So, let's say that it turns out that, come April Fools, the admins don't implement another button. Would it then be possible for a user (or users) to code a completely working button in a subreddit's CSS?
I don't really know any CSS at all, so I'm not sure of it's capabilities.
Here is the code for the Button
Here is the css code for the sub
Here is what it looks like when put in the css
That sub might look exciting but I think it's all just display stuff and there's nothing to actually make it work. The question is where do you actually run the Button from and keep the presser data? I don't know much about computers so I don't even know what the options are :( /u/bsimpson /u/gamehelp16
Yup, this is exactly the problem. CSS is used only to "style" webpages and can't do complex things like the button. My implementation of the button using only CSS even uses some trickery to make it look as it is right now. For example, the button lock actually can't be done using pure CSS only, I took advantage of the "togglebility" of "show self text" button in posts to make it happen. Also, the timer thing also requires some trickery because CSS can't change the contents of an element in a webpage, and the timer in my version works like car odometers in this image, the numbers are already there but I just animate the visible part.
Making an exact replica of the button is possble, but can't be done using CSS only, and therefore it can't be made on subreddits. I hope this answers the question.
Thanks for the clarification. /u/Star_rider
/u/mncke talked about this earlier and mentioned issues. Could you elaborate?