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Most Amazing Win7 Windows Explorer UI Design Using Pure CSS3

Published on March 21, 2013

Hi friends, After a huge response for Amazing Windows 7 Calculator UI Using Pure CSS3, I decided to make more Windows 7 User Interface using Pure CSS3. In result To day i make this amazing windows 7 Windows Explorer(My Computer) UI Using pure css3. In the process of learning i learn how to use uni-codes in html so that we can minimize the image usage. Now see how to design Windows Explorer UI using pure CSS3. This is first time only on techumber.com.

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This example can be best viewed in All CSS3 support browsers. Sorry if you using IE. Window Background

<div class="window">
  <div class="con-wrap"></div>
</div>

Window Background CSS

.window {
  width: 850px;
  height: 500px;
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  border: solid 1px #102a3e;
  overflow: visible;
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 60px 0 0 20px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  position: relative;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 1px #fff;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 1px #fff;
  background-color: #619bb9;
  background: gradient(
    linear,
    center top,
    center bottom,
    from(#327aa4),
    color-stop(45%, #2e4b5a),
    to(#5cb0dc)
  );
}
.con-wrap {
  border: solid 1px #102a3e;
  margin: 10px auto;
  width: 840px;
  background: #fff;
  height: 427px;
}

Window commands

<div class="wcmd">
  <a class="min">-</a>
  <a class="max"></a>
  <a class="close"></a>
</div>

Window commands css

.wcmd {
  float: right;
  margin-right: 7px;
}
.wcmd a {
  float: left;
}
.wcmd .min {
  width: 29px;
  height: 19px;
  background: linear-gradient(top, #d3ced8 50%, #a69eae 50%);
  text-align: center;
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 0 0 0 2px;
  border: 1px solid #555;
  border-top-width: 0px;
  border-right-width: 0px;
  text-shadow: -1px 0 #444, 0 1px #444, 1px 0 #444, 0 -1px #444;
  font-size: 30px;
  line-height: 16px;
}
.wcmd .max {
  width: 27px;
  height: 19px;
  text-align: center;
  background: linear-gradient(top, #d3ced8 50%, #a69eae 50%);
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: bolder;
  border: 1px solid #555;
  border-top-width: 0;
  border-right-width: 0;
  text-shadow: -1px 0 #444, 0 1px #444, 1px 0 #444, 0 -1px #444;
  font-size: 19px;
  line-height: 14px;
}
.wcmd .min:hover,
.wcmd .max:hover {
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px 3px rgba(0, 198, 255, 0.5);
  background: linear-gradient(
    top,
    #cedbe9 0%,
    #aac5de 17%,
    #6199c7 50%,
    #3a84c3 51%,
    #419ad6 59%,
    #4bb8f0 71%,
    #3a8bc2 84%,
    #26558b 100%
  );
}
.wcmd .close {
  width: 48px;
  height: 19px;
  background: linear-gradient(top, #f85032 50%, #e73827 50%);
  text-align: center;
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 0 0 3px 0;
  border: 1px solid #555;
  text-shadow: -1px 0 #444, 0 1px #444, 1px 0 #444, 0 -1px #444;
  border-top-width: 0;
}
.wcmd .close:hover {
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 11px 3px #f85032;
}
.wcmd a:hover {
  cursor: pointer;
}

Nav,Adress,Search

<div class="wnav">
  <div class="arrow-wrap">
    <div class="back"></div>
    <div class="next"></div>
    <div class="ltry"></div>
  </div>
  <div class="address">
    <div class="mycomicon"><img src="img/myc.png" /></div>
    <div class="rtry"></div>
    <div class="ctext">
      Computer
    </div>
    <div class="rtry"></div>
    <div class="ref"><img src="img/ref.png" /></div>
  </div>
  <input type="text" class="search" placeholder="Search Computer" />
</div>

