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Python Flask Basics Character Builder Drawing the Bear

Liat Hoffman
Liat Hoffman
9,316 Points

Positioning the items on the grid

I am trying to figure out what part of the source code positions the items on the grid, so as to be able to try to make something like this on my own. I know this tutorial is glossing over the design aspects of this project, but please indulge me as I am trying to put everything together.

In other words - how do you make sure that the footwear image shows up on the feet of the bear? And all the items show up in the correct area? Surely Flask doesn't automatically know where to put the image for selected items...

I looked through the CSS file but couldn't find the relevant information. Is it not done with CSS? (Here is the CSS code from the challenge:)

/*GENERAL*/
body {
  background: #F3F4F5;
  font: .875em normal Helvetica, Arial;
  color: #878787;
  line-height: .875em;
  height: auto;
}

.enter-name {
  background: #fff;
  margin: 60px auto 200px;
  max-width: 300px;
  padding: 49px;
  border: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 1.35em;
}

.bear-avatar {
  margin: 0 auto 40px;
  width: 100%;
}

input[type=text] {
  border: 0;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #bbb;
  outline: 0;
  margin: 20px 0;
  padding: 10px 20px;
  width: 260px;
  text-align: left;
}
.grid-30 input[type=text] {
    margin: -12px 0 0;
    width: 80%;
}

input[type=submit] {
  margin: 19px 19px 0;
  padding: 13px 0;
  border: 2px solid #5DCFE5;
  border-radius: 4px;
  opacity: .7;
  text-align: center;
  width: 50%;
  background: #fff;
  outline: 0;
  color: #46A0CC;
  font-size: 14px;
}

input[type=submit]:hover {
border-color: #46A0CC;
opacity: 1;
}

.wrap {
  background: #fff;
  margin: 60px auto 120px;
  max-width: 885px;
  border: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
  border-bottom: 0;
}
.wrap.no-bottom {
    margin-bottom: 0;
}
.wrap.no-top {
    margin-top: 0;
}

.wrap:before, .wrap:after, .enter-name:before, .enter-name:after {
  content: '';
  display: table;
  clear: both;
}

.messages {
    border: 0;
}

.messages li {
    color: #fff;
    display: block;
    font-size: 1.2em;
    font-weight: bold;
    letter-spacing: 0.025em;
    text-align: center;
}

.row {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
}

.title {
  color: #47515B;
  float: left;
  margin: 35px 0 33px 33px;
  text-align: left;
  width: 100%;
}

.category-title {
float: left;
margin: 35px 0 0 33px;
width: 100px;
text-align: left;
width: 100%;
}

li {
  list-style: no-selection;
  display: inline-block;
}

a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #46A0CC;
}

.colors label, .items label {
  cursor: pointer;
}


/*MINI GRID*/

.grid-100 {
  width: 100%;
  display: block;
    float:left;
}

.grid-90 {
  width: 90%;
  display: block;
  float:left;
}

.grid-80 {
  width: 80%;
  display: block;
  float:left;
}

.grid-70 {
  width: 70%;
  display: block;
  float:left;
}

.grid-60 {
  width: 60%;
  display: block;
  float:left;
}

.grid-50 {
  width: 50%;
  display: block;
  float:left;
}

.grid-40 {
  width: 40%;
  display: block;
  float:left;
}

.grid-30 {
  width: 30%;
  display: block;
  float:left;
}

.grid-20 {
  width: 20%;
  display: block;
  float:left;
}

.grid-10 {
  width: 10%;
  display: block;
  float:left;
}

/*BUTTON*/
.btn {
float: right;
margin: 19px 19px 19px;
padding: 13px 0;
border: 2px solid #5DCFE5;
border-radius: 4px;
opacity: .7;
text-align: center;
width: 50%;
background: #fff;
outline: 0;
color: #46A0CC;
}

.btn:hover {
border-color: #46A0CC;
opacity: 1;
}


/*COLORS*/
.colors {
  float: left;
  margin: 27px 0 0;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
}

.colors input[type=radio] {
  display: none;
}

.colors input[type=radio] + label {
  border: 7px solid #FFF;
  width: 14px;
  height: 14px;
  margin-right: 10px;
  display: inline-block;
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.colors input[type=radio] + label:last-child {
  margin-right: 0;
}

