CSS

The three types of browser (and CSS!) magnification

CSS developers got the ultimate dream: container queries. But now that they are here, are we actually reaching for them as much as we thought we would?

A step-by-step guide showing how to use container queries with cross-browser fallbacks.

A fresh look at the CSS grid template areas and how to take advantage of its full potential today.

Have you ever wondered what happened after CSS3? It’s common knowledge that we never saw CSS4 come after it, yet we have a plethora of new features that have no similar way of defining when they were introduced. The W3C CSS-Next community group is actively searching for better approaches for how we describe the evolution of CSS over time and identify feature sets as effectively as we did with CSS3 way back in 2009 — and you can help.

A step-by-step guide showing how to use container queries with cross-browser fallbacks.

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CSS be weird, but it not be illogical.

Read all of the CSS and Web UI announcements from Google I/O 2024.

Learn what rem units are, how they differ from other units, and how to apply them for optimal, scalable, and responsive designs.

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.

A little fix for Safari.

If you’ve been making websites for years, you know how frustrating it was to lay out a web page with CSS floats.

Preethi Sam walks through an example that demonstrates where custom properties are more suitable than variables while showcasing the greater freedom and flexibility that custom properties provide for designing complex, refined animations.

Preethi Sam walks through an example that demonstrates where custom properties are more suitable than variables while showcasing the greater freedom and flexibility that custom properties provide for designing complex, refined animations.

To remove some of the confusion, here’s a list of misconceptions about Specificity in CSS …

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.

CSS has an aspect-ratio property, which has had full support since around 2021. It can be a very satisfying property to use, because it can help match how your brain 🧠 works or what the desired design outcome does better than forcing dimensions does. “I need a square here” or “I need to match the […]

Can Low-Quality Image Placeholders and LCP play nicely together?

Remember the HTML `` element? It’s deprecated, so it’s not like you’re going to use it when you need some sort of horizontal auto-scrolling feature. That’s where CSS comes in because it has all the tools we need to pull it off. Silvestar Bistrović demonstrates a technique that makes it possible with a set of images and as little HTML as possible.

Learn how to use CSS container queries today.

The one where I demo some lesser-known CSS for stylin’ buttons

CSS has an infinity constant. When I first learned about this, my brain lit up with all kinds of absurd possibilities. Let’s discuss! There might even be some...

Working with colors on the web just got more interesting! In this article, we’ll explore how to use the CSS color-mix() function to create variations in color palettes.

If you find yourself removing a border from an element that has a border and are tempted to use border: 0 , border: none, or outline: none, I’d urge you to stop for a moment and reconsider. It’s li…

In the third part of this series, we’ll look at length units based on the container. Yes, you heard that right, we can finally get some measurements based on a containing element and that just spells awesome in my book. Currently available in all evergreen browsers, these units open up a lot of opportunities to create some smart systems and once again, I will write this up packed with a bunch of demos and cool use cases.