons with different actions in the button bar. In this group of buttons, the total number of buttons or the size of the buttons becomes confusing for developers. For different buttons you may need different designs, here writing the CSS becomes difficult for you. You can’t be flexible in this case. To solve this issue you can write the code given below…
HTML
<div class="button-bar">
<button>Add to Cart</button>
<button>Buy Now</button>
</div>
CSS
.button-bar {
background-color: #00FF00;
padding: 0 7px;
text-align: right;
}
.button-bar button {
margin: 20px 12px;
display: inline-block;
}
