This course covers CSS best practices and techniques for styling and structuring forms. Author Ray Villalobos explains how forms work, best practices for structuring HTML, new additions to forms in HTML5, and how to style individual elements. The course discusses how to use CSS to style traditional and custom elements and reviews browser discrepancies, custom elements, and custom fonts and how to style for different types of user feedback. Advanced CSS layouts and design patterns and issues specific to styling for handhelds are also covered. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:
* Creating forms with the <form> element * Adding labels and basic usability features * Navigating elements between browsers * Styling the background * Creating input and button fields * Working with select fields * Floating and positioning grouped elements * Using HTML5 input types * Resizing elements and adjusting the view for mobile devices * Adding jQuery navigation * Designing validation feedback
