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  • Special Publication:  Public Website Visual Style Guide
  • August 2015

Grid

Use these guidelines for customizing webpages and adhering to the defined grid.

MCC's uses the Bourbon Neat responsive grid framework on a 16-column grid with a gutter of 20px between columns. The column grid changes depending on which of four breakpoints the viewport is using.

MCC uses scalable units like ems instead of fixed-sized units like pixels.

Breakpoints

Breakpoints
Name Value
Break Small 20 em width or less
Break Medium Between 20 and 45 em
Break Large Between 45 and 70 em

Tweakpoints

Tweakpoints
Name Value
Tweak Medium Between 33.75 and 68 em
Tweak Large Greater than 68 em

Helper Classes

Structure

Structure Helper Classes
Class Description
.clearfix Clears any floats that might disrupt a layout (HTML5 Boilerplate)

Visibility

Visibility Helper Classes
Class Description
.hide-small Hides item in the small breakpoint
.hide-medium Hides item in the medium breakpoint
.hide-large Hides item in the large breakpoint
.hide-xl Hides item in the XL breakpoint
.hiddenFields Hides item generated by Low Googlesearch plugin
.hidden Hides item visually and from screen readers (HTML5 Boilerplate)
.visuallyhidden Hides item visually but available for screen readers (HTML5 Boilerplate)
.invisible Hides item visually and from screen readers but maintains layout (HTML5 Boilerplate)