How I find and debug issues in my CSS

Kevin Powell · Beginner ·📰 AI News & Updates ·2y ago
If you’d like to dive deeper into your dev tools, I have a two-hour bonus lesson as part of my course CSS Demystified that dives really deep into all the CSS related features and tools that we have, and how to use them: https://cssdemystified.com?utm_campaign=general&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=howidebug 🔗 Links ✅ VisBug for Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/visbug/cdockenadnadldjbbgcallicgledbeoc?pli=1 ✅ Visbug for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/visbug/ ✅ Polypane: https://polypane.app/?ref=kevin (affiliate link, so if you do purchase, you’re also helping support my channel) ⌚ Timestamps 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - Dev Tools basics 03:40 - Typos and invalid properties & values 05:08 - Valid properties in places they won’t work 07:42 - Responsiveness, overflows, and layout issues 09:47 - Finding overflows with outlines 12:00 - Using background-color to find overflows 12:45 - Devtools features for working with grid and flexbox 16:20 - Firefox can extra visualizations that can be useful 18:12 - VisBug 19:28 - Polypane #css -- Come hang out with other dev's in my Discord Community 💬 https://discord.gg/nTYCvrK Keep up to date with everything I'm up to ✉ https://www.kevinpowell.co/newsletter Come hang out with me live every Monday on Twitch! 📺 https://www.twitch.tv/kevinpowellcss --- Help support my channel 👨‍🎓 Get a course: https://www.kevinpowell.co/courses 👕 Buy a shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/making-the-internet-awesome 💖 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kevinpowell --- My editor: VS Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/ --- I'm on some other places on the internet too! If you'd like a behind the scenes and previews of what's coming up on my YouTube channel, make sure to follow me on Instagram and Twitter. Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevinJPowell Codepen: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/ Github: https://github.com/kevin-powell --- And whatever you do, don't forget to keep on makin
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1 How to create an awesome navigation bar with HTML & CSS
How to create an awesome navigation bar with HTML & CSS
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2 Improve your CSS by Keepin' it DRY
Improve your CSS by Keepin' it DRY
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3 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 6: Images
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 6: Images
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4 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 7: File Structure
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 7: File Structure
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5 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 4: Bold and Italic text and HTML comments
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 4: Bold and Italic text and HTML comments
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6 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 5: Links
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 5: Links
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7 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 3: Paragraphs and Headings
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 3: Paragraphs and Headings
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8 HTML and CSS for Beginners Part 1: Introduction to HTML
HTML and CSS for Beginners Part 1: Introduction to HTML
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9 HTML and CSS for Beginners Part 2: Building your first web page!
HTML and CSS for Beginners Part 2: Building your first web page!
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10 HTML & CSS for Beginner Part 8: Introduction to CSS
HTML & CSS for Beginner Part 8: Introduction to CSS
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11 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 9: External CSS
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 9: External CSS
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12 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 10: Divs & Spans
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 10: Divs & Spans
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13 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 11: Classes & IDs
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 11: Classes & IDs
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14 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 12: The CSS Box Model - Margin, Borders & Padding explained
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 12: The CSS Box Model - Margin, Borders & Padding explained
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15 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 13: Background Images
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 13: Background Images
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16 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 14: Style Text with CSS
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 14: Style Text with CSS
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17 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 15: How to style links
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 15: How to style links
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18 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 16: CSS selectors and Specificity
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 16: CSS selectors and Specificity
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19 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 17: How to Create and Style HTML Lists
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 17: How to Create and Style HTML Lists
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20 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 18: How Floats and Clears work
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 18: How Floats and Clears work
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21 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 19: Colors with CSS - hex, rgba, and hsla
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 19: Colors with CSS - hex, rgba, and hsla
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22 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 20: How to center a div
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 20: How to center a div
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23 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 21: How to create a basic website layout - the HTML
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 21: How to create a basic website layout - the HTML
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24 HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 22: How to create a basic layout - the CSS
HTML & CSS for Beginners Part 22: How to create a basic layout - the CSS