.colors button.btn {
    float: right;
    margin-top: -8px;
    width: 30%;
}

  /*black*/
  .colors input[type=radio]#black + label {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #2C3238;
  }

    .colors input[type=radio]#black:checked + label {
      background: #2C3238;
    }

  /*purple*/
  .colors input[type=radio]#purple + label {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #9F80C9;
  }

    .colors input[type=radio]#purple:checked +label {
      background: #9F80C9;
    }

  /*blue*/
  .colors input[type=radio]#blue + label {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #3A88C0;
  }

    .colors input[type=radio]#blue:checked +label {
      background: #3A88C0;
    }

  /*green*/
  .colors input[type=radio]#green + label {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #2CB557;
  }

    .colors input[type=radio]#green:checked +label {
      background: #2CB557;
    }

  /*yellow*/
  .colors input[type=radio]#yellow + label {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #FBCF26;
  }

    .colors input[type=radio]#yellow:checked +label {
      background: #FBCF26;
    }

  /*orange*/
  .colors input[type=radio]#orange + label {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #FF7E00;
  }

    .colors input[type=radio]#orange:checked +label {
      background: #FF7E00;
    }

  /*red*/
  .colors input[type=radio]#red + label {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #F14646;
  }

    .colors input[type=radio]#red:checked +label {
      background: #F14646;
    }


/*BEAR*/
#bear {
  width: 100%;
  height: 480px;
  padding-top: 40px;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

  #bear img {
    position: absolute;
    width: 885px;
    left: 50%;
    margin-left: -442.5px;
  }

.bg-yellow { background: rgb(249, 199, 30); }
.bg-black { background: rgb(33, 37, 43); }
.bg-purple { background: rgb(141, 105, 189); }
.bg-blue { background: rgb(46, 116, 179); }
.bg-green { background: rgb(41, 171, 69); }
.bg-orange { background: rgb(253, 104, 7); }
.bg-red { background: rgb(235, 61, 69); }


/*ITEMS*/
.items input[type="radio"], #bear input[type="radio"] {
  display: none;
}

.items input[type=radio] + label {
  display: inline-block;
  border: 1px solid #fff;
  border-bottom: 4px solid #fff;
  border-radius: 50%;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 6px;
  margin: 14px 16px;
}

.items input[type=radio]:checked + label {
  border-color: #e9e9e9;
}

/*MEDIA QUERIES*/

@media only screen and (max-width: 701px) {
  .wrap {
    margin:0;
  }
  .grid-10, .grid-20, .grid-30, .grid-40, .grid-50, .grid-60, .grid-70, .grid-80, .grid-90 {
    width: 100%;
  }
  .title {
    text-align: center;
    margin: 20px 0;
    font-size: 1.35em;
  }
  .category-title {
    margin: 40px 0 20px 20px;
    font-size: 1.35em;
    width: 200px;
  }
  .colors {
    margin: 10px 0;
  }
  .btn {
    width: 40%;
    margin: 19px 30%;
  }
}

Thanks so much!!

[MOD: added ```css formatting -cf]

3 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,428 Points

It appears the CSS file does not have sufficient information to answer your question. The grid elements in the CSS are being used to uniformly lay out the menu options for hats in pants and shirts, etc.

The drawing of those items on top of the bear is dictated by the class of that <div>. For example, the footwear has the class "footwear"and would be drawn according to the CSS for that class. However the class .footwear is not listed in the CSS file you have. Perhaps go to the last video of the series (Outro) and look at the downloadable project files and see if the CSS has the information you need on the bear's attire classes.

Liat Hoffman
Liat Hoffman
9,316 Points

Yeah I took a look at the .svg files in the downloadable project folder. Looks like the images themselves have been lined up relative to each other. Thanks for your help!

David Hortensius
David Hortensius
3,898 Points

Hi Edward,

I was looking at the exact same thing, after typing.. <div class="footwear"> .. in the bear tutorial. I was wondering how the images are so magically aligned, while class "footwear" simply doesn't exist in the css file. So I looked up the bear images and the accessories images. They all have a transparent area at the top and are laid over each other. So they all fit according to their relative position to the the top of the image.

Edward Sapp
Edward Sapp
8,479 Points

Thanks for getting back on this!

Edward Sapp
Edward Sapp
8,479 Points

what does that mean, lined up to be relative to each other?