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Submitted almost 5 years ago

Four Card Feature Section using HTML/CSS - Flexbox/Grid

Josh Prentice•235
@jfprentice
A solution to the Four card feature section challenge
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For this I tried using only flexbox, but I couldn't get the diamond card layout to work. The left and right cards wouldn't move down correctly. I tried changing their position to relative and give them top: 25% to move them downward but they wouldn't budge. I ended up switching to grid for my last breakpoint with the same positioning strategy and it worked perfectly.

I'm finding it challenging to get the sizings to match the provided designs perfectly. I also not sure if I did the box shadows properly.

Is it common to use both flexbox and grid? Is it bad practice to change a section's display after a certain breakpoint?

Are my transitions too jarring?

Any tips or advice are greatly appreciated!

Thanks for looking!

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  • Emmilie Estabillo•5,600
    @emestabillo
    Posted almost 5 years ago

    Hey Josh, another great job! No responsive issues and great eye for detail. Just a few thoughts :

    • I think you could've gotten away with using flex for desktop using transform: translateY() for the two side divs.
    • For an exact duplicate in sizings and box shadows, Robert is right - you would need access to the Sketch file. But I think if you download the Chrome extension PerfectPixel, it will help ease some of the guesswork by having an overlay of the design onto your project.
    • Would've liked to see your name on the attribution link :-)
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    Robert McGovern•1,075
    @tarasis
    Posted almost 5 years ago

    👋 Josh

    Well done! Looks good, and I like your 2x2 transition between the mobile & desktop versions. Although its only there for roughly 210px (1228px to 1440px). I'd love to see it going lower, before then swapping to the desktop version. It took me to swap to responsive mode to see the desktop version (my screen is 1366x768).

    For this I tried using only flexbox, but I couldn't get the diamond card layout to work.

    I did this challenge recently using just flex. Set up 3 columns, 1st and 3rd with auto margins for top and bottom to center the card and create the diamond effect.

    I don't really think there is an issue using both flex and grid. It did the job, so 👍 CAVEAT: I am still learning, so take that with a pinch of salt.

    Box shadow is a bit strong. Quite honestly I couldn't get it right.

    box-shadow: 1px 1px 25px -3px hsl(200, 12%, 60%); is closer but its not right either (I haven't looked at the sketch file yet).

    Don't forget to set the background color in body: background-color: hsl(0, 0%, 98%);

  • Favourite Jome•1,110
    @jomefavourite
    Posted almost 5 years ago

    Is it common to use both flexbox and grid? Is it bad practice to change a section's display after a certain breakpoint?

    Yes it common to use flexbox and grid at the same time. No it isn't a bad practice to change a section's display. You're work was nicely done 👍

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