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Entry (Sources) and Other Related TopicsDate#
A Tale of Two Animations—the Compositor in the Skies3,637
animations, performance
How to Load CSS (Fast)3,636
how-tos, performance
What Else Could Container Queries… Query? (dxn/css)3,635
container-queries
Creating Scroll-Based Animations in Full view() (pre/css)3,634
animations, scrolling, functions
Discover Dialog (sar/mat)3,633
html, modals, javascript
That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece (css)3,632
html, learning
CSS Wrapped 2025 (una/dev)3,631
standards, retrospectives
Getting Creative With “the Measure” (mal/css)3,630
typography, readability
Anchor Positioning and the Inset-Modified Containing Block (IMCB) (bra)3,629
anchor-positioning, concepts
Prevent a Page From Scrolling While a Dialog Is Open (geo/css)3,628
scrolling
Top Layer Troubles: Popover vs. Dialog (5t3/mat)3,627
positioning, pop-overs, modals
How Modern Browsers Work (add)3,626
browsers, chromium, network, parsing, painting, rendering, javascript-engines, v8, memory, modules, javascript, html
CSS-in-JS: The Great Betrayal of Frontend Sanity (the)3,625
css-in-js, javascript, performance, developer-experience
One CSS Trick to Eliminate Scrollbar Layout Shifts (ami)3,624
scrolling, tips-and-tricks
Updating CSS Border Radius When a Container Is Overflowing (rik)3,623
borders, overflow, scrolling
How to Add and Remove Items From a Native CSS Carousel (…With CSS) (dxn/fro)3,622
how-tos, carousels, scrolling
Brand New Layouts With CSS Subgrid (jos)3,621
layout, grids, examples
CSS Backgrounds Module Level 4 (fan+/w3c)3,620
standards, backgrounds
A Minimal CSS Starter (j9t)3,619
templates, minimalism
Direction-Aware Arrow Shape Using Corner-Shape (css)3,618
shapes
Animation and Carousels (web)3,617
accessibility, animations, carousels, reduced-motion
Shuffling a CSS Grid Using Custom Properties (cod)3,616
grids, custom-properties
On Inheriting and Sharing Property Values (dxn/css)3,615
cascade, techniques
Introduction to CSS “if” Statements and Conditional Logic (mar)3,614
introductions, functions, conditionals
“light-dark()” Isn’t Always the Same as “prefers-color-scheme” (ste)3,613
functions, dark-mode, colors
How to Easily Create Modern, CSS-First Forms in WordPress (zor/css)3,612
how-tos, videos, forms, wordpress
Keyframes Tokens: Standardizing Animation Across Projects (ami/sma)3,611
animations, consistency
Should We Even Have “:closed”? (sun/css)3,610
selectors, disclosure-widgets
Grid: How “grid-template-areas” Offer a Visual Solution for Your Code (sar/web)3,609
grids, layout
Responsive Letter Spacing (tyl/clo)3,608
responsive-design, typography
Cross-Browser Anchor Positioning (mey+/odd)3,607
videos, interviews, anchor-positioning
How to Create 3D Images in CSS With the Layered Pattern (sun/fro)3,606
how-tos, images, transforms
Anchoring to a Containing Block (kiz)3,605
anchor-positioning
More CSS “random()” Learning Through Experiments (chr/fro)3,604
functions, randomness, experiments
The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: “asin()”, “acos()”, “atan()”, and “atan2()” (mon/css)3,603
functions, math
It Is OK to Say “CSS Variables” Instead of (or Alongside) “Custom Properties” (kiz)3,602
variables, custom-properties, terminology
“display: masonry” Is Officially Dead (kev)3,601
videos, masonry, layout
Animating CSS “width” or “height” No Longer Forces a Main Thread Animation (in Chrome, Under the Right Conditions) (bra)3,600
animations, chrome, google, browsers
Older Tech in the Browser Stack (sma)3,599
xpath, techniques
CSS “:interest-invoker” and “:interest-target” Pseudo-Classes (tre)3,598
selectors, forms
Range Syntax for Style Queries (una)3,597
style-queries
“::details-content”: Style Expandable Content Without Wrapper Divs (tre)3,596
disclosure-widgets, html
Headings: Semantics, Fluidity, and Styling—Oh My! (geo/css)3,595
headings, html
Crafting Generative CSS Worlds (cod)3,594
transforms
20 Best CSS Preprocessor Tools and Comparison for 2025: Complete Guide to Active Tools3,593
guides, tooling, preprocessors, comparisons, link-lists
My CSS Selector Strategy (mal)3,592
selectors, principles
Perfectly Pointed Tooltips: To the Corners (css/fro)3,591
tooltips
Why CSS Is So Hard for Generative AIs to Understand?3,590
ai
Frontend News #17: Why Pseudo-Elements Don’t Work With “:is()”, the Advantages of OKLCH, and More (zor/css)3,589
videos, selectors, oklch
Smashing Animations: Magnificent SVGs With “<use>” and CSS Custom Properties (mal/sma)3,588
animations, transforms, svg, custom-properties
Staggered Animation With CSS “sibling-*” Functions (pre/fro)3,587
animations, functions
Tailwind CSS Won the War… but We’re the Losers3,586
tailwind, html, web-platform
When to Use CSS “text-wrap: balance” vs. “text-wrap: pretty” (dxn/log)3,585
typography
Fix “width: 100%” Overflow Easily (zor/css)3,584
videos, overflow
Combining Scroll-Driven Animations With “@ starting-style” (bra)3,583
scrolling, animations
Now Available: “On Web Development II”! (j9t)3,582
