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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
The Different Ways to Select “<html>” in CSS (dxn/css)3,849
html, selectors
January 2026 Baseline Monthly Digest (mal/dev)3,848
browsers, support, web-platform, view-transitions, javascript, web-workers, apis, units
The Odometer Effect (Without JavaScript) (pre/fro)3,847
functions, effects
Yet Another Way to Center an (Absolute) Element (mon/css)3,846
centering
Define the Theme Color for Safari 26 (gro)3,845
safari, apple, browsers
CSS Snapshot 2026 (fri+/w3c)3,844
standards
CSS Masonry Layout Is Finally Coming: Native Grid Support Explained3,843
masonry, layout, examples
x86 CPU Made in CSS (reb)3,842
programming, functionality
Best Practices for CSS Scope in Angular Applications (ale)3,841
scope, angular, best-practices
Sprites on the Web (jos)3,840
images, sprites, techniques
Potentially Coming to a Browser “:near()” You (dxn/css)3,839
functions
Weird Issues With CSS Calculations in Safari 26.2 (cit)3,838
functions, safari, apple, browsers
Tailwind CSS v4: Container Queries and the Death of Media Queries3,837
tailwind, container-queries, media-queries
“border-shape”: The Future of the Non-Rectangular Web (una)3,836
shapes, borders
An In-Depth Guide to Customising Lists With CSS (ric/pic)3,835
guides, lists
5 CSS Fouls That I See Way Too Often (kev)3,834
videos
Spiral Scrollytelling in CSS With “sibling-index()” (css)3,833
functions, scrolling, gsap
Selectors Level 5 (fan+/w3c)3,832
selectors, standards
Style Headings Using the CSS “:heading” Pseudo-Class (stu)3,831
headings, selectors
Anchored Menus and a Lesson in Scoping (chr/fro)3,830
anchor-positioning, scope, lessons
Justifying “text-wrap: pretty”3,829
typography
How to Debug the “@ starting-style” At-Rule in Polypane (pol)3,828
how-tos, debugging, animations, polypane, browsers
Re-Creating a Pantone Color Deck in CSS (sto)3,827
How to Create a CSS-Only Elastic Text Effect (css/fro)3,826
how-tos, effects
Trying to Make the Perfect Pie Chart in CSS (mon/css)3,825
html
Background Patterns With CSS “corner-radius” (pre/fro)3,824
backgrounds, effects, examples
Modern CSS Code Snippets3,823
websites, examples, comparisons
Underlining Links With CSS (stu)3,822
links
The CSS Selection (ven/pro)3,821
metrics, studies, research
How (and Why) to Stop Users From Selecting Text on Your Website3,820
CSS “@ scope”: An Alternative to Naming Conventions and Heavy Abstractions (sma)3,819
scope, naming
How to Use the “Auto” Value With “clamp()” (css)3,818
how-tos, functions
CSS Properties That Solve Annoying Problems (kev)3,817
videos
Elastic/Bouncy Text Effect (css)3,816
effects
Nice Select (arg)3,815
forms
The Too Early Breakpoint (sha)3,814
layout
Is Learning CSS a Waste of Time in 2026?3,813
learning, career, discussions
Introducing ReliCSS: A Tool for Front-End Archaeology (stu)3,812
introductions, tooling, auditing
How to Style the New “::search-text” and Other Highlight-y Pseudo-Elements (dxn/css)3,811
how-tos, selectors
Solving Shrinkwrap: New Experimental Technique (kiz)3,810
techniques
Unstacking CSS Stacking Contexts (sma)3,809
positioning
Drawing Connections With CSS Anchor Positioning3,808
anchor-positioning
Responsive Hexagon Grid Using Modern CSS (css/css)3,807
functions, math, responsive-design
Anchor Interpolated Morph (AIM) (arg)3,806
animations, techniques
How to Use Font Ligatures3,805
how-tos, typography, fonts, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft
When Will CSS Grid Lanes Arrive? How Long Until We Can Use It? (jen/web)3,804
grids, masonry, layout
CSS Optical Illusions (alv)3,803
effects, examples
Understanding the Fundamentals of CSS Layout (pol)3,802
fundamentals, layout, grids, flexbox, positioning
CSS Scope and Mixins (chr+/odd)3,801
videos, interviews, scope, mixins
CSS in 2026: The New Features Reshaping Frontend Development (log)3,800
functions
Animating Responsive Grid Layout Transitions With GSAP Flip (cod)3,799
grids, layout, animations, gsap, plugins
Lowering the Specificity of Multiple Rules at Once (mat)3,798
cascade
Faking a Fieldset-Legend (tyl/clo)3,797
html, forms
Design Tokens With Confidence (luk/uxd)3,796
design-tokens, json
Better Defaults for Popovers (mat)3,795
pop-overs, resets
StyleX vs. Tailwind: Meta’s Take on CSS-in-JS Maintainability (ric/the)3,794
tailwind, comparisons, css-in-js, maintainability, javascript
Using “100vw” Is Now Scrollbar-Aware (in Chrome 145+, Under the Right Conditions) (bra)3,793
units, scrolling, chrome, google, browsers
Fonts (htt)3,792
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, fonts, performance
Smashing Animations: Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colour (mal/sma)3,791
animations, colors, theming
So You Think Your Website Is Doing Great (cit)3,790
html, javascript, quality
Simulating Crop Marks (chr/fro)3,789
Focus Rings With Nested “contrast-color()”? (dav)3,788
selectors, functions, focus, contrast
What Is the Minimum Markup Needed to Create a Modal?3,787
modals, minimalism, html, accessibility
Popover Context Menus With Anchor Positioning (chr/fro)3,786
tooltips, pop-overs, anchor-positioning