Nav,Adress,Search -CSS

.wnav {
  width: 100%;
  height: 22px;
  margin: 10px auto 15px;
}
.arrow-wrap {
  width: 68px;
  height: 100%;
  float: left;
  margin-left: 6px;
}
.wnav .back,
.wnav .next {
  height: 26px;
  width: 26px;
  background: linear-gradient(top, #aaabb3 50%, #a69eae 50%);
  border-radius: 50px;
  float: left;
  text-align: center;
  color: #fff;
  line-height: 26px;
  border: 1px solid #767272;
}
.wnav .back:hover,
.wnav .next:hover {
  cursor: pointer;
  box-shadow: 0px 0px 5px 3px rgba(0, 198, 255, 0.5);
  background: linear-gradient(
    top,
    #cedbe9 0%,
    #aac5de 17%,
    #6199c7 50%,
    #3a84c3 51%,
    #419ad6 59%,
    #4bb8f0 71%,
    #3a8bc2 84%,
    #26558b 100%
  );
}
.wnav .back {
  transform: rotateY(180deg);
}
.wnav .ltry {
  color: #a69eae;
  padding-top: 8px;
  height: 3px;
  width: 0px;
  font-size: 11px;
  float: left;
}
.wnav .address {
  width: 519px;
  height: 24px;
  background: #cccace;
  float: left;
  border: 1px solid #444;
}
.wnav .search {
  width: 234px;
  height: 24px;
  margin-left: 10px;
  padding-left: 5px;
  border: 1px solid #444;
  background: url("img/search.png") no-repeat 215px 2px, #cccace;
  background-size: 20px, 100%;
}
.wnav .search:focus {
  background: url("img/search.png") no-repeat 215px 2px, #fff;
  background-size: 20px, 100%;
  outline: none;
}
.address div {
  float: left;
  line-height: 24px;
}
.mycomicon img {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  margin-left: 2px;
}
.address .rtry {
  font-size: 11px;
  margin: 0 5px;
}
.address .ref {
  border-left: 1px solid #444;
  float: right;
  height: 24px;
}
.address .ref img {
  width: 24px;
}

Sidebar

<div class="side">
  <ul>
    <li class="fav">
      Favorites
      <ul>
        <li class="desk">Desktop</li>
        <li class="down">Downloads</li>
        <li class="rece">Recent Places</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li class="lib">
      Libraries
      <ul>
        <li class="docu">Documents</li>
        <li class="musi">Music</li>
        <li class="pict">Pictures</li>
        <li class="vide">Videos</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li class="homeg">Homegroup</li>
    <li class="com">
      Computer
      <ul>
        <li class="wind">Local Disk(C:)</li>
        <li class="driv">Local Disk(D:)</li>
        <li class="driv">Local Disk(E:)</li>
        <li class="driv">Local Disk(F:)</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li class="net">Network</li>
  </ul>
</div>

Sidebar CSS

.side {
  width: 177px;
  height: 370px;
  float: left;
  padding-left: 15px;
  overflow-y: scroll;
  overflow-x: hidden;
}
.side ul {
  list-style: none;
}
.side ul li {
  padding: 2px 0 2px 22px;
  line-height: 16px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  background-position: 2px -2px !important;
  background-size: 20px !important;
  background-repeat: no-repeat !important;
}
.side ul li:hover {
  cursor: pointer;
}
.side ul li ul {
  margin-left: -10px;
}
.side ul li ul li {
  margin-top: 2px;
  border: 1px solid #fff;
  background-position: 2px 2px !important;
  background-size: 15px !important;
}
.side ul li ul li:hover {
  border: 1px solid #b8d6fb;
  background: #f2f7fe;
  cursor: pointer;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: linear-gradient(top, #fafbfd 0%, #ebf3fd 100%);
}
.side .fav {
  background: url("img/fav.png");
}
.side .fav .desk {
  background: url("img/desk.png");
}
.side .fav .down {
  background: url("img/down.png");
}
.side .fav .rece {
  background: url("img/rece.png");
}
.side .lib {
  background: url("img/lib.png");
}
.side .lib .docu {
  background: url("img/docu.png");
}
.side .lib .musi {
  background: url("img/music.png");
}
.side .lib .pict {
  background: url("img/pict.png");
}
.side .lib .vide {
  background: url("img/vide.png");
}
.side .homeg {
  background: url("img/homeg.png");
}
.side .com {
  background: url("img/myc.png");
}
.side .com li.wind {
  background: url("img/wdrive18.png");
}
.side .com li.driv {
  background: url("img/drive18.png");
}
.side .net {
  background: url("img/net.png");
}

