meteor/v3-docs/docs/tutorials/react/5.styles.md

## 5: Styles

### 5.1: CSS

Our user interface up until this point has looked quite ugly. Let's add some basic styling which will serve as the foundation for a more professional looking app.

Replace the content of our `client/main.css` file with the one below, the idea is to have an app bar at the top, and a scrollable content including:

- form to add new tasks;
- list of tasks.

::: code-group

```css [client/main.css]
body {
  font-family: sans-serif;
  background-color: #315481;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #315481, #918e82 100%);
  background-attachment: fixed;

  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;

  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;

  font-size: 14px;
}

button {
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 1em;
  border: none;
  color: white;
  box-shadow: 0 3px 3px rgba(34, 25, 25, 0.4);
  padding: 5px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

button:focus {
  outline: 0;
}

.app {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  height: 100vh;
}

.app-header {
  flex-grow: 1;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}

.main {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  flex-grow: 1;
  overflow: auto;
  background: white;
}

.main::-webkit-scrollbar {
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  background: inherit;
}

header {
  background: #d2edf4;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #d0edf5, #e1e5f0 100%);
  padding: 20px 15px 15px 15px;
  position: relative;
  box-shadow: 0 3px 3px rgba(34, 25, 25, 0.4);
}

.app-bar {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
}

.app-bar h1 {
  font-size: 1.5em;
  margin: 0;
  display: inline-block;
  margin-right: 1em;
}

.task-form {
  display: flex;
  margin: 16px;
}

.task-form > input {
  flex-grow: 1;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding: 10px 6px;
  background: transparent;
  border: 1px solid #aaa;
  width: 100%;
  font-size: 1em;
  margin-right: 16px;
}

.task-form > input:focus {
  outline: 0;
}

.task-form > button {
  min-width: 100px;
  height: 95%;
  background-color: #315481;
}

.tasks {
  list-style-type: none;
  padding-inline-start: 0;
  padding-left: 16px;
  padding-right: 16px;
  margin-block-start: 0;
  margin-block-end: 0;
}

.tasks > li {
  display: flex;
  padding: 16px;
  border-bottom: #eee solid 1px;
  align-items: center;
}

.tasks > li > span {
  flex-grow: 1;
}

.tasks > li > button {
  justify-self: flex-end;
  background-color: #ff3046;
}
```

:::

> If you want to learn more about this stylesheet check this article about [Flexbox](https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/), and also this free [video tutorial](https://flexbox.io/) about it from [Wes Bos](https://twitter.com/wesbos).
>
> Flexbox is an excellent tool to distribute and align elements in your UI.

### 5.2: Applying styles

Now you need to add some elements around your components. You are going to add a `className` to your main div in the `App`, also a `header` element with a few `divs` around your `h1`, and a main `div` around your form and list. Check below how it should be, pay attention to the name of the classes, they need to be the same as in the CSS file:

::: code-group

```js [imports/ui/App.jsx]
  ..
  return (
    <div className="app">
      <header>
        <div className="app-bar">
          <div className="app-header">
            <h1>Welcome to Meteor!</h1>
          </div>
        </div>
      </header>
      <div className="main">
        <TaskForm />

        <ul className="tasks">
          {tasks.map((task) => (
            <Task
              key={task._id}
              task={task}
              onCheckboxClick={handleToggleChecked}
              onDeleteClick={handleDelete}
            />
          ))}
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
```

:::

> In React we use `className` instead of `class` as React uses Javascript to define the UI and `class` is a reserved word in Javascript.

Also, choose a better title for your app, Meteor is amazing but you don't want to see `Welcome to Meteor!` in your app top bar all the time.

You could choose something like:

::: code-group

```js [imports/ui/App.jsx]
  ..
  <h1>📝️ To Do List</h1>
  ..
```

:::

Your app should look like this:

<img width="200px" src="/tutorials/react/assets/step05-styles.png"/>

In the next step, we are going to make this task list more interactive, for example, providing a way to filter tasks.