CSS

A little while back, I was in the process of adding focus styles to An Event Apart’s web site. Part of that was applying different focus effects in

Create compelling grid patterns by harnessing specificity.

This post is in no way a criticism of anybody I’ve ever worked with, it is only a quick list of important things I’ve learnt about CSS…

Is can be quite a challenge to align things with CSS. Rachel Andrew takes a look.

Automatic hyphenation on the web has been possible since 2011 and is now broadly supported. There is however far more control available to designers than just turning on hyphens.

CSS Grid is wonderful for building multi-column layouts, but if you have one less item in your grid than you expected, it will look off balance. I'll show you how to center the last row.

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What problems will the new aspect ratio unit solve? A look at the design of a new CSS feature.

CSS Grid is fun to use but hard to learn. Here are three tips to help you understand and leverage the Grid spec.

WWhen inspecting most other grids in DevTools, you’ll notice that column widths are dependent on their parent element. This article will help you understand how to overcome these limitations using CSS variables — and how you can start building with Container Units.

What is fragmentation, why might you want to use it, and what is the current state of browser support? Rachel Andrew has the answers.

Setting an icon's width and height allows you to set it's contextual size with font-size, which can be very handy if you've got a mix of icon fonts and...

CSS Grid Layout is one of the most exciting new CSS specifications but it also creates new dangers regarding accessibility and UX.

The shortcomings of position: sticky; when working with overflow.

CSS has a neat feature that allows us to test if the browser supports a particular property or property:value combination before applying a block of

Documentation & Guides: CSS Shapes - MDN Overview of CSS Shapes - MDN -MDN shape-image-threshold -MDN shape-margin - MDN shape-outside - MDN CSS Shapes Module Level 1...

Not only has CSS Grid reshaped the way we think and build layouts for the web, but it has also contributed to writing more resilient code, replacing

CSS is changing fast. In this talk I'll be covering some of the things we can already use as well as things just recently discussed at the CSS Working Group. In addition I talk about how things become part of CSS, and how everyone can get involved.

If you follow this blog you’ll know I’m a big fan of CSS Grid, and without a doubt it’s given us developers more power than ever before when…

The importance of designing for user accessibility and UI hierarchy

There are a common set of values and units that CSS properties accept. The majority of these are defined in the CSS Values and Units specification. This document details these, with some basic information about how they are used. Refer to the page for each value type to read detailed information.

SVG is a great format for icons. Vector formats look crisp and razor sharp, no matter the size or device — and we get tons of design control when using

It can be frustrating when you want to use a feature and discover that it is not supported or behaves differently across browsers. In this article, Rachel Andrew explains how CSS is evolving to make it easier to deal with them.

In July, I wrote about advanced CSS filters techniques, such as backdrop-filter and filter(). Today, I want to share a much more awesome CSS feature. But before starting, let me warn you: the feature I’ll show is only supported in Firefox for now and no other browser vendor has shown interest with. M…

Degrees and radians are the angle units we all know and hate, but two lesser-known units are often much easier: turns and gradians!

I recently had the opportunity to speak at Web Directions Code 2017 over in Melbourne. While there, I was part of a panel with Mark…