4 CSS Features Every Front-End Developer Should Know in 2026 (arg)3,785
functions, scrolling
How to “@ scope” CSS Now That It’s Baseline (dxn/fro)3,784
scope, examples
V7: Typographic Scales and Technical Pens3,783
design, typography, case-studies
“!important” and CSS Custom Properties (chr/fro)3,782
custom-properties, cascade
What’s !important: Conditional View Transitions, CSS/SVG Text Effects, the Best of CSS Bluesky, and More (dxn/css)3,781
retrospectives
Tests for CSS Generated Content Alternative Text3,780
generated-content, alt-text, accessibility, support, voiceover, nvda, jaws, screen-readers
“text-decoration-inset” Is Like Padding for Text Decorations (dxn/css)3,779
Styling by Language: Using the “lang” Attribute for Multilingual Design (mat)3,778
html, internationalization
Masonry Layout Is Now Grid-Lanes (sun/css)3,777
layout, masonry
Introducing CSS Grid Lanes (jen+/web)3,776
introductions, masonry, layout
Directional CSS With “scroll-state(scrolled)” (una)3,775
functions, scrolling
CSS Layout: How to “Center a Div,” the Old School Way (the)3,774
layout, floats, centering, techniques, how-tos
Different Page Transitions for Different Circumstances (chr/fro)3,773
javascript, view-transitions, animations
Responsive and Fluid Typography With Baseline CSS Features (mia/dev)3,772
typography, responsive-design
Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (css/css)3,771
masking, responsive-design
A Tale of Two Animations—the Compositor in the Skies (per)3,770
animations, performance
How to Load CSS (Fast) (per)3,769
how-tos, performance, critical-path
Why We Teach Our Students Progressive Enhancement (cyd)3,768
progressive-enhancement, html, javascript, training
What Else Could Container Queries… Query? (dxn/css)3,767
container-queries
Thoughts on Native CSS Mixins (chr/fro)3,766
mixins
Why Are My View Transitions Blinking? (pic)3,765
view-transitions
Creating Scroll-Based Animations in Full view() (pre/css)3,764
animations, scrolling, functions
Discover Dialog (sar/mat)3,763
html, modals, javascript
Frontend News #19: CSS “overscroll-behavior”, “scrollbar-gutter”, “text-grow” Properties, and More (zor/css)3,762
videos, scrolling
That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece (css)3,761
html, learning
CSS Wrapped 2025 (una/dev)3,760
standards, retrospectives
Getting a Close Button to Hang Off of a Dialog (dar)3,759
modals, buttons, anchor-positioning
Design Accessible Animation and Movement With Code Examples (pop)3,758
design, accessibility, animations, javascript, examples
Getting Creative With “the Measure” (mal/css)3,757
typography, readability
The Downsides of “scrollbar-gutter: stable;” (and One Weird Trick) (chr/fro)3,756
scrolling
Anchor Positioning and the Inset-Modified Containing Block (IMCB) (bra)3,755
anchor-positioning, concepts
Masonry: Things You Won’t Need a Library for Anymore (pat/sma)3,754
masonry, layout, examples, web-platform
Scrollytelling on Steroids With Scroll-State Queries (css)3,753
scrolling
A Pragmatic Guide to Modern CSS Colours II (kev/pic)3,752
guides, colors, examples
Prevent a Page From Scrolling While a Dialog Is Open (geo/css)3,751
scrolling
Top Layer Troubles: Popover vs. Dialog (5t3/mat)3,750
positioning, pop-overs, modals
Non-Square Image Blur Extensions (ana/fro)3,749
images, effects
How Modern Browsers Work (add)3,748
browsers, chromium, network, parsing, painting, rendering, javascript-engines, v8, memory, modules, javascript, html
Using CSS to Fix the Irradiation Illusion (arg)3,747
readability, fonts
CSS-in-JS: The Great Betrayal of Frontend Sanity (the)3,746
css-in-js, javascript, performance, developer-experience
One CSS Trick to Eliminate Scrollbar Layout Shifts (ami)3,745
scrolling, tips-and-tricks
How to Create an Adaptive SVG Favicon Using the “prefers-color-scheme” Media Query (zor/css)3,744
videos, how-tos, favicons, svg, images
Updating CSS Border Radius When a Container Is Overflowing (rik)3,743
borders, overflow, scrolling
How to Add and Remove Items From a Native CSS Carousel (…With CSS) (dxn/fro)3,742
how-tos, carousels, scrolling
Brand New Layouts With CSS Subgrid (jos)3,741
layout, grids, examples
CSS Backgrounds Module Level 4 (fan+/w3c)3,740
standards, backgrounds
A Minimal CSS Starter (j9t)3,739
templates, minimalism
Direction-Aware Arrow Shape Using Corner-Shape (css)3,738
shapes
Animation and Carousels (web)3,737
accessibility, animations, carousels, reduced-motion
Shuffling a CSS Grid Using Custom Properties (cod)3,736
grids, custom-properties
On Inheriting and Sharing Property Values (dxn/css)3,735
cascade, techniques
Introduction to CSS “if” Statements and Conditional Logic (mar)3,734
introductions, functions, conditionals
“light-dark()” Isn’t Always the Same as “prefers-color-scheme” (ste)3,733
functions, dark-mode, colors
How to Easily Create Modern, CSS-First Forms in WordPress (zor/css)3,732
how-tos, videos, forms, wordpress
Keyframes Tokens: Standardizing Animation Across Projects (ami/sma)3,731
animations, consistency
Should We Even Have “:closed”? (sun/css)3,730
selectors, disclosure-widgets
Grid: How “grid-template-areas” Offer a Visual Solution for Your Code (sar/web)3,729
