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How leveraging CSS variable composition and HSLA colors helped me build a more efficient way to theme my apps and rely less on CSS-in-JS.

Table of Contents : Grid Architecture Parent Properties grid-template-columns grid-temp...

Let's take a look at how we can create Scroll-Linked Animations that use Element-based Offsets using @scroll-timeline from the “Scroll-linked Animations“ CSS Specification.

The “Scroll-linked Animations Specification” is an upcoming addition to CSS that defines a way for creating animations that are linked to a scroll offset of a scroll container. Let's take a look at how it works and what results we can achieve with it.

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When you think of animating CSS properties, which ones come to mind? I recently started wondering about the ones that don’t come to mind — properties that aren’...

Looking at data for some of the most popular websites, we repeat ourselves too much in CSS; using declarations just once is often one solid avenue to avoid repetition; together, we need to put more focus on style sheet optimization.

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A CSS grid tutorial for beginners, discussing the various parts of the Grid Layout spec with lots of interactive examples via CodePen.

The ::before and ::after pseudo-elements are incredibly versatile tools in the CSS toolkit. Understanding them can help you craft practical CSS to solve all...

A classic problem in CSS is maintaining the aspect ratio of images across related components, such as cards. The newly supported `aspect-ratio` property in combination with `object-fit` provides a remedy to this headache of the past! Let’s learn to use these properties, in addition to creating a responsive gradient image effect for extra flair.

How and why you should use CSS variables (custom properties) for theming instead of React context.

The z-index property can be a tricky little bugger. Sometimes, no matter how much you crank up the number, the element never rises to the top! In this article, we explore stacking contexts, and see how they can thwart our efforts to use z-index. We'll also learn how to use this mechanism to our advantage.

Let’s talk shadows in web design. Shadows add texture, perspective, and emphasize the dimensions of objects. In web design, using light and shadow can add

A post by Zach Leatherman (zachleat)

This comprehensive guide shows how to use CSS transitions! A back-to-basics look at the fundamental building blocks we need to create microinteractions and other animations.

We mentioned a way to make a CSS-only carousel in a recent issue of the newsletter and I thought that a more detailed write up would be interesting and

It's kind of amazing how far HTML and CSS will take you when building a carousel/slideshow. Setting some boxes in a horizontal row with flexbox is easy.

Container queries are an (hopefully) upcoming feature in CSS that will let you create responsive designs that respond to…

The present and future of CSS are very bright indeed and if you take a pragmatic, progressive approach to your CSS, then things will continue to get better and better on your projects, too.

Maintaining aspect ratio within images and elements is now easier to achieve with the new aspect-ratio CSS property.

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“Higher Level Custom Properties” are Custom Properties that control multiple other CSS Properties. Although still a proposal it's worth having a look already as they're really exciting.

CSS variables (also know as CSS custom properties) can hold all sorts of things. Some of these things were not obvious to me, which is why I decided to write...

Min, max, and clamp provide some powerful CSS capabilities that enable more responsive styling with fewer liens of code. This post goes over how to control element sizing, maintain proper spacing, and implement fluid typography using these well-supported CSS math functions.

Using Chrome DevTools and CSS Grid, learn how to discover grids in a page, inspect page layout, and debug common layout issues.

Here's a fun idea from James Stanley: a CSS file (that presumably updates daily) containing CSS custom properties for "seasonal" colors (e.g. spring is