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CSS CSS Transitions and Transforms Getting Started with CSS Transitions Transition Challenge

Posted by Juliet Netsai Chihwanda
Juliet Netsai Chihwanda
4,928 Points

WRITE A DECLARATION THAT WILL TRANSITION ONLY THE HEIGHT?

WRITE A DECLARATION THAT WILL TRANSITION ONLY THE HEIGHT

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.collapsed {
    height: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.expand:checked ~ .collapsed {
    height: 34vh;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CSS Transitions</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,300,600,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="container clearfix">

        <input type="checkbox" class="expand" id="expand"><label for="expand">Expand Height</label>

        <div class="collapsed">
            <h2>Chocolate cupcake dessert</h2>
            <p> Tiramisu apple pie sesame snaps lemon drops pie bonbon wafer sweet jujubes. Toffee cupcake wafer. Dessert jelly ice cream sweet roll chocolate bar toffee oat cake cotton candy sweet roll. Cotton candy sweet oat cake croissant macaroon gummies cake gummi bears bear claw. Tootsie roll biscuit marshmallow topping.</p>
        </div>

    </div>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points

What you're looking for here is to set the transition rule on the .collapsed element. transition then accepts another property that changes, so height. You can also set an optional duration and timing function, but I believe you can leave that off for this challenge.