books, html, engineering-management, maintainability, quality
No Close Quote? (css)3,581
The Weird Parts of “position: sticky;” (ada/fro)3,580
positioning
The Web Animation Performance Tier List (cit)3,579
animations, performance, javascript, apis
The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: “tan()” (mon/css)3,578
functions, math
It’s Almost 2026: Why Are We Still Arguing About CSS vs. Tailwind3,577
tailwind, comparisons
Use Cases for Field Sizing (sha)3,576
forms, examples
How to Use CSS “line-clamp” to Trim Lines of Text (dxn/log)3,575
how-tos, typography
Getting Creative With Small Screens (mal/css)3,574
design, responsive-design, mobile
Parenthetical Asidenotes (mey)3,573
html
Springs and Bounces in Native CSS (jos)3,572
animations, transitions, effects, functions
Perfectly Pointed Tooltips: A Foundation (css/fro)3,571
tooltips, anchor-positioning
Start Implementing View Transitions on Your Websites Today (cyd/pic)3,570
view-transitions, javascript, apis
Inlining Critical CSS: Does It Make Your Website Faster? (deb)3,569
performance, lazy-loading
CSS Animations That Leverage the Parent–Child Relationship (pre/css)3,568
animations
High-Performance Syntax Highlighting With [the] CSS Highlights API3,567
apis, syntax-highlighting
Solved by Modern CSS: Section Layout (sha)3,566
layout, grids, typography, liquid-design
Solved by CSS Scroll State Queries: Hide a Header When Scrolling Down, Show It Again When Scrolling Up (bra)3,565
scrolling
CSS Layout: Flexbox, Grid, Media Queries, and Container Queries (rau)3,564
layout, flexbox, grids, media-queries, container-queries, introductions
Links and Anchors: Ancient HTML and JS Magic in Your Browser (cod/wea)3,563
html, javascript, links
Fixing Temporal Input Styling in Safari (cfe)3,562
forms, time, safari, apple, browsers
CSS “@ starting-style” Debugging Is Available in Chrome DevTools (bra)3,561
transitions, debugging, dev-tools, chrome, google, browsers
The CSS Reset, Again (paw)3,560
resets
CSS Finally Gets Inline Conditional Logic With New “if()” Function (the)3,559
functions, conditionals
Same-Document View Transitions Have Become Baseline Newly Available (bra/dev)3,558
view-transitions, browsers, support, web-platform
Making Context-Aware Components: How CSS “inherit()” Could Simplify Design Systems (stu)3,557
components, functions, custom-properties
Sequential “linear()” Animation With n Elements (css/css)3,556
functions, animations
A Look Into Customizable HTML “select” Elements3,555
forms, html
For Your Convenience, This CSS Will Self-Destruct (sco)3,554
javascript, hiding
Tips for Working With Emoji (chr)3,553
emoji, javascript, tips-and-tricks
Masonry: Watching a CSS Feature Evolve (css)3,552
masonry, layout
Anchor Positioning Updates for Fall 2025 (jam/odd)3,551
anchor-positioning
Modern CSS Round-Out Tabs (chr/fro)3,550
shapes, clipping
25 New and Rad Features of CSS (arg/cas)3,549
videos, transitions, animations, cascade, selectors, functions, colors, scrolling
Compressed Fluid Typography (mat)3,548
typography, liquid-design
Implementing Dark Mode Toggle Without JavaScript3,547
dark-mode, toggles
We Completely Missed “width/height: stretch” (dxn/css)3,546
Fluid Headings (don)3,545
headings, typography, responsive-design
Who Needs a Flying Car When You Have “display: grid” (rac)3,544
grids, layout
Top 11 CSS Tricks Every Web Developer Should Know3,543
custom-properties, layout, animations, selectors, positioning, dark-mode, resets, tips-and-tricks
Simplify (ada)3,542
simplicity
CSS Grid: A Helpful Mental Model and the Power of Grid Lines (sar/web)3,541
grids, layout
CSS Counters in Action (ada/fro)3,540
A Beginner-Friendly Guide to View Transitions in CSS (mdn)3,539
guides, view-transitions
What’s New in View Transitions (2025 Update) (bra/dev)3,538
view-transitions, support
The Thing About “contrast-color” (geo/css)3,537
colors, contrast, functions
The New “progress()” Function in CSS (ami)3,536
functions, examples
Numbers That Fall (Scroll-Driven Animations and Sibling Index) (chr/fro)3,535
html, animations, scrolling, effects
A Pragmatic Guide to Modern CSS Colours (kev/pic)3,534
guides, colors, examples
CSS :is() :where() the Magic Happens (mat)3,533
selectors, cascade
Lowriders and Websites (aaa)3,532
html, craft
Smashing Animations: Building Adaptive SVGs With “<symbol>”, “<use>”, and CSS Media Queries (mal/sma)3,531
animations, svg, javascript
Essential Visually Hidden CSS Techniques for Web Accessibility (a11)3,530
accessibility, hiding, techniques
A Few Fun Nesting Tips and Tricks (kev)3,529
nesting, tips-and-tricks, examples
From Hobby to Career: Sara Joy on CSS, Accessibility, and Making the Web More Whimsical (sar+)3,528
videos, interviews, accessibility
A Threat Model for Accessibility on the Web (sun)3,527
accessibility, standards
Inset Shadows Directly on “img” Elements (ana/fro)3,526
images, svg, shadows
7 Practical Animation Tips (emi)3,525
animations, buttons, tooltips, tips-and-tricks
Touring New CSS Features in Safari 26 (mon/css)3,524
safari, apple, browsers
The “corner-shape” CSS Property Is Amazing (zor/css)3,523
