bitandblack-rows
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A small and simple CSS gutter to create rows and cells using the flexbox model.
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Bit&Black Rows
A small and simple CSS gutter to create rows and cells using the flexbox model.
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Installation
This package is made for the use with Node and also for Composer.
Add Bit&Black Rows to your project by running
$ yarn add bitandblack-rows
or$ npm install bitandblack-rows
or$ composer require bitandblack/rows
Getting started
Bit&Black Rows uses 12 units each row per default.
Add the class row
to an HTML container tag. The cells should get the class row__cell
. For example:
<div class="row">
<div class="row__cell"></div>
<div class="row__cell"></div>
<div class="row__cell"></div>
</div>
Use one of the modifier classes (like row__cell--cell2
) to define how many units a cell will take. For example:
<div class="row">
<div class="row__cell row__cell--cell2">
Uses 2 units.
</div>
<div class="row__cell row__cell--cell6">
Uses 6 units.
</div>
<div class="row__cell row__cell--cell4">
Uses 4 units.
</div>
</div>
Use classes like row__cell--rightMarginCell1
to define empty units to the left or to the right of a cell.
Use classes like row__cell--order2
to define the sort order of cells in case you want to use breakpoints and sort differently then.
Breakpoints
Bit&Black Rows supports the use of breakpoints. Those are defined as:
phone
: smaller than 600pxtablet-portrait
: 600pxtablet-landscape
: 900pxdesktop
: 1200pxdesktop-big
: 1800px
Add them at the beginning of the modifiers class name. For example:
<div class="row">
<div class="row__cell row__cell--cell12 row__cell--tablet-portrait-cell6 row__cell--desktop-cell4">
<div>12 rows per default, 6 rows when device has the resolution of a tablet in portrait or wider, 4 rows when device has a desktop resolution</div>
</div>
<div class="row__cell row__cell--cell12 row__cell--tablet-portrait-cell6 row__cell--desktop-cell4">
<div>12 rows per default, 6 rows when device has the resolution of a tablet in portrait or wider, 4 rows when device has a desktop resolution</div>
</div>
<div class="row__cell row__cell--cell12 row__cell--tablet-portrait-cell6 row__cell--desktop-cell4">
<div>12 rows per default, 6 rows when device has the resolution of a tablet in portrait or wider, 4 rows when device has a desktop resolution</div>
</div>
</div>
You can also use the breakpoints in SCSS by using some mixins, for example:
@import "bitandblack-rows/src/scss/breakpoints";
div {
display: block;
@include tablet-landscape-up() {
display: none;
}
}
Spaces
There's a smell of Bootstrap and Tailwind in Bit&Black Rows: You can use some classes for adding margins and paddings. There are:
m
to set amargin
from0
to5
mx
to set amargin-left
andmargin-right
from0
to5
my
to set amargin-top
andmargin-bottom
from0
to5
mt
to set amargin-top
from0
to5
mr
to set amargin-right
from0
to5
mb
to set amargin-bottom
from0
to5
ml
to set amargin-left
from0
to5
p
to set apadding
from0
to5
px
to set apadding-left
andpadding-right
from0
to5
py
to set apadding-top
andpadding-bottom
from0
to5
pt
to set apadding-top
from0
to5
pr
to set apadding-right
from0
to5
pb
to set apadding-bottom
from0
to5
pl
to set apadding-left
from0
to5
So to add a margin-left
with the value of 5rem
, you need to add the class ml-5
.
To define a margin or a padding dependent on a breakpoint, add the name of the breakpoint like mt-tablet-portrait-5
.
If you need a negative margin, add a n
. For example: mt-n-5
or mt-n-tablet-portrait-5
.
Options
Disabling the Gutter
Add the class row--gutter-disabled
if you don't want to have a gutter at a specific place.
Fit one row
If you have an unknown number of cells or a number which doesn't matches your number of columns, add the class row--fit-row
. The cells only need row__cell
then and will result with the same width in one row.
<div class="row row--fit-row">
<div class="row__cell">
<div>Auto size, all cells in one row</div>
</div>
<div class="row__cell">
<div>Auto size, all cells in one row</div>
</div>
<div class="row__cell">
<div>Auto size, all cells in one row</div>
</div>
<div class="row__cell">
<div>Auto size, all cells in one row</div>
</div>
<div class="row__cell">
<div>Auto size, all cells in one row</div>
</div>
</div>
Flexible width
Sometimes the cells need a flexible width. In this case add the class row__cell--width-flexible
.
<div class="row">
<div class="row__cell row__cell--width-flexible">
<div>Auto width as wide as possible</div>
</div>
<div class="row__cell">
<div>Auto size fitting the content</div>
</div>
</div>
Customization
Namespace
You can change or remove the prefix if you want by changing the value of $bb-rows-namespace
.
Gutter size
Use $bb-rows-gutter
to define the size of your gutter.
Breakpoints
The breakpoints are stored in $bb-rows-breakpoints
which you can override if you want to.
Rows number
The default rows number is set to 12
. You can change this by overriding the $bb-rows-row-number
.
Order classes
Per default the number of order
classes will be the same as the number of rows. If you need more of them you can define that by overriding $bb-rows-order-number
.
Spaces
All the space classes are using rem
per default. The smallest unit is 1rem
. You can change this by setting $bb-rows-spaces-unit
to a different value.
Per default every setting has 6 steps from 0
to 5
. If you need more of them you can change the value of $bb-rows-spaces-number
.
CSS custom properties
Per default, Bit&Black Rows uses CSS custom properties for its internal calculations. If you don't want to use them and prefer "traditional" CSS, you can disable this behaviour by setting $bb-rows-use-custom-css-properties
to false
.
Using custom classes
If you want to use custom classes for your design system, you can use mixins to access all of Bit&Black Rows functionalities.
Let's say there is a grid with a complex logic in it:
<div class="row row--gutter-disabled">
<div class="
row__cell
row__cell--cell10 row__cell--leftMarginCell2
row__cell--tablet-portrait-cell8 row__cell--tablet-portrait-leftMarginCell4
row__cell--tablet-landscape-cell6 row__cell--tablet-portrait-leftMarginCell6
row__cell--tablet-landscape-order2
">
...
</div>
</div>
Then it could be rewritten like that:
// Bit&Black Rows needs to know the name of the child selector.
$bb-rows-cell-selector: ".my-custom-cell";
@import "bitandblack-rows/src/scss/base";
@import "bitandblack-rows/src/scss/breakpoints";
.my-custom-grid {
@include grid;
@include grid--gutter-disabled;
#{$bb-rows-cell-selector} {
@include cell;
@include cell--cell-count(10);
@include cell--left-margin-cell-count(2);
@include tablet-portrait-up {
@include cell--cell-count(8);
@include cell--left-margin-cell-count(4);
}
@include desktop-big-up {
@include cell--cell-count(6);
@include cell--left-margin-cell-count(6);
@include cell--order(2);
}
}
}
And the HTML would be:
<div class="my-custom-grid">
<div class="my-custom-cell">
...
</div>
</div>
Tracking the Viewport
Bit&Black Rows gives a small script to track changes of the viewport. Use it like that:
import { Viewport } from "bitandblack-rows";
const viewport = new Viewport();
viewport.onResize((viewportName) => {
console.log(`Viewport is currently defined as "${viewportName}"`);
});
Help
If you have any questions feel free to contact us under [email protected]
.
Further information about Bit&Black can be found under www.bitandblack.com.