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diff --git a/build/posts/super-mario-blocks-css/index.html b/build/posts/super-mario-blocks-css/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..406c8df --- /dev/null +++ b/build/posts/super-mario-blocks-css/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,228 @@ +<!doctype html> +<html lang="en"> +<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>Super Mario Blocks in CSS</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;}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> + <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> +</nav> + +<main> +<h1 id="super-mario-blocks-in-css">Super Mario Blocks in CSS</h1> +<p>2019-02-15</p> +<p>Just because we can, let’s make a quick demo on how to build interactive elements based off the original Mario punch blocks.</p> +<p>What our final product will look like:</p> +<p><img src="/public/images/mario-block.png" alt="Mario blocks cretaed with CSS" /></p> +<p><a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/JjEPOVe">Live CodePen Example</a></p> +<h2 id="the-html">The HTML</h2> +<p>The set of Mario blocks doesn’t require a huge amount of effort for it’s <code>html</code> structure, we only need:</p> +<ul> +<li>Parent div for each block</li> +<li>Checkbox input</li> +<li>Checkbox label</li> +<li>Inner label divs to represent the block “dots”</li> +</ul> +<p><strong>Sidenote</strong>: This is only how <em>I</em> chose to add the inner dots to the Mario blocks. There are many other ways to create these, so please feel free to implement them however you see fit.</p> +<pre><code><!-- Main parent block --> +<div class="mario-block"> + + <!-- Checkbox input (disabled by default) --> + <input type="checkbox" id="1" disabled> + + <!-- Checkbox label --> + <label for="1"> + <!-- Inner dots for blocks --> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + </label> + +</div> +</code></pre> +<p>Now we just add as many default blocks we want, along with the interactive punch block (<code>.mario-block--question</code>):</p> +<pre><code><div class="mario-block"> + <input type="checkbox" id="1" disabled> + <label for="1"> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + </label> +</div> + +<div class="mario-block"> + <input type="checkbox" id="2" disabled> + <label for="2"> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + </label> +</div> + +<div class="mario-block mario-block--question"> + <input type="checkbox" id="3"> + <label for="3"> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="question-mark"></div> + </label> +</div> + +<div class="mario-block"> + <input type="checkbox" id="4" disabled> + <label for="4"> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + <div class="dot"></div> + </label> +</div> +</code></pre> +<h2 id="the-css">The CSS</h2> +<p>First we need to remove the default <code>checkbox</code> input styling and place all new styling on it’s corresponding <code>label</code>.</p> +<pre><code>/* Mario block parent div */ +.mario-block { + display: inline-block; + height: 80px; + margin-right: -7px; /* Fixes inline-block margin bug */ + position: relative; + width: 80px; +} + +/* Hide default checkbox input */ +.mario-block input { + position: absolute; + visibility: hidden; + z-index: -1; +} +</code></pre> +<p>Now to target the <code>label</code> elements found inside the block:</p> +<pre><code>/* Style checkbox label accordingly */ +.mario-block label { + background: #F88D2E; + border: 4px solid #070000; + box-shadow: inset -4px -4px 0 #965117, inset 4px 4px 0 #FAB89B; + display: block; + height: 100%; + position: relative; + width: 100%; +} +</code></pre> +<p>Next we style our included <code>.dots</code> elements to be placed in the four corners of each block:</p> +<pre><code>.mario-block .dot { + background: #070000; + height: 5px; + position: absolute; + width: 5px; +} +.mario-block .dot:nth-child(1) { + left: 4px; + top: 4px; +} +.mario-block .dot:nth-child(2) { + right: 4px; + top: 4px; +} +.mario-block .dot:nth-child(3) { + bottom: 4px; + left: 4px; +} +.mario-block .dot:nth-child(4) { + bottom: 4px; + right: 4px; +} +</code></pre> +<h3 id="punch-able-block">Punch-able block</h3> +<p>Now we need to include the “question mark” SVG and custom CSS for the interactive Mario block. You can download a copy of the custom <code>svg</code> question mark I created.</p> +<pre><code>.mario-block--question label { + cursor: pointer; +} +.mario-block--question .question-mark { + background-image: url('/public/images/mario-block-question-mark.svg'); + background-position: center; + background-repeat: no-repeat; + background-size: 40px; + bottom: 0; + left: 0; + position: absolute; + right: 0; + top: 0; + z-index: 1; +} +</code></pre> +<h3 id="the-last-piece">The last piece</h3> +<p>The last item we need to design is the <code>checked</code> state of the interactive question mark block. The extra inner dark dashes will be added as <code>pseudo</code> elements:</p> +<pre><code>/* Mario block in `checked` state */ +.mario-block input:checked + label { + background: #885818; + box-shadow: inset -4px -4px 0 #68400B, inset 4px 4px 0 #FAB89B; +} + +/* Hide both the default dots and question mark svg on checked */ +.mario-block input:checked + label .dot, +.mario-block input:checked + label .question-mark { + display: none; +} + +/* Shared pseudo element styling */ +.mario-block input:checked + label:before, +.mario-block input:checked + label:after { + content: ''; + height: 20px; + position: absolute; + transform: rotate(45deg); + width: 20px; +} + +/* Right dash */ +.mario-block input:checked + label:before { + border-right: 4px solid #070000; + right: 18px; + top: 15px; + transform: rotate(45deg); +} + +/* Left dash */ +.mario-block input:checked + label:after { + border-left: 4px solid #070000; + left: 18px; + top: 15px; + transform: rotate(-45deg); +} +</code></pre> +<p>That’s it!</p> +<h2 id="taking-it-further">Taking it further</h2> +<p>As always, you can take this concept and flesh it out even further. 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