grids, layout
Responsive Letter Spacing (tyl/clo)3,728
responsive-design, typography
Cross-Browser Anchor Positioning (mey+/odd)3,727
videos, interviews, anchor-positioning
How to Create 3D Images in CSS With the Layered Pattern (sun/fro)3,726
how-tos, images, transforms
Anchoring to a Containing Block (kiz)3,725
anchor-positioning
More CSS “random()” Learning Through Experiments (chr/fro)3,724
functions, randomness, experiments
The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: “asin()”, “acos()”, “atan()”, and “atan2()” (mon/css)3,723
functions, math
It Is OK to Say “CSS Variables” Instead of (or Alongside) “Custom Properties” (kiz)3,722
variables, custom-properties, terminology
“display: masonry” Is Officially Dead (kev)3,721
videos, masonry, layout
Animating CSS “width” or “height” No Longer Forces a Main Thread Animation (in Chrome, Under the Right Conditions) (bra)3,720
animations, chrome, google, browsers
Older Tech in the Browser Stack (sma)3,719
xpath, techniques
CSS “:interest-invoker” and “:interest-target” Pseudo-Classes (tre)3,718
selectors, forms
Range Syntax for Style Queries (una)3,717
style-queries
“::details-content”: Style Expandable Content Without Wrapper Divs (tre)3,716
disclosure-widgets, html
Headings: Semantics, Fluidity, and Styling—Oh My! (geo/css)3,715
headings, html
Crafting Generative CSS Worlds (cod)3,714
transforms
20 Best CSS Preprocessor Tools and Comparison for 2025: Complete Guide to Active Tools3,713
guides, tooling, preprocessors, comparisons, link-lists
My CSS Selector Strategy (mal)3,712
selectors, principles
Perfectly Pointed Tooltips: To the Corners (css/fro)3,711
tooltips
Why CSS Is So Hard for Generative AIs to Understand?3,710
ai
Building a Multi-Stage Timetable With Modern CSS Using Grid, Subgrid, “round()”, and “mod()” (nil)3,709
grids, layout, functions
Frontend News #17: Why Pseudo-Elements Don’t Work With “:is()”, the Advantages of OKLCH, and More (zor/css)3,708
videos, selectors, oklch
Smashing Animations: Magnificent SVGs With “<use>” and CSS Custom Properties (mal/sma)3,707
animations, transforms, svg, custom-properties
Staggered Animation With CSS “sibling-*” Functions (pre/fro)3,706
animations, functions
Tailwind CSS Won the War… but We’re the Losers3,705
tailwind, html, web-platform
When to Use CSS “text-wrap: balance” vs. “text-wrap: pretty” (dxn/log)3,704
typography
Fix “width: 100%” Overflow Easily (zor/css)3,703
videos, overflow
Combining Scroll-Driven Animations With “@ starting-style” (bra)3,702
scrolling, animations
Now Available: “On Web Development II”! (j9t)3,701
books, html, engineering-management, maintainability, quality
No Close Quote? (css)3,700
The Weird Parts of “position: sticky;” (ada/fro)3,699
positioning
The Web Animation Performance Tier List (cit)3,698
animations, performance, javascript, apis
The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: “tan()” (mon/css)3,697
functions, math
It’s Almost 2026: Why Are We Still Arguing About CSS vs. Tailwind3,696
tailwind, comparisons
Use Cases for Field Sizing (sha)3,695
forms, examples
How to Use CSS “line-clamp” to Trim Lines of Text (dxn/log)3,694
how-tos, typography
Getting Creative With Small Screens (mal/css)3,693
design, responsive-design, mobile
Parenthetical Asidenotes (mey)3,692
html
Springs and Bounces in Native CSS (jos)3,691
animations, transitions, effects, functions
Perfectly Pointed Tooltips: A Foundation (css/fro)3,690
tooltips, anchor-positioning
Start Implementing View Transitions on Your Websites Today (cyd/pic)3,689
view-transitions, javascript, apis
Inlining Critical CSS: Does It Make Your Website Faster? (deb)3,688
critical-path, performance, lazy-loading
CSS Animations That Leverage the Parent–Child Relationship (pre/css)3,687
animations
High-Performance Syntax Highlighting With [the] CSS Highlights API3,686
apis, syntax-highlighting
Solved by Modern CSS: Section Layout (sha)3,685
layout, grids, typography, liquid-design
Container Queries and Units in Action (mia/dev)3,684
container-queries, units
Solved by CSS Scroll State Queries: Hide a Header When Scrolling Down, Show It Again When Scrolling Up (bra)3,683
scrolling
CSS Layout: Flexbox, Grid, Media Queries, and Container Queries (rau)3,682
layout, flexbox, grids, media-queries, container-queries, introductions
Links and Anchors: Ancient HTML and JS Magic in Your Browser (cod/wea)3,681
html, javascript, links
Fixing Temporal Input Styling in Safari (cfe)3,680
forms, time, safari, apple, browsers
CSS “@ starting-style” Debugging Is Available in Chrome DevTools (bra)3,679
transitions, debugging, dev-tools, chrome, google, browsers
The CSS Reset, Again (paw)3,678
resets
CSS Finally Gets Inline Conditional Logic With New “if()” Function (the)3,677
functions, conditionals
Same-Document View Transitions Have Become Baseline Newly Available (bra/dev)3,676
view-transitions, browsers, support, web-platform
Making Context-Aware Components: How CSS “inherit()” Could Simplify Design Systems (stu)3,675
components, functions, custom-properties
Sequential “linear()” Animation With n Elements (css/css)3,674
functions, animations
A Look Into Customizable HTML “select” Elements3,673
forms, html
For Your Convenience, This CSS Will Self-Destruct (sco)3,672
javascript, hiding
Tips for Working With Emoji (chr)3,671
emoji, javascript, tips-and-tricks
Masonry: Watching a CSS Feature Evolve (css)3,670
masonry, layout
Anchor Positioning Updates for Fall 2025 (jam/odd)3,669
anchor-positioning
Modern CSS Round-Out Tabs (chr/fro)3,668
shapes, clipping
25 New and Rad Features of CSS (arg/cas)3,667
videos, transitions, animations, cascade, selectors, functions, colors, scrolling
Compressed Fluid Typography (mat)3,666
typography, liquid-design
Implementing Dark Mode Toggle Without JavaScript3,665
dark-mode, toggles
We Completely Missed “width/height: stretch” (dxn/css)3,664
Fluid Headings (don)3,663
headings, typography, responsive-design
Who Needs a Flying Car When You Have “display: grid” (rac)3,662
grids, layout
Top 11 CSS Tricks Every Web Developer Should Know3,661
custom-properties, layout, animations, selectors, positioning, dark-mode, resets, tips-and-tricks
Simplify (ada)3,660
simplicity
CSS Grid: A Helpful Mental Model and the Power of Grid Lines (sar/web)3,659
grids, layout
CSS Counters in Action (ada/fro)3,658
A Beginner-Friendly Guide to View Transitions in CSS (mdn)3,657
guides, view-transitions
What’s New in View Transitions (2025 Update) (bra/dev)3,656
view-transitions, support
The Thing About “contrast-color” (geo/css)3,655
colors, contrast, functions
The New “progress()” Function in CSS (ami)3,654
functions, examples
Numbers That Fall (Scroll-Driven Animations and Sibling Index) (chr/fro)3,653
html, animations, scrolling, effects
A Pragmatic Guide to Modern CSS Colours (kev/pic)3,652
guides, colors, examples
CSS :is() :where() the Magic Happens (mat)3,651
selectors, cascade
Lowriders and Websites (aaa)3,650
html, craft
Smashing Animations: Building Adaptive SVGs With “<symbol>”, “<use>”, and CSS Media Queries (mal/sma)3,649
animations, svg, javascript
Essential Visually Hidden CSS Techniques for Web Accessibility (a11)3,648
accessibility, hiding, techniques
A Few Fun Nesting Tips and Tricks (kev)3,647
nesting, tips-and-tricks, examples
From Hobby to Career: Sara Joy on CSS, Accessibility, and Making the Web More Whimsical (sar+)3,646
videos, interviews, accessibility
A Threat Model for Accessibility on the Web (sun)3,645
accessibility, standards
Inset Shadows Directly on “img” Elements (ana/fro)3,644
images, svg, shadows
7 Practical Animation Tips (emi)3,643
animations, buttons, tooltips, tips-and-tricks
Touring New CSS Features in Safari 26 (mon/css)3,642
safari, apple, browsers
The “corner-shape” CSS Property Is Amazing (zor/css)3,641
videos, shapes
How Much Do You Really Know About Media Queries? (dxn/fro)3,640
media-queries, examples
Drunk CSS (ede)3,639
effects, theming
CSS Wish: Inner Breakpoints (rau)3,638
wish-lists
One Corner, Two Border Radii (kev)3,637
borders
CSS Typed Arithmetic (ami/css)3,636
functions, math
Prevent Clipping Issues (and More) in View Transitions by Using Nested View Transition Groups (bra)3,635
view-transitions, clipping
The Coyier CSS Starter (chr/fro)3,634
resets, templates
Creating a Truly Accessible Flip Card (sib/tpg)3,633
html, javascript, accessibility
Targeting Specific Characters With CSS Rules (ede)3,632
fonts, unicode
The Best CSS Unit Might Be a Combination (mia/odd)3,631
units, functions
Ambient Animations in Web Design: Principles and Implementation (mal/sma)3,630
design, animations, principles
What You Need to Know About Modern CSS (2025 Edition) (chr/fro)3,629
animations, pop-overs, functions, forms, shapes, source-order, link-lists
Taking a Shot at the Double Focus Ring Problem Using Modern CSS (eri/pic)3,628
focus, accessibility
Is It Time to Un-Sass? (jef/css)3,627
sass, less, preprocessors
The Web’s Most Tolerated Feature (boc)3,626
zooming, web-platform
A Quick Primer on Accessible Pagination (kar)3,625
introductions, accessibility, pagination, html, assistive-tech
CSS to Speech: Alternative Text for CSS-Generated Content (sar)3,624
voice, generated-content, alt-text, accessibility, support, browsers, screen-readers
CSS “offset“ and “animation-composition” for Rotating Menus (pre/fro)3,623
animations, navigation
“forced-color-adjust: none” Is an Unavoidable Foot Gun (cod)3,622
colors, contrast, accessibility
The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: “cos()” and “sin()” (mon/css)3,621
functions, math
Replace Your Animated GIFs With SVGs (fro)3,620
gif, svg, images, animations
This Website Has No Class (aaa)3,619
selectors, web-components
What Can We Actually Do With “corner-shape”? (dxn/css)3,618
borders, shapes, examples
Single-Colour Gradients (kev)3,617
gradients
Subgrid: How to Line Up Elements to Your Heart’s Content (sar/web)3,616
how-tos, grids, layout
Let’s See Paul Allen’s CSS Reset (dbu)3,615
resets
Navigating the World of Web Accessibility With Sara Soueidan (sar+)3,614
videos, interviews, accessibility, wcag, aria, html
Breakpoint Columns, Five Ways—Which Do You Like? (chr/fro)3,613
layout, media-queries, functions, grids
Styling Siblings With CSS Has Never Been Easier: Experimenting With “sibling-count” and “sibling-index” (uti)3,612