videos, shapes
How Much Do You Really Know About Media Queries? (dxn/fro)3,522
media-queries, examples
Drunk CSS (ede)3,521
effects, theming
CSS Wish: Inner Breakpoints (rau)3,520
wish-lists
One Corner, Two Border Radii (kev)3,519
borders
CSS Typed Arithmetic (ami/css)3,518
functions, math
Prevent Clipping Issues (and More) in View Transitions by Using Nested View Transition Groups (bra)3,517
view-transitions, clipping
The Coyier CSS Starter (chr/fro)3,516
resets, templates
Creating a Truly Accessible Flip Card (sib/tpg)3,515
html, javascript, accessibility
Targeting Specific Characters With CSS Rules (ede)3,514
fonts, unicode
The Best CSS Unit Might Be a Combination (mia/odd)3,513
units, functions
Ambient Animations in Web Design: Principles and Implementation (mal/sma)3,512
design, animations, principles
What You Need to Know About Modern CSS (2025 Edition) (chr/fro)3,511
animations, pop-overs, functions, forms, shapes, source-order, link-lists
Taking a Shot at the Double Focus Ring Problem Using Modern CSS (eri/pic)3,510
focus, accessibility
Is It Time to Un-Sass? (jef/css)3,509
sass, less, preprocessors
The Web’s Most Tolerated Feature (boc)3,508
zooming, web-platform
A Quick Primer on Accessible Pagination (kar)3,507
introductions, accessibility, pagination, html, assistive-tech
CSS to Speech: Alternative Text for CSS-Generated Content (sar)3,506
voice, generated-content, alt-text, accessibility, support, browsers, screen-readers
CSS “offset“ and “animation-composition” for Rotating Menus (pre/fro)3,505
animations, navigation
“forced-color-adjust: none” Is an Unavoidable Foot Gun (cod)3,504
colors, contrast, accessibility
The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: “cos()” and “sin()” (mon/css)3,503
functions, math
Replace Your Animated GIFs With SVGs (fro)3,502
gif, svg, images, animations
This Website Has No Class (aaa)3,501
selectors, web-components
What Can We Actually Do With “corner-shape”? (dxn/css)3,500
borders, shapes, examples
Single-Colour Gradients (kev)3,499
gradients
Subgrid: How to Line Up Elements to Your Heart’s Content (sar/web)3,498
how-tos, grids, layout
Let’s See Paul Allen’s CSS Reset (dbu)3,497
resets
Navigating the World of Web Accessibility With Sara Soueidan (sar+)3,496
videos, interviews, accessibility, wcag, aria, html
Breakpoint Columns, Five Ways—Which Do You Like? (chr/fro)3,495
layout, media-queries, functions, grids
Styling Siblings With CSS Has Never Been Easier: Experimenting With “sibling-count” and “sibling-index” (uti)3,494
selectors, functions
Frontend News #16: “:heading” Pseudo-Class, Faded Text Effects, “box-sizing” (zor/css)3,493
videos, selectors, box-model, effects, view-transitions
August 2025 Baseline Monthly Digest (mal/dev)3,492
browsers, support, web-platform, container-queries, mdn
Compiling Multiple CSS Files Into One (geo/css)3,491
sass, postcss, tooling
Follow-the-Leader Pattern With CSS Anchor Positioning (una)3,490
anchor-positioning, effects
Integrating CSS Cascade Layers to an Existing Project (sma)3,489
cascade, refactoring
One List to Rule Them All (arg)3,488
selectors, functions, units, learning, link-lists
View Transitions: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (mar/vtb)3,487
view-transitions
Composition in CSS (zel/css)3,486
Why I Still Prefer “ems” Over “rems” (cfe)3,485
units
Color Shifting in CSS (jos)3,484
colors, animations, techniques
The CSS “if()” Function (san)3,483
functions, conditionals
What You Need to Know About CSS Color Interpolation (sun/css)3,482
colors, functions, oklch
The CSS “random()” Function (san)3,481
functions, randomness
Un-Sass’ing My CSS: Compiling Multiple CSS Files Into One (stu)3,480
sass, postcss
The Fundamentals of CSS Alignment (css)3,479
fundamentals, alignment, examples
Don’t Inherit the Box Model (mia/odd)3,478
box-model
Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction With CSS and SVG3,477
effects, liquid-glass, svg, images
Should the CSS “light-dark()” Function Support More Than Light and Dark Values? (sun/css)3,476
functions, dark-mode
Why Did I Ever Abandon HTML/CSS? (syl)3,475
html
CSS Overrides Without “!important” Using Layers in Astro Components (jle/cod)3,474
astro, components, cascade
The “-path” of Least Resistance II (ami/fro)3,473
clipping
Tricks to Write HTML and CSS 10× Faster (jay)3,472
html, efficiency, tips-and-tricks
The Basics of Anchor Positioning (sha)3,471
fundamentals, anchor-positioning
You No Longer Need JavaScript (reb)3,470
javascript, html, examples
10 CSS Features I’ve Found Really Useful3,469
The “-path” of Least Resistance (ami/fro)3,468
clipping
Optimizing PWAs for Different Display Modes (val/sma)3,467
progressive-web-apps, web-apps, responsive-design, media-queries, optimization
Visualizing Responsive Typography (mia/odd)3,466
typography, responsive-design, functions
Hack to the Future—Frontend (the)3,465
history, html, javascript, design, layout, flash, image-replacement, libraries, frameworks, hacks, xhtml, tooling, testing, outlooks
Very Early Playing With “random()” in CSS (chr/fro)3,464
functions, randomness
