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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS - Fourth Edition

By : Ben Frain
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Book Image

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS - Fourth Edition

3.5 (4)
By: Ben Frain

Overview of this book

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, Fourth Edition, is a fully revamped and extended version of one of the most comprehensive and bestselling books on the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques for responsive web design. It emphasizes pragmatic application, teaching you the approaches needed to build most real-life websites, with downloadable examples in every chapter. Written in the author's friendly and easy-to-follow style, this edition covers all the newest developments and improvements in responsive web design, including approaches for better accessibility, variable fonts and font loading, and the latest color manipulation tools making their way to browsers. You can enjoy coverage of bleeding-edge features such as CSS layers, container queries, nesting, and subgrid. The book concludes by exploring some exclusive tips and approaches for front-end development from the author. By the end of the book, you will not only have a comprehensive understanding of responsive web design and what is possible with the latest HTML5 and CSS, but also the knowledge of how to best implement each technique. Read through as a complete guide or dip in as a reference for each topic-focused chapter.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section I: The Fundamentals of Responsive Web Design
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Section II: Core Skills for Effective Front-End Web Development
16
Section III: Latest Platform Features and Parting Advice
19
Other Books You May Enjoy
20
Index

Styling HTML5 forms with CSS

We have our HTML5-powered form built now, and understand the various input types and associated attributes. However, we need to make it a little more visually appealing across different viewport sizes. By applying some of the techniques we’ve learned throughout the previous chapters, I think we can improve the aesthetics of our form considerably.

I’ve taken my own stab at styling the form; you can check that version out at example_13-02, and remember, if you don’t already have the example code, you can grab it at https://rwd.education.

Here’s how the form looks in a small viewport with that basic styling applied:

Figure 13.20: Our form on mobile with basic styling applied

And here it is with a larger viewport:

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Figure 13.21: Our same form styled for wider viewports

If you look at the CSS in the example, you’ll see many of the techniques we’ve looked at throughout previous chapters...