Multicolored List Items

Summary BlockFree

Feb 3

In Squarespace, we can’t change the background color of a summary block, which also means you can’t choose different colors for each item. In this tutorial, I walk you through how you can use CSS to add a background color or multiple different background colors to your list items.

Demo

Usage

Add a summary block onto your website and set the Layout Style to “List”.

Add the below code into your Design » Custom CSS area. Replace the #block-id with the specific blockID of your summary block.

The default of this code will rotate through the 3 background colors within the “Multicolor Styles” section of the code. Feel free to adjust those three colors as you wish.

Be sure to watch the video to learn how to rotate through more or less colors.

If you have your Summary Image Aspect Ratio set to “Auto” remove the comments at the bottom of the code.

The Code

  
/**
* Summary Block 
* List Layout & Styles
* Vertically Center & Multicolor
**/
#block-id {
  
  //Vertically Center List Items
  .summary-item {
    display: flex;
  }

  .summary-thumbnail-outer-container {
    a {
      padding-right: 0px !important;
      padding-left: 0px !important;
    }
    img {
      height: 100%;
      object-fit: cover;
    }
  }
  .summary-content {
    padding: 17px;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
  }

  @media (max-width: 767px) {
    .summary-item {
      flex-direction: column;
    }
    .summary-item > * {
      width: 100% !important;
    }
  }

  //Multicolor Styles
  .summary-item-list > *:nth-of-type(3n + 1) .summary-content {
    background: #fae267;
  }
  .summary-item-list > *:nth-of-type(3n + 2) .summary-content {
    background: #9ec9c9;
  }
  .summary-item-list > *:nth-of-type(3n + 3) .summary-content {
    background: #b19ec9;
  }

  /*For Aspect Ratio = Auto
  .summary-thumbnail-outer-container {
    a {
      height:100%;
    }
    .img-wrapper{
      height:100%;
    }
  }*/
}
  

References

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