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diff --git a/build/css-slope-graphs/index.html b/build/css-slope-graphs/index.html index e4e2bd8..6fbfd97 100644 --- a/build/css-slope-graphs/index.html +++ b/build/css-slope-graphs/index.html @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ <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 Slope Graphs</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;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> +<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> @@ -16,23 +17,14 @@ <main> <h1 id="css-slope-graphs">CSS Slope Graphs</h1> - <p>2021-06-07</p> - <p><em>I am a huge sucker for simplistic and beautifully designed visual data on the web</em>. Most data tends to be graphed via line or bar systems - which is fine - but I think slope graphs are highly underrated. Let’s change that, shall we?</p> - <h2 id="the-demo">The Demo</h2> - <p>I’m basing this demo off the design patterns found in <a href="https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi">Edward Tufte’s visualization work</a>, specifically his slope graph designs:</p> - <p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/jOBzXMe">Live CodePen Example</a></p> - <h2 id="the-html">The HTML</h2> - <p>For this concept we will actually be building this graph out of <code>tables</code> - crazy, right? The greatest benefit of rendering all the data inside of a <code>table</code> element is the ability to easily support smaller screens and mobile devices. Larger viewports will get to see the pretty slope graph, while those below a certain threshold will view a simple table.</p> - <p>(But more on that in the CSS section)</p> - <pre><code><p>Sales of the leading frozen pizza brands of the United States from 2011 to 2017 (in million US dollars) <br><em>Source: Statisa 2018</em></p> <table> <thead> @@ -71,13 +63,9 @@ </tbody> </table> </code></pre> - <p>As you can see, nothing too fancy is happpening here. Pay close attention to the <code>data-set</code> and <code>data-name</code> variables though - those will be important for the CSS portion of this design, mainly the rendering of the line elements.</p> - <h2 id="the-css">The CSS</h2> - <p>To avoid overwhelming your brain all-at-once, let’s break the CSS down into bite-sized chunks, starting with the base styling:</p> - <pre><code>@import url('https://opentype.netlify.com/et-book/index.css'); * { box-sizing: border-box; @@ -107,11 +95,8 @@ table { width: 100%; } </code></pre> - <p>Pretty basic stuff.</p> - <p>Now we need to design how our slope graph will look on larger screens / desktops. For this instance, we will target these larger devices with a <code>min-width</code> media query of <code>800px</code>. The rest of the CSS might look a little confusing but I assure you it is quite simple.</p> - <ol> <li><p>On larger devices we hide the first <code>thead tr th</code> element with <code>display: none</code></p></li> <li><p>The first and second <code>td</code> elements inside each <code>tbody</code> row need to be set as <code>position: absolute</code> to avoid duplicate content</p></li> @@ -119,14 +104,12 @@ table { <li><p>Remember that <code>data-set</code> variable? We now use that for our <code>:before</code> pseudo element for <code>table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(1)</code></p></li> <li><p>Remember that <code>data-name</code> variable? We now use that for our <code>:before</code> pseudo element for <code>table tbody tr td:nth-of-type(3)</code></p></li> <li><p>After that, you can see the simple customization we include to render the angle / position of the slope lines and the corresponding labels</p> - <p>@media(min-width:800px) { table { display: block; position: relative; margin-bottom: 25rem; }</p> - <pre><code>table thead th { border-bottom: 1px solid lightgrey; font-size: 24px; @@ -217,12 +200,9 @@ tbody tr:nth-child(5):after { width: 56%; } </code></pre> - <p>}</p></li> </ol> - <p>All that’s left are some minor styles to make everything look nice on mobile:</p> - <pre><code>@media(max-width:800px) { p { margin: 2rem 0; @@ -236,11 +216,8 @@ tbody tr:nth-child(5):after { } } </code></pre> - <h2 id="not-the-most-practical">Not the most practical</h2> - <p>This slope graph concept is far from perfect for use in real-world situations. The fact that you need to manually render each point of data yourself makes this implementation quite annoying for more in-depth projects.</p> - <p>But it was fun to mess around with and create, so who cares!</p> <footer role="contentinfo"> <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> |