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CSS3: Layouts for the Multi-screen World
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Peter Gasston
November 28, 2012
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CSS3: Layouts for the Multi-screen World
Talk given at Future of Web Design, Prague, 28 Nov 2012. #fowa #fowd
Peter Gasston
November 28, 2012
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Transcript
CSS3: Layouts for the Multi-screen World
Peter Gasston @stopsatgreen
1. The web has changed 2. Our tools are outdated
What is CSS3 going to do about it?
The web has changed
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By Anna Debenham: http://www.flickr.com/photos/anna_debenham/8190771122/
http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/insights/featured/new-multi-screen-world-insight/
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1633 320x480 768x1024
Device-centric development
Media Queries
@media screen {} @media screen and (min-width: 800px) {} @media
(orientation: portrait) {} Media Queries
width device-width orientation aspect-ratio device-aspect-ratio Media Queries
@media (min-resolution: 1.5dppx) {} Media Queries
@media (max-width: 480px) { ... @media (orientation: portrait) { ...
} } Media Queries
script pointer hover luminosity (Possible) Media Queries
<meta name="viewport" content="width=500, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=2"> Device Adaptation
Device Adaptation @viewport { initial-scale: 1; maximum-scale: 2; width: 500px;
}
Device Adaptation @viewport { width: device-width; } @media (max-device-width: 420px)
{ @viewport { width: 500px; } }
Our tools are outdated
None
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• <table> • float: left HTML & CSS1
• position: absolute • display: inline-block • display: table CSS2
None
The Three Stages of RWD
New layout methods
Multi-columns article { column-count: 3; } article { column-width: 20em;
}
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A B .b { flow-from: 'foo'; } foo Regions .a
{ flow-into: 'foo'; }
B C D .b, .c, .d { flow-from: 'foo'; }
foo Regions
Flexbox
Flexbox .parent { display: flex; } .child { width: 30%;
} .child { flex: 1; }
Flexbox A B .a { flex: 2; } .b {
flex: 1; } A B .parent { flex-direction: column; } .a { flex: 2; } .b { flex: 1; }
Flexbox .parent { align-items: center; justify-content: center; } .parent {
flex-direction: column; } .a { order: 2; } .b { order: 1; } A B
Sod this, let's live code!
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Grid Layout .parent { display: grid; grid-definition-columns: 1fr 1fr 2fr;
} .parent { grid-definition-columns: 1fr 1fr 2fr; grid-definition-rows: 10em auto 40px; }
Grid Layout A B .child { grid-column-position: 2; grid-row-position: 2;
} .a { grid-column: 2 2; } .b { grid-row-span: 3; }
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.child { position: absolute; wrap-flow: both; } Exclusions
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.child { shape-outside: circle(50%,50%,400px); } Shaped Exclusions
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.child { shape-inside: circle(50%,50%,400px); } Shaped Exclusions
Conclusion
1. The web is everywhere
2. Web design is constrained by the tools we have
3. Better tools are on the way
4. Let's make beautiful websites that work everywhere
Konec. * Some of the CSS properties shown in this
talk are experimental and subject to change. Always check http://caniuse.com and http://html5please.com for latest implementation status.