Disk Drives

<div class="cont">
  <p>Hard Disk Drives(4)<span></span></p>
  <div class="disk-box win-disk-box">
    <label>Local Disk(C:)</label>
    <div class="bar">
      <div class="bar-fill"></div>
    </div>
    <span class="info">35 GB free of 97 GB</span>
  </div>
  <div class="disk-box">
    <label>Local Disk(D:)</label>
    <div class="bar">
      <div class="bar-fill" style="width:45%;"></div>
    </div>
    <span class="info">135 GB free of 300 GB</span>
  </div>
  <div class="disk-box">
    <label>Local Disk(E:)</label>
    <div class="bar">
      <div class="bar-fill" style="width:41%;"></div>
    </div>
    <span class="info">125 GB free of 300 GB</span>
  </div>
  <div class="disk-box">
    <label>Local Disk(F:)</label>
    <div class="bar">
      <div class="bar-fill" style="width:66%;"></div>
    </div>
    <span class="info">200 GB free of 300 GB</span>
  </div>
  <div class="c"></div>
  <p>Device with removable storage(1)<span style="width: 62%;"></span></p>
  <div class="disk-box dvd">
    <br />
    <label>DVD RW Drive(G:)</label>
  </div>
</div>

Disk drive CSS

.cont {
  height: 370px;
  float: left;
  width: 648px;
}
.win-disk-box {
  background: url("img/wdrive.png") no-repeat 2px -10px !important;
  background-size: 55px !important;
}
.win-disk-box:hover {
  background: url("img/wdrive.png") no-repeat 2px -10px, linear-gradient(
      top,
      #fafbfd 0%,
      #ebf3fd 100%
    ) !important;
  background-size: 55px, 100% !important;
}
.dvd {
  background: url("img/dvd.png") no-repeat 2px 0px !important;
  background-size: 55px !important;
}
.disk-box {
  width: 230px;
  height: 50px;
  padding: 0 2px 2px 55px;
  background: url("img/drive.png") no-repeat 2px -10px;
  background-size: 55px;
  border: 1px solid #fff;
  margin: 10px 0 0 15px;
  float: left;
}
.disk-box:hover {
  border: 1px solid #b8d6fb;
  cursor: pointer;
  border-radius: 3px;
  background: #f2f7fe;
  background: url("img/drive.png") no-repeat 2px -10px, linear-gradient(
      top,
      #fafbfd 0%,
      #ebf3fd 100%
    );
  background-size: 55px, 100%;
}
.disk-box .bar {
  width: 190px;
  height: 13px;
  border: 1px solid #b2b2b2;
  border-radius: 3px;
  margin: 2px 0;
}
.disk-box .bar .bar-fill {
  width: 70%;
  background: linear-gradient(top, #3fc1e5 50%, #017a96 50%);
  height: 100%;
}
.cont p {
  color: #1e3287;
  font-size: 16px;
  padding: 5px;
  margin: 10px 3px 0 0;
}
.cont p span {
  height: 1px;
  border-top: 1px solid #e2e2e2;
  display: block;
  width: 78%;
  float: right;
  top: 10px;
  position: relative;
}

Foot

<div class="foot">
  <img src="img/myc52.png" />
  <b>ARAVIND</b>
  <label><i>Workdgroup:</i>TECHUMBER</label>
  <label><i>Memory:</i>6.00 GB</label><br />
  <label style="margin-left: 87px;"
    ><i>Processor:</i>AMD A8-4500M APU With..</label
  >
</div>

Foot CSS

.foot {
  height: 57px;
  background: #f1f5fb;
  box-shadow: inset 0px 4px 13px #ccd9ea;
}
.foot img {
  width: 52px;
  margin-left: 20px;
  float: left;
}
.foot b {
  margin: 10px;
  line-height: 40px;
  font-weight: 200;
}
.foot label {
  color: #333;
  margin-right: 60px;
}
.foot label i {
  color: #555;
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
}

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