Style queries allow developers to query a parent element's style values using the @container rule. In Chrome 111, style queries for CSS custom properties are landing stable. Learn how to get started with them.

Style queries will unlock many doors. An ability to alternate a value of any variable that I presented in my previous article might seem to be trivial by itself, but what if there is a hidden depth in how we can utilize it? One interesting case is the ability to emulate `inherit()` — a way to access the previous state of a custom property.

With the container style queries on the horizon, it is a good time to do more experiments with them. In one of my recent experiments, I found out that style queries will allow us to do what the currently specified (but not implemented by anyone) function `toggle()` was supposed to.

There’s a pretty good chance that CSS is one of the most consistently used tools in your kit. It’s highly familiar and often used, so much so that it’s easy… Read more

Style queries allow developers to query a parent element's style values using the @container rule. In Chrome 111, style queries for CSS custom properties are landing stable. Learn how to get started with them.

A look at CSS container style query.

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