3D Layered Text: The Basics (ami/css)3,463
fundamentals, effects
4 Reasons to Stop Using CSS Preprocessors (hel)3,462
preprocessors
Making Sense of CSS Length Units3,461
units
CSS Pulse Animation (mar)3,460
animations, effects
Rolling the Dice With CSS “random()” (jon+/web)3,459
functions, randomness, examples
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)3,458
fonts, performance, image-replacement, flash-of-x, history
Obsessing Over Smooth “radial-gradient()” Disc Edges (ana/fro)3,457
functions, gradients
To Infinity… but Not Beyond (mey)3,456
Why Is CSS “::first-letter” Not Working? (whi)3,455
selectors
Resize Any DOM Element Using Two Lines of CSS (ami)3,454
dom, resizing
CSS-Only Solutions Are Not Accessible (cfe)3,453
focus, accessibility
My Top 4 [CSS Properties] (don)3,452
Another Article About Centering in CSS (bel/pic)3,451
centering, examples
Dynamic Media/Container Queries Using “if()” (css)3,450
conditionals, media-queries, container-queries
5 Useful CSS Functions Using the New “@ function” Rule (una)3,449
functions, examples
Style Your Underlines (ada)3,448
links, interaction-design, accessibility
We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for “Base Elements” (zel/css)3,447
units
A Gentle Introduction to Anchor Positioning (sar/web)3,446
introductions, anchor-positioning
State of CSS 2025 [Results] (sac/dev)3,445
surveys, metrics
A Nice Vanilla App [Architecture] Using Web Components and CSS Module Scripts (chr/fro)3,444
architecture, web-components
CSS Questions (sun)3,443
websites, quizzes
Getting Creative With Quotes (mal/css)3,442
design
Should We Never Use Non-Logical Properties? (j9t)3,441
logical-properties
This One CSS Property Fixed My Font Headaches Forever3,440
typography
Infinite Pixels (mey)3,439
Item Flow: Next Steps for Masonry (jen+/web)3,438
masonry, layout
There’s a New “stretch” Keyword in CSS? (mia/odd)3,437
videos
Using the Custom Highlight API (chr/fro)3,436
apis, javascript, syntax-highlighting
Baseline for CSS Properties Now in Chrome DevTools (mal/dev)3,435
support, browsers, web-platform, dev-tools, chrome, google
Get the Number of “auto-fit”/“auto-fill” Columns in CSS (ana/fro)3,434
layout
HTML Is Dead, Long Live HTML (unc)3,433
html, dom, standards, metrics
We Keep Reinventing CSS, but Styling Was Never the Problem (den)3,432
Building Extensible Frontend Systems (cfe)3,431
web-components, extensibility, javascript
Friends at Last: Tailwind and CSS… Whodathunkit?! (jar/van)3,430
tailwind
Infinite Marquee Animation Using Modern CSS (css/fro)3,429
animations, effects
What Your Website’s Style Says About You—and How Hackers Can Use It Against You (err)3,428
security, javascript
Should We Never Use Non-Logical Properties? (chr/fro)3,427
logical-properties
The CSS “if()” Function: Conditional Styling Will Never Be the Same (log)3,426
functions, conditionals
Cascading Layers of !mportance (mia/jsh)3,425
videos, cascade
Creating a Scroll-Spy With 2 Lines of CSS (una)3,424
scrolling
Making a Faded Text Effect in (Mostly) CSS (cas)3,423
effects
Customise “Select” Element With CSS (No JS) (jad)3,422
videos, forms
Frontend News #15: Transform Order Matters, Creative Drop Caps, Frontend Developer Quiz (zor/css)3,421
videos, animations, transforms, apis, debugging, buttons
Making a Masonry Layout That Works Today (zel/css)3,420
layout, masonry
Liquid Glass on the Web (chr/fro)3,419
design, effects, liquid-glass, apple, examples
How to Discover a CSS Trick (css)3,418
how-tos
It’s Time for Modern CSS to Kill the SPA (jon)3,417
single-page-apps, tech-stacks
The “figcaption” Problem (chr/fro)3,416
html
Brick by Brick: Help Us Build CSS Masonry (pat/dev)3,415
masonry, layout, chrome, google, edge, microsoft, browsers
Designing for User Font-Size and Zoom (mia/odd)3,414
design, typography, zooming, units, functions
CSS Logical Properties—What, Why, and How (sch)3,413
videos, logical-properties
Unconditional Love for Conditional CSS (geo)3,412
functions, conditionals, mixins, container-queries, transitions
Naked and Semantic (ark+/dea)3,411
podcasts, interviews, awareness-days, semantics, maintainability
Public CSS Custom Properties in the Shadow DOM (mic)3,410
custom-properties, shadow-dom, dom, animations
Stacked Transforms (chr/fro)3,409
transforms, animations
Dynamic “nth-child()” Using “sibling-index()” and “if()” (css)3,408
functions, conditionals
Setting Line Length in CSS (and Fitting Text to a Container) (dxn/css)3,407
units, typography
Why I’m Writing Pure HTML and CSS in 20253,406
html
There’s No Such Thing as a CSS Reset (aaa)3,405
resets
Playing With the New Caret CSS Properties (reg/iga)3,404
Scroll-Driven Sticky Heading (ami/css)3,403
headings, animations, positioning, scrolling, effects
The Customizable Select: Optgroup, Creating a True Select Menu (uti)3,402
forms
Get the Index of an Element Within Its Parent (css)3,401
functions
“@ property” (kev)3,400
houdini
“:has()” Is More Than a Parent Selector (kev)3,399
videos, selectors
View Transition List Reordering (With a Kick Flip) (chr/fro)3,398
view-transitions, animations, effects
