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Today, I want to show you can use a few lines of CSS to make your embedded iframes fully responsive. Let’s dig in! The challenge with iframes and responsive layouts Unlike images and the native HTML5 video element, iframes do not scale responsively by default. /** * This does NOT work */ iframe { max-width: 100%; height: auto; } Years back, Dave Rupert put together a great video showing the challenge with responsive iframe videos.

Safari TP 137 just dropped with unflagged support for :has(). Often dubbed "the parent selector", :has() is way more than that …

The '!important` keyword is removed when using custom properties as CSS property values.

The annual survey about the latest trends in CSS.

A list of defensive CSS techniques to avoid potential future issues

In this article, we’ll take a look at the best ways to handle colors in CSS today, some tips for using them in a design system, and what we can expect from our colors in the not-too-distant future.

A collection of layout patterns built using modern CSS APIs that will help you build common interfaces such as cards, dynamic grid areas, and full-page layouts.

How to make position sticky work with CSS grid items

About three years ago now (2017/2018), I published a collection of accessible styled form controls which included specific markup patterns to create custom s...

Learn to create custom, cross-browser, theme-able, scalable radio buttons in pure CSS and ensuring styles remain accessible across states.

In this article, we will go through how `object-fit` and `background-size` work, when we can use them, and why, along with some practical use cases and recommendations. Let’s dive in.

One thing we run into a fair amount in our design system work is the need to clarify the difference between "dark mode" and "components rendered on a dark background". What is actual dark mode? prefers-color-scheme is a CSS media feature that listens to a user's preference for dark or light

A look at CSS features from the future: media query ranges, container queries and @when/@else.

CSS scroll snapping allows you to lock the viewport to certain elements or locations after a user has finished scrolling. It’s great for building

I love CSS Grid. I love how, with just a few lines of code, we can achieve fully responsive grid layouts, often without any media queries at all. I’m

As someone just sittin' back watching CSS evolve, it feels like we're at one of the hottest moments of innovation in CSS history. It was really something

We often learn CSS via looking for solutions to problems: We need to create a certain layout, or a particular animation, and so we go look for the exact CSS that will make it so. Many web developers today started their careers using a framework, and so much of their experience of CSS is in tweaking the code written by someone else. Too much time is spent trying to overwrite styles, and make customizations, without an understanding of what the underlying framework is actually doing.

Native CSS will support CSS nesting. What will that look like? What are its advantages? Learn more about native CSS nesting in this post.

Learn about the fit-content, min-content, and max-content.In keyword values in CSS and how to use them in real-world projects.

In this article, we’ll be looking at how to set up a gallery that is expandable as well as accessible with a few tips and tricks along the way. Let’s get started!

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Using units that are relative to the container size