selectors, functions
Frontend News #16: “:heading” Pseudo-Class, Faded Text Effects, “box-sizing” (zor/css)3,611
videos, selectors, box-model, effects, view-transitions
August 2025 Baseline Monthly Digest (mal/dev)3,610
browsers, support, web-platform, container-queries, mdn
Compiling Multiple CSS Files Into One (geo/css)3,609
sass, postcss, tooling
Follow-the-Leader Pattern With CSS Anchor Positioning (una)3,608
anchor-positioning, effects
Integrating CSS Cascade Layers to an Existing Project (sma)3,607
cascade, refactoring
One List to Rule Them All (arg)3,606
selectors, functions, units, learning, link-lists
View Transitions: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (mar/vtb)3,605
view-transitions
Composition in CSS (zel/css)3,604
Why I Still Prefer “ems” Over “rems” (cfe)3,603
units
Color Shifting in CSS (jos)3,602
colors, animations, techniques
The CSS “if()” Function (san)3,601
functions, conditionals
What You Need to Know About CSS Color Interpolation (sun/css)3,600
colors, functions, oklch
The CSS “random()” Function (san)3,599
functions, randomness
Un-Sass’ing My CSS: Compiling Multiple CSS Files Into One (stu)3,598
sass, postcss
The Fundamentals of CSS Alignment (css)3,597
fundamentals, alignment, examples
Don’t Inherit the Box Model (mia/odd)3,596
box-model
Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction With CSS and SVG3,595
effects, liquid-glass, svg, images
Should the CSS “light-dark()” Function Support More Than Light and Dark Values? (sun/css)3,594
functions, dark-mode
Why Did I Ever Abandon HTML/CSS? (syl)3,593
html
CSS Overrides Without “!important” Using Layers in Astro Components (jle/cod)3,592
astro, components, cascade
The “-path” of Least Resistance II (ami/fro)3,591
clipping
Tricks to Write HTML and CSS 10× Faster (jay)3,590
html, efficiency, tips-and-tricks
The Basics of Anchor Positioning (sha)3,589
fundamentals, anchor-positioning
You No Longer Need JavaScript (reb)3,588
javascript, html, examples
10 CSS Features I’ve Found Really Useful3,587
The “-path” of Least Resistance (ami/fro)3,586
clipping
Optimizing PWAs for Different Display Modes (val/sma)3,585
progressive-web-apps, web-apps, responsive-design, media-queries, optimization
Visualizing Responsive Typography (mia/odd)3,584
typography, responsive-design, functions
Hack to the Future—Frontend (the)3,583
history, html, javascript, design, layout, flash, image-replacement, libraries, frameworks, hacks, xhtml, tooling, testing, outlooks
Very Early Playing With “random()” in CSS (chr/fro)3,582
functions, randomness
3D Layered Text: The Basics (ami/css)3,581
fundamentals, effects
4 Reasons to Stop Using CSS Preprocessors (hel)3,580
preprocessors
Making Sense of CSS Length Units3,579
units
CSS Pulse Animation (mar)3,578
animations, effects
Rolling the Dice With CSS “random()” (jon+/web)3,577
functions, randomness, examples
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)3,576
fonts, performance, image-replacement, flash-of-x, history
Obsessing Over Smooth “radial-gradient()” Disc Edges (ana/fro)3,575
functions, gradients
To Infinity… but Not Beyond (mey)3,574
Why Is CSS “::first-letter” Not Working? (whi)3,573
selectors
Resize Any DOM Element Using Two Lines of CSS (ami)3,572
dom, resizing
CSS-Only Solutions Are Not Accessible (cfe)3,571
focus, accessibility
My Top 4 [CSS Properties] (don)3,570
Another Article About Centering in CSS (bel/pic)3,569
centering, examples
Dynamic Media/Container Queries Using “if()” (css)3,568
conditionals, media-queries, container-queries
Modern CSS Features You Should Know in 20253,567
examples
5 Useful CSS Functions Using the New “@ function” Rule (una)3,566
functions, examples
Style Your Underlines (ada)3,565
links, interaction-design, accessibility
We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for “Base Elements” (zel/css)3,564
units
A Gentle Introduction to Anchor Positioning (sar/web)3,563
introductions, anchor-positioning
State of CSS 2025 [Results] (sac/dev)3,562
surveys, metrics
A Nice Vanilla App [Architecture] Using Web Components and CSS Module Scripts (chr/fro)3,561
architecture, web-components
CSS Questions (sun)3,560
websites, quizzes
Getting Creative With Quotes (mal/css)3,559
design
Should We Never Use Non-Logical Properties? (j9t)3,558
logical-properties
This One CSS Property Fixed My Font Headaches Forever3,557
typography
Infinite Pixels (mey)3,556
Item Flow: Next Steps for Masonry (jen+/web)3,555
masonry, layout
There’s a New “stretch” Keyword in CSS? (mia/odd)3,554
videos
Using the Custom Highlight API (chr/fro)3,553
apis, javascript, syntax-highlighting
Baseline for CSS Properties Now in Chrome DevTools (mal/dev)3,552
support, browsers, web-platform, dev-tools, chrome, google
Get the Number of “auto-fit”/“auto-fill” Columns in CSS (ana/fro)3,551
layout
HTML Is Dead, Long Live HTML (unc)3,550
html, dom, standards, metrics
We Keep Reinventing CSS, but Styling Was Never the Problem (den)3,549
Building Extensible Frontend Systems (cfe)3,548
web-components, extensibility, javascript
Friends at Last: Tailwind and CSS… Whodathunkit?! (jar/van)3,547
tailwind
Infinite Marquee Animation Using Modern CSS (css/fro)3,546