Searching the DOM With Style: A Deep Dive Into the CSS Custom Highlight API3,397
deep-dives, apis, syntax-highlighting
“:nth-last-child” (kev)3,396
selectors
CSS Intelligence: Speculating on the Future of a Smarter Language (sma)3,395
history, outlooks
Shadow DOM: The Ultimate Solution for Embedding Third-Party HTML Without CSS Conflicts3,394
shadow-dom, dom, html
CSS Conditionals With the New “if()” Function (una/dev)3,393
conditionals, functions
Custom Select (That Comes Up From the Bottom on Mobile) (chr/fro)3,392
html, forms, animations, progressive-enhancement, mobile
The Gap Strikes Back: Now Stylable (pat/css)3,391
Multicol and Fragmentation (rac/css)3,390
videos, layout
Public and Private CSS Cascade Layers in a Design System (cfe)3,389
cascade
Step Gradients With a Given Number of Steps (ana/fro)3,388
gradients, sass, svg, filters
Using CSS Cascade Layers With Tailwind Utilities (zel/css)3,387
cascade, tailwind
“object-fit” and “object-position” (kev)3,386
Lightly Poking at the CSS “if()” Function in Chrome 137 (sun/css)3,385
conditionals, functions, chrome, google, browsers
Quantity Query Carousel (chr/fro)3,384
selectors, grids, layout
The Mythical Magical Button (cri)3,383
buttons, custom-properties, custom-data, html
Decoding the SVG “path” Element: Curve and Arc Commands (sma)3,382
svg, javascript
Prefer Gaps to Margins (kyl)3,381
margins
Understanding CSS “corner-shape” and the Power of the Superellipse (ami/fro)3,380
shapes, borders
A Guide to Scroll-Driven Animations With Just CSS (sar/web)3,379
guides, scrolling, animations
“calc-size()” (kev)3,378
functions
Color Everything in CSS (mon/css)3,377
colors, functions
Font Size Dimensions (don)3,376
units, typography
CSS Cascade Layers vs. BEM vs. Utility Classes: Specificity Control (sma)3,375
cascade, bem, presentational-html, html
CSS Color Functions (css)3,374
guides, colors, functions
CSS: The Pain Is Real (j9t)3,373
presentational-html, maintainability, maintenance
Drawing CSS Shapes Using “corner-shape” (css/fro)3,372
shapes
Animating Zooming Using CSS: Transform Order Is Important… Sometimes (jaf)3,371
animations, zooming, transforms
How to Keep Up With New CSS Features (sac/css)3,370
how-tos, learning, link-lists
Scope in CSS (chr/fro)3,369
slides, scope
Slightly Enhanced Sticky Revealing Footer (cri)3,368
navigation, javascript
Grainy Gradients (ana/fro)3,367
gradients, effects, svg, masking
Having “figure” Match Width of Contained Image (jef)3,366
html, images
“1fr 1fr” vs. “auto auto” vs. “50% 50%” (chr/fro)3,365
units, box-model, comparisons
A New Way to Style Gaps in CSS (pat/dev)3,364
decoration
Creating the “Moving Highlight” Navigation Bar With JavaScript and CSS (sma)3,363
navigation, effects, javascript
Accent Color (don)3,362
fingerprinting, privacy
Sticky Revealing Footer (bel/pic)3,361
navigation, positioning
Exploring the CSS “contrast-color()” Function… a Second Time (dxn/css)3,360
functions, colors, contrast, accessibility
Printing the Web: Making Webpages Look Good on Paper (pic)3,359
print
State of CSS 2025 (sac/dev)3,358
surveys
Functional Capturing (kiz)3,357
functions
The New “if()” Function in CSS Has Landed in the Latest Chrome (ami)3,356
functions, conditionals, chrome, google, browsers
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tailwind, presentational-html, comparisons
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source-order
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effects
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html, conditional-comments, lessons
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html, attributes, formatting
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shapes, functions
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videos, creativity
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modals, functions
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videos, animations, view-transitions, scrolling, web-platform
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alt-text, accessibility, images, javascript
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masonry, flexbox, grids, layout
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html, forms, time
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chatgpt, ai, support
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logical-properties
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lists
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clipping, shapes
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videos, grids, layout, tips-and-tricks
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selectors
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animations, scrolling, carousels
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container-queries
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how-tos, browsers, functions, colors, contrast
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fundamentals
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standards, anchor-positioning
