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+<h1>Create a Mac App Icon with Pure HTML and CSS</h1>
+<p>2021-04-13</p>
+<p>I have always been a huge fan of <a href="https://dribbble.com/bg-d">Bogdan's work on Dribbble</a> and was recently inspired to see if I could replicate one of his awesome icon designs with only HTML &amp; CSS. What was the outcome? I think it's a half-way decent copy - of course the original will always look significantly better.</p>
+<p>Don't care about reading through the tutorial? No problem! You can <a href="#demo">jump right down to the live demo</a></p>
+<h2>The Comparison</h2>
+<p>Let's take a look at the original Dribbble shot:</p>
+<p><figure>
+ <img src="/public/images/e54ac9b2850f786471d7790bec3844a6.webp" alt="Big Sur Icon">
+ <figcaption>The original Dribbble shot (<a href="/public/images/e54ac9b2850f786471d7790bec3844a6.webp">direct link to image</a>)</figcaption>
+</figure></p>
+<p>And now let's see what we will be creating with only HTML &amp; CSS:</p>
+<p><figure>
+ <img src="/public/images/big-sur-css.webp" alt="Big Sur Icon">
+ <figcaption>What we are going to create with pure HTML &amp; CSS (<a href="/public/images/big-sur-css.webp">direct link to image</a>)</figcaption>
+</figure></p>
+<p>Like I said - far from perfect but still a fun experiment!</p>
+<h2>The HTML</h2>
+<p>Let's jump right in and build out the main skeleton of our project:</p>
+<pre><code>&lt;div class=&quot;white-square&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;div class=&quot;blue-square&quot;&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;row&quot;&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;row&quot;&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;row&quot;&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;row&quot;&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;row&quot;&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;row&quot;&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;row&quot;&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;item&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+ &lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;div class=&quot;play-button&quot;&gt;
+ &lt;div class=&quot;triangle&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
+&lt;/div&gt;
+</code></pre>
+<p> - The <code>white-square</code> element is the white, rounded square in the background
+ - The <code>blue-square</code> is the main blue square of the icon
+ - The <code>row</code> elements inside the <code>blue-square</code> will be our individual <em>lines</em> spread across the icon
+ - The <code>play-button</code> is obviously - the play button</p>
+<p> Right now it will look like nothing, but we can change that by adding the most important part...</p>
+<h2>The CSS</h2>
+<p>Pasting the entire CSS styling here would end up looking a little daunting. Instead, I'm just going to breakdown each individual section to make things more digestible.</p>
+<h3>Defaults &amp; the White Square</h3>
+<pre><code>* {
+ box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+:root {
+ --row-distance: 42px;
+}
+</code></pre>
+<pre><code>.white-square {
+ background: white;
+ border-radius: 105px;
+ box-shadow: inset 0 -5px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.25), 0 12px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.15), 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
+ height: 420px;
+ left: 165px;
+ position: absolute;
+ transform: rotate(-8deg);
+ top: 95px;
+ width: 420px;
+}
+</code></pre>
+<p>See that <code>--row-distance</code> variable? That will come into play a bit later. For now, we want to lay the Blue Square on top of this newly creating White Square:</p>
+<pre><code>.blue-square {
+ background: linear-gradient(#04BDFD 0%, #0585E4 100%);
+ border-radius: 105px;
+ box-shadow: inset 0 5px 8px rgba(255,255,255,0.5), inset 0 -5px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.32), 0 12px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.18), 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);
+ height: 420px;
+ left: 205px;
+ padding: 75px 0 0;
+ position: absolute;
+ top: 75px;
+ width: 420px;
+}
+</code></pre>
+<h2>Targeting the Inner Rows</h2>
+<p>So far so good. The next part <em>looks</em> like a lot, but I assure you it's fairly straightforward. We need to include each row inside the Blue Square like in the original Dribbble shot (7 total). First we start with the parent <code>row</code> styling:</p>
+<pre><code>.blue-square .row {
+ display: flex;
+ height: 20px;
+ justify-content: space-between;
+ padding: 0 55px;
+ position: absolute;
+ width: 100%;
+}
+</code></pre>
+<p>Now we style each individual row item via the <code>nth-of-type</code> attribute:</p>
+<pre><code>.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(2) { margin-top: var(--row-distance); }
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(2) .item:nth-of-type(odd) {
+ width: 85px;
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(2) .item:nth-of-type(even) {
+ width: calc(100% - 100px);
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(3) { margin-top: calc(var(--row-distance) * 2); }
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(3) .item:nth-of-type(odd) {
+ width: 115px;
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(3) .item:nth-of-type(even) {
+ width: calc(100% - 130px);
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(4) { margin-top: calc(var(--row-distance) * 3); }
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(4) .item:nth-of-type(odd) {
+ width: 185px;
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(4) .item:nth-of-type(even) {
+ width: calc(100% - 200px);
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(5) { margin-top: calc(var(--row-distance) * 4); width: calc(100% - 115px); }
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(5) .item:nth-of-type(odd) {
+ width: 105px;
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(5) .item:nth-of-type(even) {
+ width: calc(100% - 120px);
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(6) { margin-top: calc(var(--row-distance) * 5); width: calc(100% - 140px); }
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(6) .item:nth-of-type(odd) {
+ width: 65px;
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(6) .item:nth-of-type(even) {
+ width: calc(100% - 80px);
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(7) { margin-top: calc(var(--row-distance) * 6); width: calc(100% - 160px); }
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(7) .item:nth-of-type(odd) {
+ width: 40px;
+}
+.blue-square .row:nth-of-type(7) .item:nth-of-type(even) {
+ width: calc(100% - 55px);
+}
+.blue-square .row .item {
+ background: white;
+ border-radius: 20px;
+ box-shadow: inset 0 -2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.06), inset 0 2px 4px rgba(255,255,255,0.1), 0 4px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
+ width: 40px;
+}
+.blue-square .row .item:nth-of-type(even) {
+ background: #3FC0F5;
+ width: calc(100% - 55px);
+}
+</code></pre>
+<p>Take a few moments to read everything over - it will help you better understand what's going on. Basically, we are adding two inner elements to each row element. We calculate the <code>margin-top</code> distance by using that <code>--row-distance</code> variable I mentioned earlier. The inner elements are then styled based on their placement inside the row (<code>nth-of-type</code>).</p>
+<h3>The Play Button</h3>
+<p>Now we finish things off with a much simpler element to style:</p>
+<pre><code>.play-button {
+ backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
+ border-radius: 9999px;
+ box-shadow: inset 0 4px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.3), inset 0 20px 15px rgba(255,255,255,0.6), 0 8px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.1), 0 4px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.05);
+ height: 220px;
+ overflow: hidden;
+ position: absolute;
+ right: 140px;
+ top: 320px;
+ width: 220px;
+}
+.play-button::before {
+ background: rgba(255,255,255,0.9);
+ border-radius: 9999px;
+ content:'';
+ filter: blur(40px);
+ height: 150%;
+ left: -25%;
+ opacity: 0.8;
+ position: absolute;
+ top: -25%;
+ width: 150%;
+}
+
+.triangle {
+ position: absolute;
+ left: calc(50% - 2em);
+ background-color: #315074;
+ top: calc(50% - 2.1em);
+ text-align: left;
+}
+.triangle:before,
+.triangle:after {
+ content: '';
+ position: absolute;
+ background-color: inherit;
+}
+.triangle,
+.triangle:before,
+.triangle:after {
+ width: 3.2em;
+ height: 3.2em;
+ border-top-right-radius: 30%;
+}
+
+.triangle {
+ transform: rotate(-90deg) skewX(-30deg) scale(1,.866);
+}
+.triangle:before {
+ transform: rotate(-135deg) skewX(-45deg) scale(1.414,.707) translate(0,-50%);
+}
+.triangle:after {
+ transform: rotate(135deg) skewY(-45deg) scale(.707,1.414) translate(50%);
+}
+</code></pre>
+<p>Thanks to <a href="https://m.nintendojo.fr/@meduz/106059826445460903">meduz</a> for pointing out the <code>backdrop-filter</code> property. This allows for a frosted glass look on Chromium &amp; Safari (although sadly not on Firefox). The <code>triangle</code> element could also be improved by using an embedded <code>SVG</code> but I was determined to use only CSS for this experiment :P</p>
+<p>That's really all there is to it! You can see the embedded CodePen example below or <a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/bGgBRaV">check it out directly here &amp;rarr;</a></p>
+<hr />
+<h3>Special Thanks</h3>
+<p>Thanks to Bogdan for letting me butcher the original Dribbble shot :D</p>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://bg-d.net/">bg-d.net</a></li>
+<li><a href="https://dribbble.com/bg-d">Bogdan on Dribbble</a></li>
+</ul>
+<hr />
+<p><h2 id="demo">Live Demo (CodePen)</h2></p>
+<p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/bGgBRaV">Live CodePen Demo</a></p>
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