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-title: "Aqua UI CSS Buttons"
-date: 2016-06-28
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-
-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.
-
-<figure>
-<img src="/public/images/aqua-ui-css-buttons.webp" alt="Old macOS Buttons">
-<figcaption>My initial Dribbble shot, which can be found <a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/4561658-Aqua-Buttons-UI">here</a>.</figcaption>
-</figure>
-
-Since I've been wanting to dip my toes into more tutorial-based articles (maybe I'll even do some screencasts in the future), I decided to start out simple. Let's walk through how to implement these 'aqua' UI buttons with pure CSS.
-
-### Starting with a basic foundation
-
-Since this project consists of only two buttons elements, the HTML or <i>skeleton</i> of this project is very straightforward:
-
- <button class="cancel">Cancel</button>
- <button class="confirm">Confirm</button>
-
-### Styling the buttons
-
-The first step is to remove the browser's default button styling by using the `appearance` property. This will help avoid having to fight against the browser and minimize our CSS code.
-
- button {
- -webkit-appearance: none;
- -moz-appearance: none;
- }
-
-Next, we apply a fairly simple set of CSS that will be shared across both the confirm and cancel buttons:
-
-(Pay attention to the `transition` property as we will be returning to that shortly)
-
- 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: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
- font-size: 2rem;
- margin: 5rem 1rem;
- padding: 1.2rem 4rem;
- position: relative;
- transition: all ease .3s;
- }
-
-Then we separate the specific confirm and cancel button styles into their own class selectors:
-
- button.confirm {
- background: #4A90E2;
- border-color: #3672B6;
- color: #fff;
- }
-
- button.cancel {
- background: #D0D0D0;
- border-color: #B8B8B8;
- color: #6F6F6F;
- }
-
-### Playing with pseudo elements
-
-Now that the button is styled and structured with basic formatting, it's time to add that classic 'shine' seen in the original Dribbble shot.
-
-The cleanest way to do this is by using the `:before` pseudo element paired with a linear-gradient background.
-
- button:before {
- background: linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,1) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,0) 100%);
- border-radius: 125px;
- content:'';
- height: 50px;
- left: 4%;
- position: absolute;
- top: 1px;
- transition: all ease .3s;
- width: 92%;
- }
-
-### Adding interaction
-
-The final step is adding the user hover interaction: (Remember that `transition` property?)
-
- 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);
- }
-
-That's it!
-
-### See it live on CodePen
-
-You can view this project on CodePen <a href="https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/YvKxxm">here</a>.
-
-Feel free to fork it or implement your own!
-
-
-
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