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functions, examples
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selectors
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functions, shapes, clipping
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colors, functions
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carousels, accessibility, examples
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how-tos
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masonry, grids, layout
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polyfills, pop-overs, anchor-positioning
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container-queries, units
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polyfills
CSS “shape()” Commands (geo/css)3,321
functions, shapes, clipping
CSS Isn’t Broken—You Just Never Read the Docs3,320
documentation, cascade, layout, presentational-html
Easier Layout With “margin-trim” (jen/web)3,319
margins, spacing, safari, apple, browsers
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flexbox, grids, layout, accessibility
Good vs. Great Animations (emi)3,317
animations, transforms, transitions, radix
Anchor Positioning Just Don’t Care About Source Order (geo/css)3,316
anchor-positioning, source-order, html
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videos, selectors
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shorthands
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nextjs, view-transitions
CSS Boilerplate (mat)3,312
templates
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html, attributes, selectors
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typography, units
Creating CSS Theme Variables From a JS File (mic)3,309
theming, custom-properties, javascript, conversion
“Pretty” Is in the Eye of the Beholder (geo/css)3,308
typography, browsers, support, chrome, google, safari, apple
“:only-child” (kev)3,307
selectors
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preprocessors, postprocessors, tailwind, lightning-css
“oklch()” (ada)3,305
colors, functions, oklch
Out of Order (don)3,304
positioning, design
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filters, effects
The Best CSS One-Liner to Improve Performance in 20253,302
performance
Getting Specific About CSS Specificity (kat)3,301
selectors, cascade
Next Level CSS Styling for Cursors (val/css)3,300
javascript, cursors
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html, headings, browsers
Never Lose a “z-index” Battle Again (mat)3,298
positioning
Using “currentColor” in 2025 (chr/fro)3,297
colors
CSS Carousels (geo/css)3,296
carousels
CSS Naked Day 2025 (mey)3,295
awareness-days
Custom Progress Element Using the “attr()” Function (css/fro)3,294
functions, progress-indicators, gradients
The “min()” and “max()” Functions (kev)3,293
functions
To “light-dark()” or Not to “light-dark()” (web)3,292
videos, functions, dark-mode
Background Image Opacity in CSS (jim)3,291
backgrounds, images
Better Typography With “text-wrap: pretty” (jen/web)3,290
typography, webkit, browser-engines, browsers, safari, apple
CSS Naked Day 2025 (fyr)3,289
awareness-days
CSS Naked Day (car)3,288
awareness-days
Top 5 CSS Navigation Menu Mistakes (zor/css)3,287
navigation, mistakes, usability
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functions, shapes, clipping, responsive-design
Cover Flow With Modern CSS: Scroll-Driven Animations in Action (add)3,285
animations, transforms, scrolling, effects, history
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javascript, html
Tweaking Text Level Styles, Reprised (aar)3,283
html, accessibility, support, browsers, screen-readers
CSS Bursts With Conic Gradients (chr/fro)3,282
gradients, examples, effects
CSS-Only Glitch Effect3,281
html, effects
First Look at the Modern “attr()” (sha)3,280
functions, attributes, feature-detection
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selectors, privacy, chrome, google, browsers
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images, placeholders, backgrounds, techniques
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tailwind, eslint
Expanding CSS Shadow Effects (pre/fro)3,276
shadows, effects
Item Flow: A New Unified Concept for Layout (sar+/web)3,275
layout, grids, flexbox, masonry
If It Works, It’s Right (bel/pic)3,274
[“a:focus-visible”] (ada)3,273
focus, links
The Case for “Old School” CSS (hui)3,272
drupal, twig
Layered Text Headers (chr/fro)3,271
typography, svg, shadows
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logical-properties, shorthands
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forms
Grid First, Flex Third (fim)3,268
layout, grids, flexbox
Holographic Masks (hej)3,267
code-pens, gradients, blend-modes, effects
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borders, images, data-urls
Carousels With CSS (arg/dev)3,265
carousels, scrolling
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presentational-html, cascade
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scope, source-order
