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Smooth Marble Recipe Card
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An elevated culinary recipe card featuring a sophisticated marble texture overlay and gold accents. This version introduces a smooth, CSS-grid-based accordion for the ingredients list, replacing the abrupt default behavior of the details tag. Each ingredient is now paired with a thematic icon, and the list items feature a staggered entrance animation for a premium user experience.
Features
- Smooth CSS Grid height transition for ingredients
- Staggered list item animations
- Contextual FontAwesome icons for ingredients
- Marble texture overlay with gold-themed UI
- Interactive hover states and scale effects
- Responsive flexbox layout with elegant typography
Uses
- Premium cooking applications
- Restaurant digital menus
- Food blog recipe previews
- Gourmet subscription services
Benefits
- Eliminates abrupt layout shifts during interaction
- Improves visual hierarchy with iconography
- Enhances perceived value through motion design
- Maintains clean aesthetic while providing deep information
Techniques Used
CSS Grid (0fr to 1fr) for auto-height animation, staggered transition-delays, marble texture masking, and FontAwesome integration.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the Smooth Marble Recipe Card achieve a fluid height transition for the ingredients list without using a hardcoded max-height?
The component leverages the CSS Grid transition hack by setting 'grid-template-rows' to '0fr' in the collapsed state and '1fr' in the expanded state. By wrapping the ingredients in a container with 'overflow: hidden', the browser can calculate the fractional unit height dynamically, resulting in a smooth animation regardless of the content length.
Which CSS properties are manipulated to ensure the staggered entrance of list items doesn't trigger simultaneously?
Staggering is managed through the use of inline-style CSS variables, specifically '--stagger-delay', applied to each 'li' element. These variables are consumed by the 'animation-delay' property in the 'keyframes' declaration, allowing for a sequential 'opacity' and 'transform: translateY' transition as the container expands.
How is the marble texture overlay implemented to maintain high performance and avoid layout shifts?
The marble texture is applied as a 'background-image' using a lightweight tiling SVG on an absolute-positioned '::after' pseudo-element. By setting 'pointer-events: none' and 'z-index: -1', the texture remains purely decorative, while 'will-change: transform' is applied to the parent container during hover scale effects to offload rendering to the GPU.
What technical approach is used to integrate the gold-themed UI accents while maintaining WCAG AA contrast compliance?
The gold accents utilize a 'linear-gradient' comprising hex codes like '#D4AF37' and '#F7EF8A' for a metallic sheen. To ensure readability, these are primarily used for borders and icons, while 'color-contrast' logic ensures that primary ingredient text remains in high-contrast charcoal or deep gold shades against the white marble base.
If I wanted to repurpose the ingredients accordion for a Step-by-Step instruction mode, how would the CSS Grid logic need to change?
The 'grid-template-rows' logic remains identical, but you would likely transition from a 'flex-direction: row' to a 'flex-direction: column' on the parent container. Additionally, you would adjust the 'transition-timing-function' to 'cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)' to account for the larger vertical travel distance of instructional text blocks compared to short ingredient strings.