Monday

This week's coding challenge has a lot of complicated CSS. For the most part, we are going to be implementing code that we will not take the time to fully understand. Ideally, we'd spread this code over two or even three weeks of exploration, with gradually escalating complexity, but due to the need to wind down the course in time for the final exam, we will implement some bits of code without conducting deep dives.

Today we're going to lay out the basic HTML for the week, which will include setting up inputs and labels, then we will spend a bit of time working out how to control the cursor appearance in our code.

Labels are often used with forms, but this week's coding challenge uses labels to set up the drop-menu. I am not going to cover the myriad options you have for setting up forms, labels, and inputs. As mentioned above, we do not have the time to go into them. During class I will demonstrate the syntax needed to get these things to work for our purposes, and that's the extent of things. For more in-depth detail, go to the W3Schools' section on label tags to sort things out.

There are more than 3 dozen options for the cursor property, and usage of the code is straightforward. Take a look at the W3Schools interactive on cursors to get a quick reference you can use to guide your work.