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25 How to Create a Responsive Website from Scratch - Part 1: The HTML #Responsive #HTML5
How to Create a Responsive Website from Scratch - Part 1: The HTML #Responsive #HTML5
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26 How to Create a Responsive Website from Scratch - Part 2: The Header and Hero area #Responsive #CSS3
How to Create a Responsive Website from Scratch - Part 2: The Header and Hero area #Responsive #CSS3
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27 How to Create a Responsive Website from Scratch - Part 3: The About Section #Responsive #CSS
How to Create a Responsive Website from Scratch - Part 3: The About Section #Responsive #CSS
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28 How to Create a Responsive Website from Scratch - Part 4: Building a Responsive Portfolio Section
How to Create a Responsive Website from Scratch - Part 4: Building a Responsive Portfolio Section
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29 How to Create a Responsive Website from Scratch - Part 5: Call To Action and Footer #CSS #Responsive
How to Create a Responsive Website from Scratch - Part 5: Call To Action and Footer #CSS #Responsive
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30 Tutorial: Learn how to use CSS Media Queries in less than 5 minutes
Tutorial: Learn how to use CSS Media Queries in less than 5 minutes
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31 End of the year upate and what's coming to my channel to start the new year
End of the year upate and what's coming to my channel to start the new year
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32 Create a CSS only Mega Dropdown Menu
Create a CSS only Mega Dropdown Menu
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33 CSS Tutorial: Outline and Outline Offset
CSS Tutorial: Outline and Outline Offset
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34 CSS Blending Modes
CSS Blending Modes
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35 Parallax effect | 2 different ways to add it with jQuery
Parallax effect | 2 different ways to add it with jQuery
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36 CSS Units: vh, vw, vmin, vmax #css #responsive #design
CSS Units: vh, vw, vmin, vmax #css #responsive #design
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37 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 01: Intro + Setting things up
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 01: Intro + Setting things up
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38 100 Subscribers speed coding bonus video
100 Subscribers speed coding bonus video
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39 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 02: The Markup #HTML
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 02: The Markup #HTML
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40 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 03: Sass Variables and a Mixin #Sass
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 03: Sass Variables and a Mixin #Sass
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41 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 04: Setting up the hero and header
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 04: Setting up the hero and header
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42 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 05: Typography & Buttons
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 05: Typography & Buttons
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43 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 06.1: Building the navigation with Flexbox
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 06.1: Building the navigation with Flexbox
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44 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 06.2: Making the nav work with jQuery
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 06.2: Making the nav work with jQuery
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45 Redesigning & Coding My Website #CreateICG
Redesigning & Coding My Website #CreateICG
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46 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 07: Starting the flexbox grid
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 07: Starting the flexbox grid
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47 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 08: Promo & Problem shooting!
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 08: Promo & Problem shooting!
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48 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 09: The CTA and Footer
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 09: The CTA and Footer
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49 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 10: Making it responsive
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 10: Making it responsive
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50 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 11: Making it responsive con't
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 11: Making it responsive con't
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51 How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 12: Putting the site online
How to Create a Website - Complete workflow | Part 12: Putting the site online
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52 Create a Custom Grid System with CSS Calc() and Sass
Create a Custom Grid System with CSS Calc() and Sass
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53 CSS em and rem explained #CSS #responsive
CSS em and rem explained #CSS #responsive
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54 Should you use Bootstrap?
Should you use Bootstrap?
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55 How to add Smooth Scrolling to your one page website with jQuery
How to add Smooth Scrolling to your one page website with jQuery
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56 Let's learn Bootstrap 4
Let's learn Bootstrap 4
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57 How I approach designing a website - my thought process
How I approach designing a website - my thought process
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58 Build a website with Bootstrap 4 - Part 1: The setup
Build a website with Bootstrap 4 - Part 1: The setup
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59 Build a website with Bootstrap 4 - Introduction
Build a website with Bootstrap 4 - Introduction
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60 Build a website with Bootstrap 4 - Part 2:  Customizing Variables
Build a website with Bootstrap 4 - Part 2: Customizing Variables
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Introduction
1:00 Dev Tools basics
3:40 Typos and invalid properties & values
5:08 Valid properties in places they won’t work
7:42 Responsiveness, overflows, and layout issues
9:47 Finding overflows with outlines
12:00 Using background-color to find overflows
12:45 Devtools features for working with grid and flexbox
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