Day 14: Blockquote 💬
A blockquote is used to highlight a quote on a page.
The example component is visible below.
It’s because I’m green, isn’t it?
A few notes about this blockquote component:
- CSS Variables are used for colors,
- the
:beforepseudo-element is used to add and style big quotation marks, - the
line-height: 0declaration is used to reduce the size of the quotation marks.
The code:
<blockquote class="advent-quote" cite="https://parade.com/958470/alexandra-hurtado/grinch-quotes/">
<p class="advent-quote__content">It’s because I’m green, isn’t it?</p>
<p class="advent-quote__author">—The Grinch</p>
</blockquote>.advent-quote {
--color-xmas-alpha: #f7efef;
--color-xmas-beta: #d72621;
--color-xmas-gamma: #639565;
background-color: var(--color-xmas-alpha);
color: var(--color-xmas-gamma);
border: 1px dotted var(--color-xmas-beta);
font-size: 200%;
padding: 1em 2em;
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
.advent-quote:before {
content: "”";
color: var(--color-xmas-beta);
font-family: serif;
font-size: 400%;
font-style: italic;
line-height: 0;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
opacity: 0.5;
}
.advent-quote__content {
font-weight: 100;
letter-spacing: .1em;
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
.advent-quote__author {
font-size: 50%;
font-style: italic;
letter-spacing: .05em;
}Advent of UI Components 🎄
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Day 24: Details 🎹
A details component contains the summary and the complete information, which could be toggled between visible and hidden states.
Day 23: Radio 📱
A radio component is a form item used when only one selection is possible in a group of mutually exclusive choices.
Day 22: Checkbox 🧦
A checkbox component is a form item used when multiple selectable objects are in a list.
Day 21: Notification 🤫
A notification component usually displays a message that communicates information to the user.
Day 20: Code block 💻
A code block UI component represents a block of code that is formatted neatly.
Day 19: Pagination 📖
Pagination helps users browse through the sequence of related content.
Day 18: Social share 🔗
A social share is a component that displays anchors holding social sharing links of a current page.
Day 17: Card 🎴
A card component usually displays an image and extra information in card-like format.
Day 16: Table 🎶
A table is used to display tabular data.
Day 15: Breadcrumb 🍞
A breadcrumb is an element that helps users understand the hierarchy of the page and site.
Day 14: Blockquote 💬
A blockquote is used to highlight a quote on a page.
Day 13: List 🗒️
An (unordered) list usually consists of items displayed as bullets.
Day 12: Figure 🖼️
A figure element represents a graphic asset with an optional caption.
Day 11: Video Embed 📺
A video embed is a code snippet that allows us to embed the video from a third-party platform like YouTube or Video to our site.
Day 10: Footer 👇
A footer is a component that sits at the bottom of every page. It usually consists of navigation and additional information, like website copyright and legal links.
Day 9: Header ☝️
A header usually consists of navigation that has links to different parts of the website.
Day 8: Hero 🦸♂️
A hero component usually displays the page title, description, and, sometimes, a CTA.
Day 7: Intro 💬
An intro components usually provides basic information of the page. It is one of the first components on the page.
Day 6: Horizontal Rule 〰️
A horizontal rule is usually used as a visual divider between two textual elements.
Day 5: Split 💔
A split component consists of two elements, usually image and text, sitting next to each other horizontally.
Day 4: Banner 🚩
A banner is an element that serves to highlight information, like a website page or an event or Advent of UI Components.
Day 3: Gallery 🍿
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Day 2: Tag 🎁
Tags often represent information like category, state, or additional information.
Day 1: Button 🎅
Let's start with a classic button. Every website needs one, right?