A Collection of UI Snippets Is Making Life Easier for Coders

Since the inception of the Internet in the 90's, web technology has continuously advanced both in terms of the kinds of effects and functions the viewer can be presented with on a web page and the conciseness of the code used to express those effects. One of the most basic schools of thought in web design is that any opportunity should be taken to remove redundancy of code throughout either a given page or multiple pages across a given website, thus making the code more understandable to both the designer and search engines.

This methodology is commonly seen in the usage of a CSS file to apply consistent stylistic elements across a website without having to copy and paste manually defined style syntax across every single page. By having this code stored in a separate location and having every page link to it in a particular way, the pages do not have to be cluttered up as thoroughly behind the scenes.

Specifically defined packets of code that are made available for other page files to call are generally referred to as "snippets." Snippets that pertain to UI functionality most commonly take the form of button designs that react in specific and visually distinct ways when the user either clicks on them or hovers their mouse cursor over them. As stretches of code often stored in CSS files, UI snippets are defined in a space that is not based in the same location as any one content page but can be remotely called by any number of them. A further strength of their self-contained nature is that they are easy to distribute on the Internet.

A free resource located at ui-snippets.dev provides a collection of UI snippets useful for encasing a string of text in a reactive effect. The ones that start out encompassed in rounded white shapes are useful as rollover effects for buttons, and the others can potentially come across as amusing novelties. Hovering over a given snippet demonstrates the effect, and right-clicking it lets the user copy to their system's clipboard the CSS code that recreates the effect. For more information click here https://www.reddit.com/r/webdesign/comments/o6vtzh/uisnippetsacollectionofcopyableuisnippets/.