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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 id="the-comparison">The Comparison</h2> +<p>Let’s take a look at the original Dribbble shot:</p> +<p>And now let’s see what we will be creating with only HTML & CSS:</p> +<p>Like I said - far from perfect but still a fun experiment!</p> +<h2 id="the-html">The HTML</h2> +<p>Let’s jump right in and build out the main skeleton of our project:</p> +<pre><code><div class="white-square"></div> +<div class="blue-square"> + <div class="row"> + <div class="item"></div> + <div class="item"></div> + </div> + <div class="row"> + <div class="item"></div> + <div class="item"></div> + </div> + <div class="row"> + <div class="item"></div> + <div class="item"></div> + </div> + <div class="row"> + <div class="item"></div> + <div class="item"></div> + </div> + <div class="row"> + <div class="item"></div> + <div class="item"></div> + </div> + <div class="row"> + <div class="item"></div> + <div class="item"></div> + </div> + <div class="row"> + <div class="item"></div> + <div class="item"></div> + </div> +</div> +<div class="play-button"> + <div class="triangle"></div> +</div> +</code></pre> +<ul> +<li><p>The <code>white-square</code> element is the white, rounded square in the background</p></li> +<li><p>The <code>blue-square</code> is the main blue square of the icon</p></li> +<li><p>The <code>row</code> elements inside the <code>blue-square</code> will be our individual <em>lines</em> spread across the icon</p></li> +<li><p>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></li> +</ul> +<h2 id="the-css">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 id="defaults-the-white-square">Defaults & the White Square</h3> +<pre><code>* { + box-sizing: border-box; +} +:root { + --row-distance: 42px; +} + +.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 id="targeting-the-inner-rows">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 id="the-play-button">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 & 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! 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