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Developers have been experimenting with HTML-in-Canvas, a hexagonal world map-analytics feature, a web-based OS for e-ink devices, replacing image sources using the content property, and more. This is What’s !important #10. What’s !important #10: HTML-in-Canvas, Hex Maps, E-ink Optimization, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
We're getting new functions for generating random numbers in CSS! But the road to get here has been a long and winding one. The Importance of Native Randomness in CSS originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
The contrast() filter function increases or decreases the contrast of an element. contrast() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
The contrast-color() function takes a <color> and returns either black or white, whichever is the most contrasting color for that value. contrast-color() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
My shim might give the powers that be another reason to say native support isn't necessary, or if lots of people use my :nth-letter hack in the wild, the browser gods might recognize the need to implement it for real. Let’s Use the Nonexistent ::nth-letter Selector Now originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
Putting CSS’s more recent scrolling animation capabilities to the test to recreate a complex animation of the Apple Vision Pro headset from Apple's website. Recreating Apple’s Vision Pro Animation in CSS originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
I use a Markdown Component for two main reasons: (1) It reduces the amount of markup I need to write, and (2) it converts typographic symbols. Here's how it works. Enhancing Astro With a Markdown Component originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
Although Astro has built-in support for Markdown via .md files, I'd argue that your Markdown experience can be enhanced with MDX. Markdown + Astro = ❤️ originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
This issue of What’s !important brings you clip-path jigsaws, a view transitions toolkit, name-only containers, the usual roundup of new, notable web platform features, and more. What’s !important #9: clip-path Jigsaws, View Transitions Toolkit, Name-only Containers, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
Behind every technology, there should be a guide for its use. While JavaScript modules make it easier to write “big” programs, if there are no principles or systems for using them, things could easily become difficult to maintain. A Well-Designed JavaScript Module System is Your First Architecture Decision originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
The hypot() function takes a list of values and returns the square root of the sum of their squares. hypot() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
One of the best-known examples of CSS state management is the checkbox hack. What if we want a component to be in one of three, four, or seven modes? That is where the Radio State Machine comes in. The Radio State Machine originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
Craving for a view transition? Sunkanmi has lots of common transitions you can drop into your website right now! 7 View Transitions Recipes to Try originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
A clever approach for selecting multiple dates on a calendar where the :nth-child()'s “n of selector” syntax does all the heavy lifting... even in the JavaScript. Selecting a Date Range in CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
The saturate() function increases or decreases the saturation of an element. saturate() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
The justify-self property aligns an individual element, overriding its parent current align-items value. justify-self originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.
Cascade layers, specificity tricks, smarter ordering, and even some clever selector hacks can often replace !important with something cleaner, more predictable, and far less embarrassing to explain to your future self. Alternatives to the !important Keyword originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Chrome 145 introduces the column-height and column-wrap properties, enabling us to wrap the additional content into a new row below, creating a vertical scroll instead of a horizontal scroll. Looking at New CSS Multi-Column Layout Wrapping Features originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Creating rectangles, circles, and rounded rectangles is the basic of CSS. Creating more complex CSS shapes such as triangles, hexagons, stars, hearts, etc. is more challenging but still a simple task if we rely on modern features. Making Complex CSS Shapes Using shape() originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
These are the historical pranks I consider the top 10 most noteworthy, rather than the “best.” You’ll see that some of them crossed the line and/or backfired. Front-End Fools: Top 10 April Fools’ UI Pranks of All Time originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
A deep sniff of the new CSS Olfactive API, a set of proposed features for immersive user experiences using smell. Sniffing Out the CSS Olfactive API originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Short n’ sweet but ever so neat, this issue covers light/dark favicons, @mixin, anchor-interpolated morphing, object-view-box, new web features, and more. What’s !important #8: Light/Dark Favicons, @mixin, object-view-box, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
That gap between "the form works" and "the business works" is something we don't really tend to discuss much as front-enders. We focus a great deal on user experience, validation methods, and accessibility, yet we overlook what the data does once it leaves our control Form Automation Tips for Happier User and Clients originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Looking at research and experiments that are designed to automatically generate user interfaces based on user preferences. Generative UI Notes originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
The new CSS corner-shape() property is mathematical, so it’s easily animated. Author Daniel Schwarz pokes at animating the property for interesting UI effects. Experimenting With Scroll-Driven corner-shape Animations originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Mat Marquis and Andy Bell have released JavaScript for Everyone, an online course offered exclusively at Piccalilli. This post is an excerpt from the course taken specifically from a chapter all about JavaScript destructuring. JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
For this issue we have random(), folded clip-path corners, anchored container queries, customizable select, scroll-triggered animations, and more. What’s !important #7: random(), Folded Corners, Anchored Container Queries, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Tailwind is really great for making layouts and there are many reasons why. Zell Liew looks at four specific examples of common use cases. 4 Reasons That Make Tailwind Great for Building Layouts originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Let’s go over a few demos using the new customizable <select> feature that may be wild, but also give us a great chance to learn new things in CSS. Abusing Customizable Selects originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
How we look at the stacking order of our projects, how we choose z-index values, and more importantly, the implications of those choices. The Value of z-index originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Sure, we can select the <html> element in CSS with, you know, a simple element selector, html. But what other (trivial and perhaps useless) ways can we do it? The Different Ways to Select <html> in CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Choosing between Popover API and Dialog API is difficult because they seem to do the same job, but they don’t! After a bit lots of research, I discovered that the Popover API and Dialog API are wildly different in terms of accessibility and we'll go over that in this article. Popover API or Dialog API: Which to Choose? originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Despite what’s been a sleepy couple of weeks for new Web Platform Features, we have an issue of What’s !important that’s prrrretty jam-packed. The web community had a lot to say, it seems, so fasten your seatbelts! What’s !important #6: :heading, border-shape, Truncating Text From the Middle, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
TL;DR: We can center absolute-positioned elements in three lines of CSS. And it works on all browsers! Yet Another Way to Center an (Absolute) Element originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Read an explanation of the recent CVE-2026-2441 vulnerability that was labeled a "CSS exploit" that "allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page." An Exploit … in CSS?! originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Browsers don't just let you bookmark web pages. You can also bookmark JavaScript, allowing you to do so much more than merely save pages. A Complete Guide to Bookmarklets originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Let’s get nuanced in this article and discuss the capabilities of both SVG and raster imaged so that you can make informed decisions in your own work. Loading Smarter: SVG vs. Raster Loaders in Modern Web Design originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Danny has several ideas for how we could use :near(), a proposed pseudo-class that detects when the pointer is near an element. Potentially Coming to a Browser :near() You originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
The distinction between "components" and "utilities" seems clear at first glance, but gets a little blurred when working with them in Tailwind. Distinguishing “Components” and “Utilities” in Tailwind originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.