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40 lines
557 B
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title: Circle
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tags: visual,intermediate
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---
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Creates a circle shape with pure CSS.
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#### HTML
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```html
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<div class="circle"></div>
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```
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#### CSS
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```css
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.circle {
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border-radius: 50%;
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width: 2rem;
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height: 2rem;
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background: #333;
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}
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```
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#### Demo
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#### Explanation
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`border-radius: 50%` curves the borders of an element to create a circle.
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Since a circle has the same radius at any given point, the `width` and `height` must be the same. Differing
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values will create an ellipse.
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#### Browser support
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- https://caniuse.com/#feat=border-radius
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