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diff --git a/build/jsincss-parent-selector/index.html b/build/jsincss-parent-selector/index.html index 412586d..6de6405 100644 --- a/build/jsincss-parent-selector/index.html +++ b/build/jsincss-parent-selector/index.html @@ -1,52 +1,67 @@ <!doctype html> -<html lang="en" id="top"> +<html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> <title>Using Parent Selectors in CSS</title> - <link href="https://bt.ht/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> - <style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{overflow:auto;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}</style> + <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> </head> <nav> - <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> + <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> </nav> <main> -<h1>Using Parent Selectors in CSS</h1> +<h1 id="using-parent-selectors-in-css">Using Parent Selectors in CSS</h1> + <p>2018-12-19</p> -<p>I recently saw a Twitter thread posted by <a href="https://twitter.com/innovati/status/1068998114491678720">Tommy Hodgins</a> on implementing highly requested styling features in CSS with only a minimal amount of JavaScript. Many of his examples are great, but the <code>parent</code> selector instantly peaked my interest.</p> -<p>Being able to target an element's parent always becomes a minor annoyance (since vanilla CSS does not support it) - so you always end up having to do something a little ugly like:</p> -<pre><code>var el = document.getElementById('custom-div'); + +<p>I recently saw a Twitter thread posted by Tommy Hodgins on implementing highly requested styling features in CSS with only a minimal amount of JavaScript. Many of his examples are great, but the <code>parent</code> selector instantly peaked my interest.</p> + +<p>Being able to target an element’s parent always becomes a minor annoyance (since vanilla CSS does not support it) - so you always end up having to do something a little ugly like:</p> + +<pre><code>var el = document.getElementById('custom-div'); var parent = el.closest(selectors); </code></pre> + <p>And then add any custom styling to the parent element directly in JavaScript - or toggle a class which opens a whole other can of worms.</p> -<h2>Save the day with <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsincss-parent-selector">jsincss-parent-selector</a> and <a href="https://github.com/tomhodgins/qaffeine">qaffeine</a></h2> -<p>By using the <code>jsincss-parent-selector</code> and <code>qaffeine</code> plugins we can target an element's parent in CSS without breaking a sweat. Let's break it down:</p> -<h3>Import the packages</h3> + +<h2 id="save-the-day-with-jsincss-parent-selector-and-qaffeine">Save the day with jsincss-parent-selector and qaffeine</h2> + +<p>By using the <code>jsincss-parent-selector</code> and <code>qaffeine</code> plugins we can target an element’s parent in CSS without breaking a sweat. Let’s break it down:</p> + +<h3 id="import-the-packages">Import the packages</h3> + <pre><code>npm install jsincss-parent-selector qaffeine </code></pre> -<h3>HTML (ex. index.html)</h3> + +<h3 id="html-ex.-index.html">HTML (ex. index.html)</h3> + <p>Now we add our very simple HTML skeleton:</p> -<pre><code><!doctype html> -<html> - <head> - <link rel="stylesheet" href="output.css"> - </head> - <body> - <header> - <main> - <h2>This is a header</h2> - </main> - </header> - </body> - <script src=output.js></script> -</html> + +<pre><code><!doctype html> +<html> + <head> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="output.css"> + </head> + <body> + <header> + <main> + <h2>This is a header</h2> + </main> + </header> + </body> + <script src=output.js></script> +</html> </code></pre> -<h3>JavaScript (ex. input.js)</h3> -<pre><code>const qaffeine = require('qaffeine') -const parent = require('jsincss-parent-selector') + +<h3 id="javascript-ex.-input.js">JavaScript (ex. input.js)</h3> + +<pre><code>const qaffeine = require('qaffeine') +const parent = require('jsincss-parent-selector') qaffeine( { @@ -55,12 +70,14 @@ qaffeine( parent } }, -'input.css', -'output.js', -'output.css' +'input.css', +'output.js', +'output.css' ) </code></pre> -<h3>CSS (ex. input.css)</h3> + +<h3 id="css-ex.-input.css">CSS (ex. input.css)</h3> + <pre><code>header { display: block; } @@ -68,7 +85,8 @@ main[--js-parent] { background: blue; } </code></pre> -<p>Then simply run <code>node</code> against your <code>js</code> file. That's it! I would also suggest checking out Tommy's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG8cLe7VbW0">video covering this topic</a> if you prefer to follow along.</p> + +<p>Then simply run <code>node</code> against your <code>js</code> file. That’s it! I would also suggest checking out Tommy’s video covering this topic if you prefer to follow along.</p> <footer role="contentinfo"> <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> <ul id="menu"> |