animations, effects
What Your Website’s Style Says About You—and How Hackers Can Use It Against You (err)3,545
security, javascript
Should We Never Use Non-Logical Properties? (chr/fro)3,544
logical-properties
The CSS “if()” Function: Conditional Styling Will Never Be the Same (log)3,543
functions, conditionals
Cascading Layers of !mportance (mia/jsh)3,542
videos, cascade
Creating a Scroll-Spy With 2 Lines of CSS (una)3,541
scrolling
Making a Faded Text Effect in (Mostly) CSS (cas)3,540
effects
Customise “Select” Element With CSS (No JS) (jad)3,539
videos, forms
Making a Masonry Layout That Works Today (zel/css)3,538
layout, masonry
Liquid Glass on the Web (chr/fro)3,537
design, effects, liquid-glass, apple, examples
Frontend News #15: Transform Order Matters, Creative Drop Caps, Frontend Developer Quiz (zor/css)3,536
videos, animations, transforms, apis, debugging, buttons
How to Discover a CSS Trick (css)3,535
how-tos
It’s Time for Modern CSS to Kill the SPA (jon)3,534
single-page-apps, tech-stacks
The “figcaption” Problem (chr/fro)3,533
html
Brick by Brick: Help Us Build CSS Masonry (pat/dev)3,532
masonry, layout, chrome, google, edge, microsoft, browsers
Designing for User Font-Size and Zoom (mia/odd)3,531
design, typography, zooming, units, functions
CSS Logical Properties—What, Why, and How (sch)3,530
videos, logical-properties
Unconditional Love for Conditional CSS (geo)3,529
functions, conditionals, mixins, container-queries, transitions
Naked and Semantic (ark+/dea)3,528
podcasts, interviews, awareness-days, semantics, maintainability
Public CSS Custom Properties in the Shadow DOM (mic)3,527
custom-properties, shadow-dom, dom, animations
Stacked Transforms (chr/fro)3,526
transforms, animations
Dynamic “nth-child()” Using “sibling-index()” and “if()” (css)3,525
functions, conditionals
Setting Line Length in CSS (and Fitting Text to a Container) (dxn/css)3,524
units, typography
Why I’m Writing Pure HTML and CSS in 20253,523
html
There’s No Such Thing as a CSS Reset (aaa)3,522
resets
Playing With the New Caret CSS Properties (reg/iga)3,521
Scroll-Driven Sticky Heading (ami/css)3,520
headings, animations, positioning, scrolling, effects
The Customizable Select: Optgroup, Creating a True Select Menu (uti)3,519
forms
Get the Index of an Element Within Its Parent (css)3,518
functions
“@ property” (kev)3,517
houdini
“:has()” Is More Than a Parent Selector (kev)3,516
videos, selectors
View Transition List Reordering (With a Kick Flip) (chr/fro)3,515
view-transitions, animations, effects
Searching the DOM With Style: A Deep Dive Into the CSS Custom Highlight API3,514
deep-dives, apis, syntax-highlighting
“:nth-last-child” (kev)3,513
selectors
CSS Intelligence: Speculating on the Future of a Smarter Language (sma)3,512
history, outlooks
Shadow DOM: The Ultimate Solution for Embedding Third-Party HTML Without CSS Conflicts3,511
shadow-dom, dom, html
CSS Conditionals With the New “if()” Function (una/dev)3,510
conditionals, functions
Custom Select (That Comes Up From the Bottom on Mobile) (chr/fro)3,509
html, forms, animations, progressive-enhancement, mobile
The Gap Strikes Back: Now Stylable (pat/css)3,508
Public and Private CSS Cascade Layers in a Design System (cfe)3,507
cascade
Step Gradients With a Given Number of Steps (ana/fro)3,506
gradients, sass, svg, filters
Using CSS Cascade Layers With Tailwind Utilities (zel/css)3,505
cascade, tailwind
Multicol and Fragmentation (rac/css)3,504
videos, layout
“object-fit” and “object-position” (kev)3,503
Lightly Poking at the CSS “if()” Function in Chrome 137 (sun/css)3,502
conditionals, functions, chrome, google, browsers
Quantity Query Carousel (chr/fro)3,501
selectors, grids, layout
The Mythical Magical Button (cri)3,500
buttons, custom-properties, custom-data, html
Decoding the SVG “path” Element: Curve and Arc Commands (sma)3,499
svg, javascript
Prefer Gaps to Margins (kyl)3,498
margins
Understanding CSS “corner-shape” and the Power of the Superellipse (ami/fro)3,497
shapes, borders
A Guide to Scroll-Driven Animations With Just CSS (sar/web)3,496
guides, scrolling, animations
“calc-size()” (kev)3,495
functions
Color Everything in CSS (mon/css)3,494
colors, functions
Font Size Dimensions (don)3,493
units, typography
CSS Cascade Layers vs. BEM vs. Utility Classes: Specificity Control (sma)3,492
cascade, bem, presentational-html, html
CSS Color Functions (css)3,491
guides, colors, functions
CSS: The Pain Is Real (j9t)3,490
presentational-html, maintainability, maintenance
Drawing CSS Shapes Using “corner-shape” (css/fro)3,489
shapes
Animating Zooming Using CSS: Transform Order Is Important… Sometimes (jaf)3,488
animations, zooming, transforms
How to Keep Up With New CSS Features (sac/css)3,487
how-tos, learning, link-lists
Scope in CSS (chr/fro)3,486
slides, scope
Slightly Enhanced Sticky Revealing Footer (cri)3,485
navigation, javascript
Grainy Gradients (ana/fro)3,484
gradients, effects, svg, masking
Having “figure” Match Width of Contained Image (jef)3,483
html, images
“1fr 1fr” vs. “auto auto” vs. “50% 50%” (chr/fro)3,482
units, box-model, comparisons
A New Way to Style Gaps in CSS (pat/dev)3,481
decoration
