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Discussion on: Daily Challenge #48 - Facebook Likes

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Alvaro Montoro

CSS

This is a "don't do this at home" type of solution. Will it work? Yes. Is is worth it? We can all agree that CSS is always worth it (:P), but in this case, it may end up with a ton of unnecessary HTML code.

The idea is to use a ul/ol to represent the list of people, and with counters keep track of the number of likes (aka people in the list). Then with pseudo-elements display the appropriate message or connector.

ul, ol { 
  display: block;
  list-style: none;
  padding-left: 0;
  clear: both;
  height: 40px;
  line-height: 40px;
  counter-reset: people -2;
}

li {
  display: inline-block;
  float: left;
  font-size: 1rem;
  counter-increment: people;
}

/* empty list */
ul:empty::before,
ol:empty::before {
  content: "No one likes this post.";
}

/* one element only */
li:first-child:last-child::after {
  content: " likes this post.";
}

/* separate all names by commas */
li:not(:first-child)::before {
  content: ", ";
}

/* the last name (or from the third one) will end the list */
li:nth-child(n + 3)::before,
li:last-child:not(:first-child)::before {
  content: "\00a0 and ";
}

/* add message for multiple names */
li:nth-child(n+3)::after,
li:last-child::after {
  content: " like this post.";
}

/* from the 4th element forth, they must be hidden */
li:nth-child(n+3):not(:last-child) {
  font-size: 0;
}

/* the last element in a list of 4 or more is special */
li:nth-child(n+4):last-child::before {
  font-size: 1rem;
  content: "\00a0 and " counter(people) " others like this post.";
}
li:nth-child(n+4):last-child {
  font-size: 0;
}
li:nth-child(n+4):last-child::after {
  content: "";
}

And here is a demo on codepen:

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Jithesh. KT

Bloody brilliant!

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Alvaro Montoro

Also, I'm more of an Oxford-comma type of person, but the challenge didn't have it. (That is my excuse and I'll stick to it)

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Alvaro Montoro

Thanks to this challenge, I learnt that CSS counters don't increment in elements with display: none. Which is nice.