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Mini Interactive Keyboard with Pure CSS

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Mini Interactive Keyboard with Pure CSS

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2020-05-13

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Lately, I'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 faking 3D elements, I wanted to circle back around to an older CodePen I created: a mini, interactive undo keyboard.

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See it in action

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Below you can view a live demo of the mini keyboard itself. This demo is nothing special, but takes design inspiration from Apple's magic keyboards (if that wasn't already obvious).

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Lately, I’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 faking 3D elements, I wanted to circle back around to an older CodePen I created: a mini, interactive undo keyboard.

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See it in action

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Below you can view a live demo of the mini keyboard itself. This demo is nothing special, but takes design inspiration from Apple’s magic keyboards (if that wasn’t already obvious).

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Undo keyboard with two buttons to click

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Live CodePen Example

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So now that we have seen what we plan to build, let's break down the process of creating this stupid, fun project!

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The HTML

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So now that we have seen what we plan to build, let’s break down the process of creating this stupid, fun project!

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The HTML

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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:

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<!-- This is keyboard main base -->
-<div class="base">
 
-    <!-- Command Button -->
-    <button class="command"> 
-        <svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M18 3a3 3 0 0 0-3 3v12a3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 3-3 3 3 0 0 0-3-3H6a3 3 0 0 0-3 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 3-3V6a3 3 0 0 0-3-3 3 3 0 0 0-3 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 3h12a3 3 0 0 0 3-3 3 3 0 0 0-3-3z"></path></svg>
-        <span>command</span>
-    </button>
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The CSS

 
-    <!-- "Z" Letter Button -->
-    <button class="z">
-        <span>Z</span>
-    </button>
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Here is where all the magic happens. Let’s break these elements into their own sections, starting with the base styling:

 
-</div>
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The CSS

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Here is where all the magic happens. Let's break these elements into their own sections, starting with the base styling:

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/* Custom typeface */
-@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Muli");
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/* Custom typeface */
+@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Muli");
 
-/* Basic layout styling */
+/* Basic layout styling */
 body {
 background: #d2dcff;
 margin: 80px 0 40px;
 }
 

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We then tackle the basic keyboard base element:

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.base {
 background: linear-gradient(180deg, #eee 0%, #d8d8d8 100%);
 border-radius: 20px;
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ position: relative;
 width: 620px;
 }
 
-/* This pseudo element is used for more realistic drop-shadows */
+/* This pseudo element is used for more realistic drop-shadows */
 .base:after {
 bottom: 0;
 box-shadow: 0 10px 80px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
-content: '';
+content: '';
 height: 50px;
 left: 7.5%;
 position: absolute;
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ width: 85%;
 z-index: -1;
 }
 

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Next, we target all shared styles between the 2 keyboard buttons to avoid repeating ourselves later on:

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.command, .z {
     -webkit-appearance: none;
     background: linear-gradient(180deg, #fff 0%, #f2f2f2 100%);
@@ -98,17 +100,19 @@ z-index: -1;
 }
 
 .command span, .z span {
-    font-family: 'Muli', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
+    font-family: 'Muli', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
 }
 
-/* Styling when pressed */
+/* Styling when pressed */
 .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;
 }
 

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All that remains is to add the custom styling for each independent button:

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/* Custom Command styling */
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/* Custom Command styling */
 .command svg {
     height: 60px;
     right: 15px;
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ z-index: -1;
     width: 100%;
 }
 
-/* Custom "Z" Letter styling */
+/* Custom "Z" Letter styling */
 .z {
     width: 260px;
 }
@@ -135,7 +139,9 @@ z-index: -1;
     font-size: 150px;
 }
 

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Taking it further

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Taking it further

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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.