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Looks like CSS is getting extensibility built-in with a new @property element (works like @media – also looks like we're getting CSS.registerProperty() in JavaScript …

Looks like the new CSS @property extension has landed in Chrome. Una has put together some interesting examples and explanations on the fallback mechanism in particular. Usage appears to be the same …

A simple way to look at what [contain] provides is that we can give hints to the browser about the relationships of the various elements on the page.The general …

The RICG has a new fight: CSS container queries. The article's ignited discussion, beneficially. The problem is legitimate, the reasoning well argued and the solution intriguing. But something's …

Well that's that then. The great legal firewall has descended and the BBC's iPlayer service is now firmly on the other side. As of today, you can no longer watch catch-up TV for free in the UK; …

Why does this website exist? That's the question I found myself wondering today. I was making my way through the usual motions: eating lunch, catching up on RSS feeds, discovering something I found …

Edit (21/05/18): Due to an issue with Yahoo, I no longer have access to the Flickr account linked below. If you're interested in my photography, check me out at theAdhocracyUK …

Jeremy has been updating The Session to use variable font sizes with the new CSS clamp() property. He offers some interesting ideas on how best to do …

CSS variables (aka CSS custom properties) do not have access to the cascade. That means they can't fall back to earlier rules, so if your variable is invalid, the browser will simply unset …

The new dominant layout methods in CSS – grid and flexbox – have solved a lot of issues. Still, sometimes the ideal layout is somewhere in the middle: a flexible grid-like mashup. With a bit of outside-the-box thinking, you can there from either angle.

A great overview of techniques to help improve text legibility, working with the browser rather than against it to be as inclusive as …

A super useful recap of the main ways that CSS calculates percentage for element layout, each with a brilliant slider-based demo. The …

You have buttons on your website. These can be on a light background, or a dark background, and have active and non-active states, but should be highly visible in any variation. You might think that …

Great overview on when/when not to use the tabindex attribute. Most of it feels like common sense, but the recommendation for overflow content is an interesting one I'd not come across …

A simple and informative example of how the new CSS clamp property can be used to create fluid layouts (in this case, specifically a fluid type …

Once again, Josh has put together an excellent introductory tutorial to a subject that is still packed with useful tips for even the most advanced user; in this case, CSS …

As far as years go, 2021 held some pretty big surprises and featured some fairly grown-up decisions. Life will never be the same again...

How do you make your writing as accessible as possible? Plain text – a system of simplifying the words and phrases used to reduce overall complexity – is an "easy" solution, and I've never seen …

Robb has come out with some very cool ideas over the years, but wow, seeing CSS-only specular highlighting and holograms is such a neat trick 🤯 I immediately want to co-opt some of this for the …

Chakra UI is a pretty solid base for a component system, but it's CSS post-processing can't always provide ideal fallbacks for modern CSS techniques.

A lovely overview of much of the new CSS that has landed (or is landing) in browsers recently, and how that relates to component-led …

Josh has added some additional thoughts to Andy's CSS reset. Personally, I like a combination of the two (with a dash of Stephanie's best practices thrown in for good measure), but wanted to capture …

The color-mix property enables a lot of interesting functionality when you realise that you can use it to mix transparency into colours, including design tokens.

A useful trick for animating the height of a specific piece of content. You cannot transform a height in CSS to the auto keyword; you have to provide a fixed value, which is obviously suboptimal in …

Specifically, the 6th (and 7th) of August, 2023; the day we tied the proverbial knot.

Using pseudo-selectors like :where and :not to invert style rules, allowing for better code encapsulation and context sharing across a codebase.

A simple tweak that simplifies the common approach to "lists that don't look like lists" with HTML/CSS and sidesteps any semantic/accessibility concerns. …

Creating a border along half of a circular element using CSS gradients and background images.

A look back over 2024, a year dominated by travel and friends ‒ and, particularly, travel WITH friends!