Creating the “Moving Highlight” Navigation Bar With JavaScript and CSS (sma)3,480
navigation, effects, javascript
Accent Color (don)3,479
fingerprinting, privacy
Sticky Revealing Footer (bel/pic)3,478
navigation, positioning
Exploring the CSS “contrast-color()” Function… a Second Time (dxn/css)3,477
functions, colors, contrast, accessibility
Printing the Web: Making Webpages Look Good on Paper (pic)3,476
print
State of CSS 2025 (sac/dev)3,475
surveys
Functional Capturing (kiz)3,474
functions
The New “if()” Function in CSS Has Landed in the Latest Chrome (ami)3,473
functions, conditionals, chrome, google, browsers
Tailwind Is the Worst Form of CSS, Except for All the Others (dar/mux)3,472
tailwind, presentational-html, comparisons
What We Know (So Far) About CSS Reading Order (dxn/css)3,471
source-order
CSS “if()” Functions and “reading-flow” (in Chrome 137) (una)3,470
videos, conditionals, functions
CSS Spotlight Effect (ami/fro)3,469
effects
What I Learnt About Making Websites by Reading Two Thousand Web Pages (ale)3,468
html, conditional-comments, lessons
Decorative Text Within HTML (ede)3,467
html, attributes, formatting
Better CSS Shapes Using “shape()” (css/css)3,466
shapes, functions
Modern CSS for Creative Developers (cyd/btc)3,465
videos, creativity
Move Modal in on a… “shape()” (chr/fro)3,464
modals, functions
Web Animations Today and Tomorrow (bra/dev)3,463
videos, animations, view-transitions, scrolling, web-platform
You Can Style Alt Text Like Any Other Text (geo/css)3,462
alt-text, accessibility, images, javascript
Masonry, Item Flow, and… GULP? (mey)3,461
masonry, flexbox, grids, layout
Styling the Icon for HTML Date and Time Types (cas)3,460
html, forms, time
ChatGPT and the Proliferation of Obsolete and Broken Solutions to Problems We Hadn’t Had for Over Half a Decade Before Its Launch (ana/fro)3,459
chatgpt, ai, support
CSS Logical Properties (cfe)3,458
logical-properties
A Reader’s Question on Nested Lists (mon/css)3,457
lists
Creating Blob Shapes Using “clip-path: shape()” (css/fro)3,456
clipping, shapes
CSS Tips: Flexible Wrapping CSS Grid (zor/css)3,455
videos, grids, layout, tips-and-tricks
“:out-of-range” (kev)3,454
selectors
Scroll-Driven Animations Inside a CSS Carousel (geo/css)3,453
animations, scrolling, carousels
Container Query for “Is There Enough Space Outside This Element?” (chr/fro)3,452
container-queries
How to Have the Browser Pick a Contrasting Color in CSS (jen/web)3,451
how-tos, browsers, functions, colors, contrast
The Height Enigma (jos)3,450
fundamentals
Update on CSS Anchor Positioning (fan/w3c)3,449
standards, anchor-positioning
CSS Snippets (ada)3,448
Guitar Chords in CSS (sto)3,447
functions, examples
“:placeholder-shown” (kev)3,446
selectors
“shape()”: A New Powerful Drawing Syntax in CSS (chr/fro)3,445
functions, shapes, clipping
Why Is Nobody Using the “hwb()” Color Function? (css)3,444
colors, functions
Are “CSS Carousels” Accessible? (sar)3,443
carousels, accessibility, examples
How to Create Full Width Containers in CSS (lia)3,442
how-tos
Masonry in CSS: Should Grid Evolve or Stand Aside for a New Module? (sma)3,441
masonry, grids, layout
Updates to Popover and CSS Anchor Positioning Polyfills (jam/odd)3,440
polyfills, pop-overs, anchor-positioning
Using Container Query Units Relative to an Outer Container (ana/fro)3,439
container-queries, units
Polyfilling CSS With CSS Parser Extensions (bra)3,438
polyfills
CSS “shape()” Commands (geo/css)3,437
functions, shapes, clipping
CSS Isn’t Broken—You Just Never Read the Docs3,436
documentation, cascade, layout, presentational-html
Easier Layout With “margin-trim” (jen/web)3,435
margins, spacing, safari, apple, browsers
Use CSS “reading-flow” for Logical Sequential Focus Navigation (rac/dev)3,434
flexbox, grids, layout, accessibility
Good vs. Great Animations (emi)3,433
animations, transforms, transitions, radix
Anchor Positioning Just Don’t Care About Source Order (geo/css)3,432
anchor-positioning, source-order, html
What Is [the] CSS Owl Selector (“* + *”)? (zor/css)3,431
videos, selectors
8 CSS Shorthands That Instantly Clean Up Your Code (let)3,430
shorthands
Using View Transitions in Next.js (jac)3,429
nextjs, view-transitions
CSS Boilerplate (mat)3,428
templates
HTML Oddities: Does the Order of Attribute Values Matter? (ede)3,427
html, attributes, selectors
Polishing Your Typography With Line Height Units (jen/web)3,426
typography, units
Creating CSS Theme Variables From a JS File (mic)3,425
theming, custom-properties, javascript, conversion
“Pretty” Is in the Eye of the Beholder (geo/css)3,424
typography, browsers, support, chrome, google, safari, apple
“:only-child” (kev)3,423
selectors
So, You Want to Give Up CSS Pre- and Post-Processors… (zel/css)3,422
preprocessors, postprocessors, tailwind, lightning-css
“oklch()” (ada)3,421
colors, functions, oklch
Out of Order (don)3,420
positioning, design
Using CSS “backdrop-filter” for UI Effects (pre/css)3,419
filters, effects
The Best CSS One-Liner to Improve Performance in 20253,418
performance
Getting Specific About CSS Specificity (kat)3,417
selectors, cascade
Next Level CSS Styling for Cursors (val/css)3,416
javascript, cursors
