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<h1 id="aqua-ui-css-buttons">Aqua UI CSS Buttons</h1>
<p>2016-06-28</p>
<p>Though it may feel like nostalgia, the old OS design for Mac was arguably better than the current iteration (as of this writing - High Sierra). I recently designed a quick Dribbble shot showcasing how the older operating system used to have so much more character and depth.</p>
<p><img src="/public/images/aqua-ui-css-buttons.webp" alt="Old macOS Buttons" /></p>
<p><em>My initial Dribbble shot, which can be found <a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/4561658-Aqua-Buttons-UI">here</a></em></p>
<p>Since I&#8217;ve been wanting to dip my toes into more tutorial-based articles (maybe I&#8217;ll even do some screencasts in the future), I decided to start out simple. Let&#8217;s walk through how to implement these &#8216;aqua&#8217; UI buttons with pure CSS.</p>
<h3 id="starting-with-a-basic-foundation">Starting with a basic foundation</h3>
<p>Since this project consists of only two buttons elements, the HTML or skeleton of this project is very straightforward:</p>
<pre><code>&#60;button class="cancel"&#62;Cancel&#60;&#47;button&#62;
&#60;button class="confirm"&#62;Confirm&#60;&#47;button&#62;
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<h3 id="styling-the-buttons">Styling the buttons</h3>
<p>The first step is to remove the browser&#8217;s default button styling by using the <code>appearance</code> property. This will help avoid having to fight against the browser and minimize our CSS code.</p>
<pre><code>button {
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    -moz-appearance: none;
}
</code></pre>
<p>Next, we apply a fairly simple set of CSS that will be shared across both the confirm and cancel buttons:</p>
<p>(Pay attention to the <code>transition</code> property as we will be returning to that shortly)</p>
<pre><code>button {
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    -moz-appearance: none;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    border-radius: 125px;
    box-shadow: inset 0 13px 25px rgba(255,255,255,0.5), 0 3px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.2), 0 10px 13px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
    cursor: pointer;
    font-family: &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    font-size: 2rem;
    margin: 5rem 1rem;
    padding: 1.2rem 4rem;
    position: relative;
    transition: all ease .3s;
}
</code></pre>
<p>Then we separate the specific confirm and cancel button styles into their own class selectors:</p>
<pre><code>button.confirm {
    background: #4A90E2;
    border-color: #3672B6;
    color: #fff;
}

button.cancel {
    background: #D0D0D0;
    border-color: #B8B8B8;
    color: #6F6F6F;
}
</code></pre>
<h3 id="playing-with-pseudo-elements">Playing with pseudo elements</h3>
<p>Now that the button is styled and structured with basic formatting, it&#8217;s time to add that classic &#8216;shine&#8217; seen in the original Dribbble shot.</p>
<p>The cleanest way to do this is by using the <code>:before</code> pseudo element paired with a linear-gradient background.</p>
<pre><code>button:before {
    background: linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,1) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,0) 100%);
    border-radius: 125px;
    content:&#39;&#39;;
    height: 50px;
    left: 4%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 1px;
    transition: all ease .3s;
    width: 92%;
}
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<h3 id="adding-interaction">Adding interaction</h3>
<p>The final step is adding the user hover interaction: (Remember that <code>transition</code> property?)</p>
<pre><code>button:hover {
    box-shadow: inset 0 13px 25px rgba(255,255,255,0.8), 0 3px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.2), 0 10px 13px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
    transform: scale(1.02);
}
</code></pre>
<p>That&#8217;s it!</p>
<h3 id="see-it-live-on-codepen">See it live on CodePen</h3>
<p>You can view this project on CodePen here.</p>
<p>Feel free to fork it or implement your own!</p>
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