Day 21: Notification 🤫
A notification component usually displays a message that communicates information to the user.
The component could be seen at the bottom left corner of the site.
A few notes about this notification component:
- CSS Variables are used for colors and spacing,
- the
position: fixed
declaration is used to stick the component to the bottom left of the screen, - CSS animation is used to animate the notification,
- to respect the user preference for reduced motion,
--transition-duration-xmas
CSS variable is set to0s
(read more about using CSS Variables for reduced motion on a global scale).
The code:
<a class="advent-notification" href="#link">
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</a>
.advent-notification {
--color-xmas-alpha: #f7efef;
--color-xmas-beta: #d72621;
--color-xmas-gamma: #639565;
--transition-duration-xmas1: .6s;
--transition-duration-xmas2: .3s;
--size-xmas: 1em;
background-color: var(--color-xmas-alpha);
color: var(--color-xmas-beta);
max-width: 66%;
padding: calc(var(--size-xmas) / 4) calc(var(--size-xmas) / 2);
border: 1px solid var(--color-xmas-gamma);
border-radius: calc(var(--size-xmas) / 4);
position: fixed;
bottom: var(--size-xmas);
left: var(--size-xmas);
z-index: 1;
transform: translateX(calc(-100% - var(--size-xmas)));
animation: show var(--transition-duration-xmas1) forwards var(--transition-duration-xmas2);
}
.advent-notification:hover,
.advent-notification:focus,
.advent-notification:active {
background-color: var(--color-xmas-beta);
color: var(--color-xmas-alpha);
}
.advent-notification p {
margin: 0;
}
@keyframes show {
0% {
transform: translateX(calc(-100% - var(--size-xmas)));
}
90% {
transform: translateX(calc(var(--size-xmas) / 4));
}
to {
transform: none;
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.advent-button {
--transition-duration-xmas1: 0s;
--transition-duration-xmas2: 0s;
}
}
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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 🍿
Galleries are an inevitable part of every respected site. Here's a Christmas gallery.
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?