CSS Grid is here, people are starting to use it, and it's even referenced by our industry's latest official buzzword. I could go on about how it's the future of web design and layout. I could wax lyrical about how anyone not using Grid will be left behind when the Rapture happens, and everybody on Wikipedia's list of Internet pioneers will come back to take us to the great LAN party in the sky. Comcast (yes, all of them) won't be invited. My point is that if you've been paying attention — if you're reading this, you probably do — then you know that stuff already. But let's just say that you...

I had never heard of the backdrop-filter property until yesterday, but after a couple of hours messing around with it I’m positive that it’s nothing more than magic. This is because it adds filters (like changing the hue, contrast or blur) of the background of an element without changing the text or other elements

Whether you’re fairly new to CSS or an experienced developer from elsewhere in the stack who wants to make sure your understanding of layout today is up to date, this guide covers everything you need to know about CSS Layout today.

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Here’s an idea! Let’s make an an HTML play inside the shape of some letters. Like "Knockout Text" except instead of an image behind, it’s video. A live demo will explain more clearly: See the Pen basic pen by Giulio Mainardi (@mgiulio) on CodePen. A key objective here is to develop this responsively. The idea is to

The CSS :before and :after properties are what also known as pseudo elements. They are used to add something before or after the content of an element. There are a lot of great uses for these pseudo elements, and we are here to explore some of them. The Syntax If

CSS selectors have an inherent level of specificity which is a measurement of how distinctly we are defining the intended element(s) that we are trying to style.

With CSS Grid we can design web design inspired by magazines and other editorial design works. We made a practical example on how to pass a design from a magazine to the web.

Visual interface builder for CSS Grid that allows you to easily create and export your custom layouts (with legacy grid support).

I'm always amazed at the things you can make with CSS3. One of CSS3's killer feature was adding the ability to create gradients in a simple way.

Collection of hand-picked only CSS background patterns. Demo and code.

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A common UI pattern that we see on the web are dropdown menus. They’re used to display related information in pieces, without overwhelming the user with buttons, text, and options. Somewhere that we see these a lot is inside of headers or navigation areas on websites. Let’s see if we can make one of these menus with CSS alone.

How to successfully animate the height of an element using CSS transitions.

CSS Grid changes the way flexibility works on the web. When there is more or less space available, Grid allows us to precisely design how content moves. Usin...

Let's say I told you we can get the results below with just one HTML element and five CSS properties for each. No SVG, no images (save for the background on the root that's there just to make clear that our one HTML element has some transparent parts), no JavaScript. What would you think that involves? The desired

In some ways, we are all still so new to CSS Grid Layout. A lot of folks keep asking about best practices that are available out there. Rachel Andrew ran a survey and shares the results as well as her thoughts in this article.

A few weeks ago I held a CSS Grid Layout workshop. Since I'm, like most of us, also pretty new to the topic, I learned a lot while preparing the slides and demos. I decided to share some of the stuff that was particularly interesting to me, with you. Have fun! Negative values lower than -1 may be used for

Last year, I assembled A Collection of Interesting Facts about CSS Grid Layout after giving a workshop. This year, I worked on another workshop and I've learned some more exciting facts about the layout spec we all so love. Of course, I'm not going to keep my knowledge to myself. I'm happy to share my findings once

We just hit you with a slab of observations about CSS Grid in a new post by Manuel Matuzo. Grid has been blowing our minds since it was formally introduced and Jen Simmons is connecting it (among other new features) to what she sees as a larger phenomenon in the evolution of layouts in web design. From Jeremy Keith's

Sometimes the words and commands are matched in a very funny way. Probably this inspired the clever guys to make up the witty puns. Here we prepared for you the most comic... #coding #colors #css3

(*This article is kindly sponsored by CoffeeCup Software*.) If you’re at all serious about web design or development, you need to be serious about learning and using CSS Grid, too. Andrew Clarke explains how.

Some time ago I asked on twitter about the favorite CSS snippets people use regularly. What's you favorite CSS snippets which you use again and again?Rules:- Has to fit in one

What You'll Be CreatingIn this tutorial, I will cover the basics of the CSS grid layout with example scenarios. CSS Grid is supported by almost all modern browsers now, and it is ready to be used...

The mix-blend-mode CSS property describes how an element's content should blend with the content of the element's direct parent and the element's background.

The blend-mode CSS data type describes how colors should appear when elements overlap. It is used in the background-blend-mode and mix-blend-mode properties.