Quick Reminder That “:is()” and “:where()” Are Basically the Same With One Key Difference (geo/css)3,262
selectors, cascade
Minding the Gaps: A New Way to Draw Separators in CSS (pat/mic)3,261
borders
Style Legend (ada)3,260
forms
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html, view-transitions, minimalism
A Deep Dive Into the Inline Background Overlap Problem (ana/fro)3,258
deep-dives, svg, filters, backgrounds
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selectors, complexity
Self Gap (sha)3,256
flexbox, layout
Styling Counters in CSS (mon/css)3,255
overviews, lists
“Classless.css” Framework3,254
frameworks
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links, colors
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videos, effects
“:in-range” Pseudo-Class (kev)3,251
selectors, forms
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eslint, browsers, support, web-platform
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animations, view-transitions, borders
CSS System Colors (ant)3,248
colors
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selectors, forms, html
Relative Colors (sha)3,246
colors, functions, contrast
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html, disclosure-widgets, accordions, animations, transitions
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performance, html, data-urls, compression, base64
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chrome, google, browsers
Maybe Don’t Use Custom Properties in Shorthand Properties (mat)3,242
shorthands, custom-properties
Grouping Selection List Items Together With CSS Grid (pre/css)3,241
html, lists, forms, grids, layout
Building Websites With LLMS (jim)3,240
html, view-transitions
Using and Styling the “details” Element (geo/css)3,239
html, disclosure-widgets, examples
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view-transitions
The Professional Standing of Frontend Developers (mar)3,237
guest-posts, career, learning, html, javascript, communication, collaboration, community, ai
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html, art
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functions
Custom Property Fallbacks (mat/fro)3,234
custom-properties
Better Anchor Positioning With “position-area” (jam/odd)3,233
anchor-positioning
CSS Snapshot 2024 (tab+/w3c)3,232
standards
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how-tos, functions, layout, colors, typography
Intent to Experiment for Longer (kiz)3,230
chrome, google, browsers, functions, conditionals
Justified Text, JS “moveBefore” Method, Performance Optimization (zor/css)3,229
videos, typography, javascript, performance, optimization
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javascript
Top 10 Front-End Dev Trends for 2025 (bhu)3,227
trends, ai, low-and-no-code, edge-computing, frameworks, dark-mode, sustainability, webauthn, interaction-design, voice
Introduction to Frontend Development (the)3,226
introductions, html, javascript, frameworks, libraries, tooling, career, trends
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ruby-markup, html, browsers, support, web-platform
Toe Dipping Into View Transitions (geo/css)3,224
view-transitions
Debugging CSS Anchor Positioning (tab+/odd)3,223
videos, interviews, anchor-positioning, debugging
Breakpoint-Free CSS Grid Layouts (kev)3,222
videos, grids, layout, functions
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selectors, comparisons
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eslint, linting
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functions, conditionals, custom-properties, dark-mode
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selectors
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effects, code-pens
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view-transitions, aspect-ratio
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functions, attributes, types
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zooming, transforms, tips-and-tricks
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selectors
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scrolling, carousels, functionality
Rainbow Selection in CSS (chr/fro)3,211
selectors, effects
Faux Containers in CSS Grids (tyl/clo)3,210
grids, layout
Style Observer: JS to Observe CSS Property Changes, for Reals (lea)3,209
tooling, libraries, javascript
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typography, responsive-design, liquid-design
Organizing Design System Component Patterns With CSS Cascade Layers (mrt/css)3,207
design-systems, components, cascade
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typography, fonts
Taking RWD to the Extreme (sma)3,205
responsive-design, intrinsic-design, html
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nesting
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javascript, view-transitions, performance
HTML and CSS for a One-Time Password Input (chr/fro)3,202
html, forms, passwords
A Content List With Bulk Actions Using Ancient HTML and Modern CSS (tyl/clo)3,201
html, forms, lists
