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Overview To check whether a Uniform Resource Locator (U.R.L.) contains a hash (#text) or not with JavaScript, as JavaScript contains some pre-build methods which makes a straightforward task to obtain a certain goal. This can be done by using the hash property in JavaScript, which can be accessed by initializing the window.location object. It eases the user-interface and provides a foremost navigation through the web page. To build this solution, we need prior knowledge on the following topics − HTML- To build the skeleton of the page. In which we will use an internal tag. HTML Events (onclick(), ... Read More

If you wish to control how an element is to be positioned in a web page, we have to make use of the position CSS property. The properties that define the position of an element in document are essential, its top, left, bottom, and right properties and position is a shorthand property that can be used to set all four of these. The possible values that we can use with position property are specified below − Static − The element is placed in accordance with the document's natural flow. No difference is made by the top, right, bottom, ... Read More

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language that is mainly used to style and describe the elements of HTML documents. One of the main features of this programming language is the separation of elements and presentation such as layers, colors, etc. CSS is used to style all HTML tags, including the document's body, headings, paragraphs, and other pieces of text. CSS can also be used to style the display of table elements, grid elements, and images. The main difference between these two programming languages is that HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is a language used to describe ... Read More

To start with this question, we first need to create a ‘loader’. Any animation that informs a user or visitor that a page is now loading and will take a few seconds to finish loading is referred to as a loader. The majority of the time, loaders come in handy when a website takes too long to retrieve the results. If a particular website doesn't have a CSS loader, the user will believe, it is not responding at all during the loading process. Therefore, adding a CSS loader to a webpage causes the user to become distracted or wait ... Read More

Let us try to understand the flex property. Flex is a shorthand property that sets the condition for length of flex element, whether it will be allowed to adjust itself based on the amount of content it has or the viewport width. Flex Properties The constituent properties of flex property are specified below − Flex-grow This property sets the space that will be assigned to the item out of all the space that is remaining in the flex-container. In other words, it sets whether the main size of the item will be allowed to grow beyond or not. The ... Read More

Before moving onto learning the way of using font-optical-sizing property, we will first be looking at the font-property in CSS and why is there a need for font-optical-sizing as a separate property. The styling of the text on the web page is controlled by the font property in CSS which is a shorthand for many other properties. It can be used to apply the system’s font to an element or set different values for other CSS properties. Font Property This property gets applied to all the elements and is inheritable by nature, meaning the font of the child ... Read More

A good website is always made up of a perfectly structured HTML document paired with a beautifully created design that grabs the user’s attention. This kind of website is what enhances the overall interactivity of the site making it more engaging. When applying styles to our webpages, we employ Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS for short. We can more easily make a website presentable by using CSS. It distinguishes between the HTML document's structure and the presentation, which refers to the elements that users see and interact with. As opposed to a plain and uninteresting appearing website that ... Read More

The method through which we can determine the device being used for surfing is by using what we call, “viewport” widths. In computer graphics, a viewport usually indicates the polygonal (often rectangular) area that is now being viewed by user. When we talk about viewports in a web browser, we usually mean a window on which the content is visible and outside of which the user cannot view the content. There are basically two types of viewports. The viewport that is fixed and onto which the browser draws the whole web page is called the layout viewport. ... Read More

Before moving onto the topic, let us try to understand the importance of cursor as an UI element. We know that the very first thing a user interacts with in a website is mostly the cursor, this is why manipulating the cursor style and effects is the most important for designing, as it greatly contributes to the overall user experience. The cursor property is used to set the mouse cursor to appear whenever we hover over an element by pointing over it. It is applied to all the elements and is inheritable, meaning the child element will also have the ... Read More

In order to answer the question: “How to set the table layout algorithm using CSS”, we need to understand what is ‘layout’. A layout in HTML specifies the fundamental organization and visual style of a website. It gives you the ability to build websites with basic HTML tags. Table Layout Table layout is one of the least advised HTML layouts due of its complexity. As its name suggests, it is based on the table> element. The table> element allows you to arrange data in rows and columns. The table> tag is a container tag, since it serves as ... Read More