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web.dev

CSS color-scheme-dependent colors with light-dark()

Define colors that react to the used color-scheme with the light-dark() function.

lea.verou.me

Proposal: CSS Variable Groups

CSS Variable Groups is a way to define multiple properties under the same namespace and pass the entire group around.

nerdy.dev

Can you feel the rhythm‽

Flex and grid logical layouts and logical props make the concept of baseline grids an international reality.

letsbuildui.dev

How to Animate Borders in CSS

Different approaches for animating CSS borders in 2024.

piccalil.li

Front-End solution: progress indicator

I’ve opted for a little web component that progressively enhances a loading statement.

jameshfisher.com

A formula for responsive font-size

This CSS is now part of most websites I make.

amitmerchant.com

Spicing up text with text-emphasis in CSS

Recently, I learned about a sleek CSS property that I hadn’t heard of before and it’s pretty rad!

css-tricks.com

Accessible Forms with Pseudo Classes

Creating a simple contact form using semantic HTML and an awesome CSS pseudo class known as :focus-within.

piccalil.li

The box model and box sizing

We’re looking at one of those most important aspects of CSS to understand: how the box model is affected by box sizing.

dbushell.com

CSS Button Styles You Might Not Know

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

developer.mozilla.org

Creating color palettes with the CSS color-mix() function

In this article, we’ll explore how to use the CSS color-mix() function to create variations in color palettes.

lea.verou.me

Proposal: CSS Variable Groups

CSS Variable Groups is a way to define multiple properties under the same namespace and pass the entire group around.

frontendmasters.com

What is safe alignment in CSS?

The safe keyword is used in addition to other alignment keywords in layout.

piccalil.li

Some little ways I’m using CSS :has() in the real world

I’ve created some low fidelity demos of :has() snippets that I’ve been using in real-world client projects.

kyleshevlin.com

No Outer Margin

It is an anti-pattern to add margin to the outermost element of a component.

adrianroselli.com

Techniques to Break Words

A few days ago Benjy Stanton asked about breaking long words in tables.

frontendmasters.com

Menus, toasts and more with the Popover API

Dropdowns, menus, tooltips, comboboxes, toasts — the popover attribute will make building a large variety of UI components easier.

smashingmagazine.com

Modern CSS Tooltips And Speech Bubbles (Part 2)

Temani Afif explores different CSS techniques to create tooltip shapes.

clagnut.com

Retrofitting fluid typography

As part of my forthcoming Patterns Day talk I decided to rebuild the newly redesigned Creative Boom article page using Utopian fluid typography.

smashingmagazine.com

Modern CSS Tooltips And Speech Bubbles (Part 1)

There are a lot of ways to approach tooltips in CSS, though some evoke headaches with all the magic numbers they require.