Live CSS Colors: What You Can Safely Use (jar/van)3,200
colors, functions
Understanding the Trade-Offs of Using Tailwind CSS (mon/mea)3,199
tailwind, presentational-html
Using Padding to Space an Input and Label (dar)3,198
html, forms, labels, spacing
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typography, pixel-density
Compiling CSS With Vite and Lightning CSS (mrt/css)3,196
compiling, vite, lightning-css
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)3,195
fonts, embed-code, performance, javascript
Typecasting and Viewport Transitions in CSS With “tan(atan2())” (mon/css)3,194
transitions, animations, functions, math
Combining “currentColor” With Relative Color Syntax (oll)3,193
colors
The Systemic Failure of Implementing CSS Principles3,192
principles, history, maintainability, consistency, modules, craft
CSS “scrollbar-color” and “scrollbar-gutter” Are Baseline Newly Available (bra/dev)3,191
scrolling, browsers, support, web-platform
CSS Nesting: Use With Caution (bel/pic)3,190
nesting
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anchor-positioning
How to Set WebGL Shader Colors With CSS and JavaScript (nma)3,188
how-tos, webgl, javascript
Transitioning Top-Layer Entries and the Display Property in CSS (uti/sma)3,187
animations, transitions, techniques, effects
Dynamic Focus Zoom Effect With CSS “@ property”3,186
effects
Full-Bleed Layout With Modern CSS (css/fro)3,185
layout
Pure CSS Mixin for Displaying Values of Custom Properties (kiz)3,184
mixins, custom-properties
Revisiting CSS Multi-Column Layout (mal/css)3,183
layout
The Mistakes of CSS (mon/css)3,182
technical-debt
Focus Styles and Programmatic Focus (oll)3,181
focus, keyboard-navigation
Positioning Text Around Elements With CSS Offset (pre/css)3,180
effects
MPA View Transitions Deep Dive (bra+)3,179
deep-dives, videos, view-transitions, multi-page-apps
Creating an Angled Slider (zac/fro)3,178
sliders, html, effects
Scroll State Queries Are on the Way (and a Bunch More) (kev)3,177
videos, selectors, container-queries, functions, scrolling
New Capabilities for “attr()” (una)3,176
functions
My Website Has Been Gaslighting You (dav)3,175
javascript, colors, effects
6 CSS Snippets Every Front-End Developer Should Know in 2025 (arg)3,174
functions, transitions, animations, gradients, effects
Opacify HEX Color in CSS (osv)3,173
colors, functions
CSS “attr()” Gets an Upgrade (bra/dev)3,172
functions
CSS “scroll-state()” (arg/dev)3,171
container-queries, scrolling, examples
CSS “text-box-trim” (arg/dev)3,170
typography
CSS Wishlist for 2025 (chr/fro)3,169
wish-lists
Justified Text: Better Than Expected? (tyl/clo)3,168
typography
Open Props UI3,167
components, props
Container Queries Unleashed (jos)3,166
container-queries
How to Wait for the “sibling-count()” and “sibling-index()” Functions (mon/css)3,165
how-tos, functions, selectors
A Couple CSS Tricks for HTML Dialog Elements (cas)3,164
modals, tips-and-tricks
Let’s Standardize Async CSS (sco)3,163
asynchronicity
Running Animations Without Keyframes (css)3,162
animations, tips-and-tricks
The “:empty” Pseudo-Class in CSS (cfe)3,161
selectors
CSS Wish List 2025 (mey)3,160
wish-lists
Sharing a Variable Across HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (chr/fro)3,159
variables, html, javascript
Relatively New Things You Should Know About HTML Heading Into 2025 (chr/fro)3,158
html, forms, toggles, pop-overs, javascript, import-maps, transitions
Cascading Spy Sheets: Exploiting the Complexity of Modern CSS for Email and Browser Fingerprinting (ros)3,157
studies, research, privacy, fingerprinting
View Transitions Snippets: Getting All Animations Linked to a View Transition (bra)3,156
javascript, view-transitions, apis
CSS Is Emotional: The Psychology of Specificity3,155
cascade
Fabulous Font-Face Fallbacks (sto)3,154
performance, fonts, typography
CSS: How to Indicate Container Overflow, When There Is Overflow (j9t)3,153
how-tos, overflow, techniques
“text-box” (fon)3,152
typography, spacing
CSS “margin-trim” and Line Height Units (jen/5t3)3,151
margins, typography, units
The Curious (Performance) Case of CSS “@ import” (erw)3,150
performance, history
A CSS Wishlist for 2025 (mon/css)3,149
wish-lists
CSS Wants to Be a System (dav)3,148
CSS “light-dark()” (may/5t3)3,147
functions, dark-mode
Important Topics for Frontend Developers to Master in 20253,146
learning, javascript, typescript, frameworks, git, apis, testing, performance, security, ci-cd, websockets
A Progress Update on “reading-flow” (rac)3,145
layout
Scroll-Driven and Fixed (chr/fro)3,144
animations, scrolling, positioning
CSS “box-decoration-break” (kil/5t3)3,143
CSS Display Module Level 4 (tab+/w3c)3,142
standards, layout
CSS Multi-Column Layout Module Level 2 (rac/w3c)3,141
standards, layout
CSS Layouts: Creating Structure and Flow (ath)3,140
layout, flexbox, grids
How to Create Multi-Step Forms With Vanilla JavaScript and CSS (css)3,139
how-tos, forms, javascript
The Future of CSS: Construct “<custom-ident>” and “<dashed-ident>” Values With “ident()” (bra)3,138
functions, transitions