style.css

body {
    background-color: #000;
    color: #fff;
    font-family: 'Helvetice Neue', sans-serif;
    font-size: 24px;
    font-weight: bold;
    line-height: 1.5;
    /* padding linked to screen size */
    padding: 5vh 3vw;
    /* body tag by default is only as tall as its content */
    /* 100vh expandss the element to the full page  */
    min-height: 100vh;
    /* flexbox to stack boxes side by side in a long row */
    display: flex;
    /* stack boxes on top of each other */
    flex-direction: column;
    /* each div container spaced evenly, first item on the start line, last item on the end line */
    justify-content: space-between;
  }
  
  .title {
    text-align: center;
  }
  
  .middle {
      /* bookmarking this as a default for potentially styling other items inside of these elements using an absolute position */
      position: relative;
  }
  
  .videos,
  .top,
  .indicators {
      display: grid;
    place-items: center;
  }
  
  .videos {
      /* responsive design */
      width: 100%;
    padding-left:  24px;
    padding-right: 24px;
  }
  
  /* use the input selector to style */
  input {
    /* this styling makes the input element look like its part of the page */
    background-color: transparent;
    border: none;
    padding: 0;
    outline: none;
    text-align: center;
    color: #fff;
  }
  
  .visible {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: scale(1) rotate(0deg);
  }
  
  .visible:nth-of-type(2n) {
    transform: scale(1) rotate(5deg);
  }
  
  .visible:nth-of-type(3n) {
    transform: scale(1) rotate(-5deg);
  }
  
  .visible:nth-of-type(4n) {
    transform: scale(1) rotate(7deg);
  }
  
  .search-input {
    width: 100%;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 72px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
      /* we subtract the element's padding from 100 and this gives us a total of 94vw */
    width: 94vw;
    line-height: 1;
    height: 88px;
  }
  
  .search-clear {
    cursor: pointer;
  }
  
  input {
    padding: 0;
    background: none;
    border: none;
    color: #fff;
    outline: none;
  }
  
  /* styles placeholder text of placeholder*/
  .search-input::placeholder {
    color: #323232;
  }
  
  .title,
  .search-clear {
      grid-area: 1 / 1;
  }
  
  /* hide svg's (x button and spinner) and display only when utilising search */
  .search-clear,
  .spinner {
    /* change opacity to fade-in once search is utilised */
    transition: opacity 0.5s ease;
    opacity: 0;
    /* this stops mouse interactivity */
    /* pointer-events: none; */
  }
  
  .search-clear {
    /* pointer hand will appear */
    cursor: pointer;
    position: relative;
    /* to uze z index, need to have a position property of absolute, relative, or fixed*/
    z-index: 2;
  }
  
  .title {
    position: relative;
    /* so that our close button is on top of our title */
    z-index: 1;
      transition: opacity 0.5s ease;
  }
  
  .videos,
  .middle,
  .grid {
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
  }
  
  .video {  
    /* tweet from benjamin de cock */
    /* the below grid area tells each child to take up full width and height of our grid */
    grid-area: 1 / 1;
    background-color: #000;
    display: block;
    /* square shaped gifs / mp4s */
    max-width: 480px;
    max-height: 480px;
    box-shadow: 0 0 40px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68);
    opacity: 0;
    transform: scale(0) rotate(0deg);
    transition: all 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.215, 0.61, 0.355, 1);
    outline: 1px solid transparent;
    /* responsive design */
      width: 100%;
  }
  
  .search-input,
  .videos,
  .full-area {
    grid-area: 1/1;
  }
  
  .top {
    display: grid;
    grid-area: 1/1;
  }
  
  .indicators,
  .top {
    text-align: center;
    position: relative;
  }
  
  /* we are creating the search hint transition that we've started in our js */
  .search-hint,
  .spinner {
      grid-area: 1/1;
  }
  
  .spinner,
  .search-hint,
  .search-clear {
    opacity: 0;
    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
    transition: all .2s ease;
  }
  
  .loading .spinner,
  .show-hint .search-hint,
  .has-results .search-clear {
      opacity: 1;
  }
  
  .show-hint.loading .search-hint,
  .has-results .title {
    opacity: 0;
    pointer-events: none;
  }
  
  .spinner {
    max-width: 24px;
  }
  
  
  @media (max-width: 480px) {
    body {
      font-size: 18px;
    }
    
    .search-input {
      font-size: 32px;
    }
  }