Create borders with cut corners | fully responsive CSS and easy to adapt
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2022-06-21

I was asked if we could make a button with cut corners, and it seemed like a fun challenge, and this is my solution! It involves a lot of custom properties and the setup is a little complex, but the custom properties make it easy to make changes down the line!

🔗 Links 
✅ The code: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/bGLmORx
✅ How to pick units: https://youtu.be/N5wpD9Ov_To
✅ More on  :where() - https://youtu.be/pvH35ZFPbc4

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:39 - Creating the custom properties
02:41 - Styling the button itself
04:54 - Adding the clip-path
09:12 - adding pseudo-classes to create the border
12:38 - Making the border-effect
20:37 - Adding the hover and focus state

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