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| author | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-07-02 14:22:21 -0400 |
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| committer | Bradley Taunt <bt@btxx.org> | 2024-07-02 14:22:21 -0400 |
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diff --git a/build/current-color/index.html b/build/current-color/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0289909 --- /dev/null +++ b/build/current-color/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<!doctype html> +<html lang="en"> +<head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light"> + <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> + <title>CSS Value: `currentColor`</title> + <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> + <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> +<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}blockquote{background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-left:4px solid;padding-left:5px;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> +</head> + +<nav> + <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> +</nav> + +<main> +<h1 id="css-value-">CSS Value: <code>currentColor</code></h1> +<p>2019-04-13</p> +<p><em>There are a large number of nuanced and mostly unheard of</em> CSS value types, but today we are going to focus on <code>currentColor</code>. So what is the <code>currentColor</code> value type anyway?</p> +<blockquote> +<p>The currentColor value type will apply the existing color value to other properties like background-color, etc.</p> +</blockquote> +<h2 id="see-it-in-action">See it in action</h2> +<p>Let’s assume with have a single div with the following properties:</p> +<pre><code>div { + color: dodgerblue; +} +</code></pre> +<p>If we wanted to use that same color for other properties on elements inside that initial <code>div</code>, it’s simple - we just need to call <code>currentColor</code> like so:</p> +<pre><code>div { + color: dodgerblue; +} + +div header { + background-color: currentColor; +} + +div a { + border-bottom: 1px solid currentColor; +} +</code></pre> +<p><strong>Sidenote</strong>: If you re-declare the default <code>color</code> property further along in your CSS, the <code>currentColor</code> value will update according to the last color set.</p> +<p>And that’s it. Best of all, this value type is supported across all major browsers!</p> +<footer role="contentinfo"> + <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> + <ul id="menu"> + <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> + <li><a href="/projects">Projects</a></li> + <li><a href="/uses">Uses</a></li> + <li><a href="/wiki">Wiki</a></li> + <li><a href="/resume">Resume</a></li> + <li><a href="/colophon">Colophon</a></li> + <li><a href="/now">Now</a></li> + <li><a href="/donate">Donate</a></li> + <li><a href="/atom.xml">RSS</a></li> + <li><a href="#top">↑ Top of the page</a></li> + </ul> + <small> + Built with <a href="https://barf.btxx.org">barf</a>. <br> + Feeds: <a href="/atom.xml">Atom</a> & <a href="/rss.xml">RSS</a><br> + Maintained with ♥ for the web. <br> + Proud supporter of <a href="https://usefathom.com/ref/DKHJVX">Fathom</a> & <a href="https://nextdns.io/?from=74d3p3h8">NextDNS</a>. <br> + The content for this site is <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC-BY-SA</a>.<br> The <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bt/bt.ht">code for this site</a> is <a href="https://git.sr.ht/~bt/bt.ht/tree/master/item/LICENSE">MIT</a>. + </small> +</footer>
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