Grid, Flex, and background patterns

grid-flex-and-background-patterns.markdown

Grid, Flex, and background patterns

Grid, flex & background patterns

A Pen by Liam on CodePen.

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index.html

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As seen here: https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/223983781446706789/ -->
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This pen uses flex and grid for alignment and layout (respectively), and background gradients for the different tiles (with a couple of exceptions: style-1, style-2 and style-10).
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<div class="wrap">
  <div class="block-title">
    <!-- feels a little hacky wrapping every character, but makes alignment super easy without the need for JS or hacks -->
    <div class="title-1">
      <span>S</span>
      <span>C</span>
      <span>A</span>
      <span>N</span>
      <span>D</span>
      <span>I</span>
    </div>
    <div class="title-3">
      <span>N</span>
      <span>A</span>
      <span>V</span>
      <span>I</span>
      <span>A</span>
      <span>N</span>
    </div>
    <div class="title-2">
      <span>G</span>
      <span>R</span>
      <span>A</span>
      <span>P</span>
      <span>H</span>
      <span>I</span>
      <span>C</span>
      <span>&nbsp;</span>
      <span>D</span>
      <span>E</span>
      <span>S</span>
      <span>I</span>
      <span>G</span>
      <span>N</span>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="block style-1"></div>
  <div class="block style-2"></div>
  <div class="block style-3"></div>
  <div class="block style-4"></div>
  <div class="block style-5"></div>
  <div class="block style-6"></div>
  <div class="block style-7"></div>
  <div class="block style-8"></div>
  <div class="block style-9"></div>
  <div class="block style-10"></div>
  <div class="block style-6"></div>
  <div class="block style-3"></div>
  <div class="block style-12"></div>
  <div class="block style-1"></div>
  <div class="block style-11"></div>
  <div class="block style-7"></div>
  <div class="block style-2"></div>
  <div class="block-13"></div>
</div>

script.js

//nope

style.scss

$gray-lighter: #f7f7f7;
$gray-light: #dbdbdd;
$gray-dark: #aeafb3;
$gray-darker: #454547;
$pink: #e89d93;
$yellow: #eec71a;

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background: powderblue;
  color: $gray-darker;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}
.wrap {
  background: $gray-lighter;
  margin-top: 50px;
  margin-bottom: 50px;
  width: 500px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
}
.block {
  width: 125px;
  height: 125px;
}
.block-title {
  background: $gray-lighter;
  grid-column-start: 2;
  grid-column-end: -1;
  grid-row-start: 3;
  grid-row-end: 5;
  display: flex;
  padding: 3em 3.5em;
  transition: padding .3s linear;
  align-items: stretch;
  justify-content: space-between;
  flex-direction: column;
  > div {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
  }
  &:hover {
    padding: 3em;
    .title-1 {
      order: 0;
    }
    .title-2 {
      order: 2;
    }
    .title-3 {
      order: 1;
    }
  }
}
.title-1, .title-3 {
  font-weight: 800;
  font-size: 3em;
}
.title-2 {
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 1.1em;
}
.title-3 {
  order: 1;
}
.style-1 {
  background: $gray-darker;
}
.style-2 {
  //opting for classic css triangles technique here rather than backgrounds, just because
  width: 0; 
  height: 0;
  border: 62px solid $gray-lighter;
  border-top-color: $gray-dark;
  border-bottom-color: $gray-dark;
  //to account for a pixel-rounding annoyance:
  background: $gray-dark;
  padding-top: 1px;
}
.style-3 {
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, $pink 50%, $gray-light 50%);
}
.style-4 {
  background-image: linear-gradient(
    $gray-lighter,
    $gray-lighter 7px,
    $gray-darker 7px,
    $gray-darker
  );
  background-size: 100% 14px;
}
.style-5 {
  background-image: linear-gradient(45deg, $yellow 50%, $gray-lighter 50%);
}
.style-6 {
  background-image: 
    linear-gradient(135deg, $gray-darker 50%, transparent 50%),
    linear-gradient(
    $gray-lighter,
    $gray-lighter 7px,
    $gray-darker 7px,
    $gray-darker
  );
  background-size: 100%, 100% 14px;
}
.style-7 {
  background: 
    linear-gradient(45deg, $gray-light 50%, transparent 50%),
    radial-gradient($gray-darker 4px, transparent 4px),
    radial-gradient($gray-darker 4px, transparent 4px),
    transparent;
  background-size: 100%, 24px 24px, 24px 24px, 100%;
  background-position: 0 0, -2px 6px, 10px 18px, 0 0;
}
.style-8 {
  background-image: linear-gradient(315deg, $yellow 50%, $gray-lighter 50%);
}
.style-9 {
  background-image: linear-gradient(225deg, $pink 50%, $gray-lighter 50%);
}
.style-10 {
  background: $gray-light;
}
.style-11 {
  background-image: linear-gradient(45deg, $pink 50%, $gray-lighter 50%);
}
.style-12 {
  background-image: linear-gradient(225deg, $yellow 50%, $gray-lighter 50%);
}
.block-13 {
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right,
    $pink,
    $pink 4px,
    $gray-lighter 4px,
    $gray-lighter
  );
  background-size: 8px 100%;
}