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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/posts/super-mario-blocks-css/index.html b/build/posts/super-mario-blocks-css/index.html deleted file mode 100644 index 74277ef..0000000 --- a/build/posts/super-mario-blocks-css/index.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,229 +0,0 @@ -<!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>Super Mario Blocks in CSS</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="super-mario-blocks-in-css">Super Mario Blocks in CSS</h1> -<p>2019-02-15</p> -<p>Just because we can, let’s make a quick demo on how to build interactive elements based off the original Mario punch blocks.</p> -<p>What our final product will look like:</p> -<p><img src="/public/images/mario-block.png" alt="Mario blocks cretaed with CSS" /></p> -<p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/JjEPOVe">Live CodePen Example</a></p> -<h2 id="the-html">The HTML</h2> -<p>The set of Mario blocks doesn’t require a huge amount of effort for it’s <code>html</code> structure, we only need:</p> -<ul> -<li>Parent div for each block</li> -<li>Checkbox input</li> -<li>Checkbox label</li> -<li>Inner label divs to represent the block “dots”</li> -</ul> -<p><strong>Sidenote</strong>: This is only how <em>I</em> chose to add the inner dots to the Mario blocks. There are many other ways to create these, so please feel free to implement them however you see fit.</p> -<pre><code><!-- Main parent block --> -<div class="mario-block"> - - <!-- Checkbox input (disabled by default) --> - <input type="checkbox" id="1" disabled> - - <!-- Checkbox label --> - <label for="1"> - <!-- Inner dots for blocks --> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - </label> - -</div> -</code></pre> -<p>Now we just add as many default blocks we want, along with the interactive punch block (<code>.mario-block--question</code>):</p> -<pre><code><div class="mario-block"> - <input type="checkbox" id="1" disabled> - <label for="1"> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - </label> -</div> - -<div class="mario-block"> - <input type="checkbox" id="2" disabled> - <label for="2"> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - </label> -</div> - -<div class="mario-block mario-block--question"> - <input type="checkbox" id="3"> - <label for="3"> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="question-mark"></div> - </label> -</div> - -<div class="mario-block"> - <input type="checkbox" id="4" disabled> - <label for="4"> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - <div class="dot"></div> - </label> -</div> -</code></pre> -<h2 id="the-css">The CSS</h2> -<p>First we need to remove the default <code>checkbox</code> input styling and place all new styling on it’s corresponding <code>label</code>.</p> -<pre><code>/* Mario block parent div */ -.mario-block { - display: inline-block; - height: 80px; - margin-right: -7px; /* Fixes inline-block margin bug */ - position: relative; - width: 80px; -} - -/* Hide default checkbox input */ -.mario-block input { - position: absolute; - visibility: hidden; - z-index: -1; -} -</code></pre> -<p>Now to target the <code>label</code> elements found inside the block:</p> -<pre><code>/* Style checkbox label accordingly */ -.mario-block label { - background: #F88D2E; - border: 4px solid #070000; - box-shadow: inset -4px -4px 0 #965117, inset 4px 4px 0 #FAB89B; - display: block; - height: 100%; - position: relative; - width: 100%; -} -</code></pre> -<p>Next we style our included <code>.dots</code> elements to be placed in the four corners of each block:</p> -<pre><code>.mario-block .dot { - background: #070000; - height: 5px; - position: absolute; - width: 5px; -} -.mario-block .dot:nth-child(1) { - left: 4px; - top: 4px; -} -.mario-block .dot:nth-child(2) { - right: 4px; - top: 4px; -} -.mario-block .dot:nth-child(3) { - bottom: 4px; - left: 4px; -} -.mario-block .dot:nth-child(4) { - bottom: 4px; - right: 4px; -} -</code></pre> -<h3 id="punch-able-block">Punch-able block</h3> -<p>Now we need to include the “question mark” SVG and custom CSS for the interactive Mario block. You can download a copy of the custom <code>svg</code> question mark I created.</p> -<pre><code>.mario-block--question label { - cursor: pointer; -} -.mario-block--question .question-mark { - background-image: url('/public/images/mario-block-question-mark.svg'); - background-position: center; - background-repeat: no-repeat; - background-size: 40px; - bottom: 0; - left: 0; - position: absolute; - right: 0; - top: 0; - z-index: 1; -} -</code></pre> -<h3 id="the-last-piece">The last piece</h3> -<p>The last item we need to design is the <code>checked</code> state of the interactive question mark block. The extra inner dark dashes will be added as <code>pseudo</code> elements:</p> -<pre><code>/* Mario block in `checked` state */ -.mario-block input:checked + label { - background: #885818; - box-shadow: inset -4px -4px 0 #68400B, inset 4px 4px 0 #FAB89B; -} - -/* Hide both the default dots and question mark svg on checked */ -.mario-block input:checked + label .dot, -.mario-block input:checked + label .question-mark { - display: none; -} - -/* Shared pseudo element styling */ -.mario-block input:checked + label:before, -.mario-block input:checked + label:after { - content: ''; - height: 20px; - position: absolute; - transform: rotate(45deg); - width: 20px; -} - -/* Right dash */ -.mario-block input:checked + label:before { - border-right: 4px solid #070000; - right: 18px; - top: 15px; - transform: rotate(45deg); -} - -/* Left dash */ -.mario-block input:checked + label:after { - border-left: 4px solid #070000; - left: 18px; - top: 15px; - transform: rotate(-45deg); -} -</code></pre> -<p>That’s it!</p> -<h2 id="taking-it-further">Taking it further</h2> -<p>As always, you can take this concept and flesh it out even further. 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