Default Styles for “h1” Elements Are Changing (zco/mdn)3,415
html, headings, browsers
Never Lose a “z-index” Battle Again (mat)3,414
positioning
Using “currentColor” in 2025 (chr/fro)3,413
colors
CSS Carousels (geo/css)3,412
carousels
CSS Naked Day 2025 (mey)3,411
awareness-days
Custom Progress Element Using the “attr()” Function (css/fro)3,410
functions, progress-indicators, gradients
The “min()” and “max()” Functions (kev)3,409
functions
To “light-dark()” or Not to “light-dark()” (web)3,408
videos, functions, dark-mode
Background Image Opacity in CSS (jim)3,407
backgrounds, images
Better Typography With “text-wrap: pretty” (jen/web)3,406
typography, webkit, browser-engines, browsers, safari, apple
CSS Naked Day 2025 (fyr)3,405
awareness-days
CSS Naked Day (car)3,404
awareness-days
Top 5 CSS Navigation Menu Mistakes (zor/css)3,403
navigation, mistakes, usability
Use “shape()” for Responsive Clipping (nom/dev)3,402
functions, shapes, clipping, responsive-design
Cover Flow With Modern CSS: Scroll-Driven Animations in Action (add)3,401
animations, transforms, scrolling, effects, history
Hiding Elements That Require JavaScript Without JavaScript (0xd)3,400
javascript, html
Tweaking Text Level Styles, Reprised (aar)3,399
html, accessibility, support, browsers, screen-readers
CSS Bursts With Conic Gradients (chr/fro)3,398
gradients, examples, effects
CSS-Only Glitch Effect3,397
html, effects
First Look at the Modern “attr()” (sha)3,396
functions, attributes, feature-detection
Making “:visited” More Private (dev)3,395
selectors, privacy, chrome, google, browsers
Minimal CSS-Only Blurry Image Placeholders (kal)3,394
images, placeholders, backgrounds, techniques
Resolving Invalid Custom Tailwind Classname ESLint Warning (ama)3,393
tailwind, eslint
Expanding CSS Shadow Effects (pre/fro)3,392
shadows, effects
Item Flow: A New Unified Concept for Layout (sar+/web)3,391
layout, grids, flexbox, masonry
If It Works, It’s Right (bel/pic)3,390
[“a:focus-visible”] (ada)3,389
focus, links
The Case for “Old School” CSS (hui)3,388
drupal, twig
Layered Text Headers (chr/fro)3,387
typography, svg, shadows
Support Logical Shorthands in CSS (geo/css)3,386
logical-properties, shorthands
The “<select>” Element Can Now Be Customized With CSS (arg/dev)3,385
forms
Grid First, Flex Third (fim)3,384
layout, grids, flexbox
Holographic Masks (hej)3,383
code-pens, gradients, blend-modes, effects
Revisiting CSS “border-image” (mal/css)3,382
borders, images, data-urls
Carousels With CSS (arg/dev)3,381
carousels, scrolling
Cowardly Defaults and Courageous Overrides With Modern CSS (tyl/clo)3,380
presentational-html, cascade
One Thing “@ scope” Can Do Is Reduce Concerns About Source Order (chr/fro)3,379
scope, source-order
Quick Reminder That “:is()” and “:where()” Are Basically the Same With One Key Difference (geo/css)3,378
selectors, cascade
Minding the Gaps: A New Way to Draw Separators in CSS (pat/mic)3,377
borders
Style Legend (ada)3,376
forms
The Bare Minimum You Need to Enable View Transitions on Your Website (ami)3,375
html, view-transitions, minimalism
A Deep Dive Into the Inline Background Overlap Problem (ana/fro)3,374
deep-dives, svg, filters, backgrounds
Reducing CSS Complexity With the “:is()” Pseudo-Class (cfe)3,373
selectors, complexity
Self Gap (sha)3,372
flexbox, layout
Styling Counters in CSS (mon/css)3,371
overviews, lists
“Classless.css” Framework3,370
frameworks
Chilled Out Text Underlines (chr/fro)3,369
links, colors
Create a Fun Quick Text Flip Effect (kev)3,368
videos, effects
“:in-range” Pseudo-Class (kev)3,367
selectors, forms
Support for CSS and Baseline Has Shipped in ESLint (mal/dev)3,366
eslint, browsers, support, web-platform
View Transitions Applied: Smoothly Animating a “border-radius” With a View Transition (bra)3,365
animations, view-transitions, borders
CSS System Colors (ant)3,364
colors
Future of CSS: “select” Styling Without the Hacks3,363
selectors, forms, html
Relative Colors (sha)3,362
colors, functions, contrast
Creating Animated Accordions With the “details” Element and Modern CSS (ste/bui)3,361
html, disclosure-widgets, accordions, animations, transitions
Page Speed: Avoid Large Base64 Data URLs in HTML and CSS (deb)3,360
performance, html, data-urls, compression, base64
Delaying the Shipping of CSS “@ function” From Chrome 136 to 139 (arg/dev)3,359
chrome, google, browsers
Maybe Don’t Use Custom Properties in Shorthand Properties (mat)3,358
shorthands, custom-properties
Grouping Selection List Items Together With CSS Grid (pre/css)3,357
html, lists, forms, grids, layout
Building Websites With LLMS (jim)3,356
html, view-transitions
Using and Styling the “details” Element (geo/css)3,355
html, disclosure-widgets, examples
View Transitions Applied: Dealing With the Snapshot Containing Block (bra)3,354
view-transitions
The Professional Standing of Frontend Developers (mar)3,353
guest-posts, career, learning, html, javascript, communication, collaboration, community, ai
CSS Meets Voxel Art: Building a Rendering Engine With Stacked Grids (cod)3,352
html, art
Functions in CSS?! (mon/css)3,351
functions
Custom Property Fallbacks (mat/fro)3,350
custom-properties