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Using the symbol ⎋ to denote any "escape" in Javascript, CSS, HTML etc
The name of the escape key and the phrase "escape character" are certainly linked, but I think you are stretching the definition to cover your use case.
The "escape" key on keyboards is so called ...
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Using the symbol ⎋ to denote any "escape" in Javascript, CSS, HTML etc
A keyboard provides symbols. It is up to the software running on the computer to interpret them and respond with an action.
The original intent of the Escape key is basically the same as the purpose ...
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How do I set a darker background color on hover *without knowing the original color*?
You can do this with a transparent background say 60% alpha black and two nested elements.
Set the colour to the parent element background and the transparent black on the child background when the ...
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Using the symbol ⎋ to denote any "escape" in Javascript, CSS, HTML etc
Re-thinking my approach (included for the sake of completeness):
After reflecting on @Bart van Ingen Schenau's comment:
This is the first time I encountered the ⎋ symbol in my forty-odd years.
and ...
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Website Multi Languuage
The solution is to separate the layout of these pages from their content.
I assume that you want the same general appearance for the corresponding pages in all languages. So instead of copying the ...
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Website Multi Languuage
The key thing here is to know that Multi language/culture stuff is called "Internationalisation and Localisation" or shortened to "i18n"
Once you know that your google searches will start returning ...
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Where to put css media queries in a CSS file?
Put all media queries in a block at the very end so they will override
the relevant style further up the sheet.
When you started designing, you generally started doing it for one device of known ...
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