From dc6db80fa72286704849ef61ee0e5ccb5841cb09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bradley Taunt Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 14:28:49 -0400 Subject: Conversion to barf for testing purposes --- _posts/2018-12-19-jsincss-parent-selector.md | 80 ---------------------------- 1 file changed, 80 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 _posts/2018-12-19-jsincss-parent-selector.md (limited to '_posts/2018-12-19-jsincss-parent-selector.md') diff --git a/_posts/2018-12-19-jsincss-parent-selector.md b/_posts/2018-12-19-jsincss-parent-selector.md deleted file mode 100644 index f7244ba..0000000 --- a/_posts/2018-12-19-jsincss-parent-selector.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,80 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: post -title: "Using Parent Selectors in CSS" -date: 2018-12-19 ---- - - -I recently saw a Twitter thread posted by Tommy Hodgins on implementing highly requested styling features in CSS with only a minimal amount of JavaScript. Many of his examples are great, but the `parent` selector instantly peaked my interest. - -Being able to target an element's parent always becomes a minor annoyance (since vanilla CSS does not support it) - so you always end up having to do something a little ugly like: - - - var el = document.getElementById('custom-div'); - var parent = el.closest(selectors); - - -And then add any custom styling to the parent element directly in JavaScript - or toggle a class which opens a whole other can of worms. - -## Save the day with jsincss-parent-selector and qaffeine - -By using the `jsincss-parent-selector` and `qaffeine` plugins we can target an element's parent in CSS without breaking a sweat. Let's break it down: - -### Import the packages - - - npm install jsincss-parent-selector qaffeine - - -### HTML (ex. index.html) - -Now we add our very simple HTML skeleton: - - - - - - - - -

This is a header

- - - - - -### JavaScript (ex. input.js) - - - const qaffeine = require('qaffeine') - const parent = require('jsincss-parent-selector') - - qaffeine( - { - stylesheet: {}, - rules: { - parent - } - }, - 'input.css', - 'output.js', - 'output.css' - ) - - -### CSS (ex. input.css) - - - header { - display: block; - } - main[--js-parent] { - background: blue; - } - - -Then simply run `node` against your `js` file. That's it! I would also suggest checking out Tommy's video covering this topic if you prefer to follow along. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf