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+<h1 id="mini-interactive-keyboard-with-pure-css">Mini Interactive Keyboard with Pure CSS</h1>
+<p>2020-05-13</p>
+<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve become obsessed with trying to see what I can create using only HTML and CSS (besides websites of course). Since playing with the concept of <a href="https://uglyduck.ca/fake-3d-elements-with-css/">faking 3D elements</a>, I wanted to circle back around to an older CodePen I created: a mini, interactive undo keyboard.</p>
+<h2 id="see-it-in-action">See it in action</h2>
+<p>Below you can view a live demo of the mini keyboard itself. This demo is nothing special, but takes design inspiration from Apple&#8217;s magic keyboards (if that wasn&#8217;t already obvious).</p>
+<p><img src="/public/images/undo-keyboard.png" alt="Undo keyboard with two buttons to click" /></p>
+<p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/PadQMP">Live CodePen Example</a></p>
+<p>So now that we have seen what we plan to build, let&#8217;s break down the process of creating this stupid, fun project!</p>
+<h2 id="the-html">The HTML</h2>
+<p>The core skeleton of this project is very simple, since the keyboard consists of only 2 interactive buttons on top of a basic base element: </p>
+<ul>
+<li><p>Keyboard base</p></li>
+<li><p>Command button</p></li>
+<li><p>&#8216;Z&#8217; letter button</p></li>
+</ul>
+<h2 id="the-css">The CSS</h2>
+<p>Here is where all the magic happens. Let&#8217;s break these elements into their own sections, starting with the <strong>base styling</strong>:</p>
+<pre><code>&#47;* Custom typeface *&#47;
+@import url("https:&#47;&#47;fonts.googleapis.com&#47;css?family=Muli");
+
+&#47;* Basic layout styling *&#47;
+body {
+background: #d2dcff;
+margin: 80px 0 40px;
+}
+</code></pre>
+<p>We then tackle the basic <strong>keyboard base</strong> element:</p>
+<pre><code>.base {
+background: linear-gradient(180deg, #eee 0%, #d8d8d8 100%);
+border-radius: 20px;
+box-shadow: inset 0 3px 5px rgba(255,255,255,0.3), inset 0 1px 3px rgba(255,255,255,0.5), 0 10px 0 #afafaf;
+display: flex;
+height: 310px;
+margin: 0 auto;
+position: relative;
+width: 620px;
+}
+
+&#47;* This pseudo element is used for more realistic drop-shadows *&#47;
+.base:after {
+bottom: 0;
+box-shadow: 0 10px 80px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
+content: &#39;&#39;;
+height: 50px;
+left: 7.5%;
+position: absolute;
+width: 85%;
+z-index: -1;
+}
+</code></pre>
+<p>Next, we target all shared styles between the <strong>2 keyboard buttons</strong> to avoid repeating ourselves later on:</p>
+<pre><code>.command, .z {
+ -webkit-appearance: none;
+ background: linear-gradient(180deg, #fff 0%, #f2f2f2 100%);
+ border: 0;
+ border-radius: 20px;
+ box-shadow: inset 0 1px 3px rgba(255,255,255,0.5), 0 10px 0 #c9c9c9, 0 10px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3), 0 12px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
+ cursor: pointer;
+ display: inline-block;
+ height: 260px;
+ margin: 15px 0 0 20px;
+ outline: 0;
+ position: relative;
+ width: 300px;
+ z-index: 2;
+}
+
+.command span, .z span {
+ font-family: &#39;Muli&#39;, &#39;Helvetica&#39;, sans-serif;
+}
+
+&#47;* Styling when pressed *&#47;
+.command:active, .z:active {
+ box-shadow: inset 0 10px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.2), inset 0 10px 30px rgba(0,0,0,0.6), 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.6);
+ margin: 25px 0 0 20px;
+}
+</code></pre>
+<p>All that remains is to add the custom styling for each independent button:</p>
+<pre><code>&#47;* Custom Command styling *&#47;
+.command svg {
+ height: 60px;
+ right: 15px;
+ position: absolute;
+ stroke: #9f9f9f;
+ top: 15px;
+ width: 60px;
+}
+.command span {
+ bottom: 15px;
+ color: #9f9f9f;
+ font-size: 58px;
+ left: 0;
+ position: absolute;
+ width: 100%;
+}
+
+&#47;* Custom "Z" Letter styling *&#47;
+.z {
+ width: 260px;
+}
+.z span {
+ color: #9f9f9f;
+ font-size: 150px;
+}
+</code></pre>
+<h2 id="taking-it-further">Taking it further</h2>
+<p>You could easily improve upon this concept by rendering an entire interactive keyboard, if you so desired. But this is maybe something I would tackle at a later date when I have a little more free time 😉 For now, a simple mini undo keyboard is fun enough to play with.</p>
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