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Container query units: cqi and cqb

Written by: Geoff Graham

A little gem from Kevin Powell’s “HTML & CSS Tip of the Week” website, reminding us that using container queries opens up container query units for sizing things based on the size of the queried container.

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Baseline Status in a WordPress Block

Written by: Geoff Graham

The steps for how I took the Baseline Status web component and made it into a WordPress block that can be used on any page of post.

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Compiling CSS With Vite and Lightning CSS

Written by: Ryan Trimble

Are partials the only thing keeping you writing CSS in Sass? With a little configuration, it’s possible to compile partial CSS files without a Sass dependency. Ryan Trimble has the details.

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Chrome 133 Goodies

Written by: Geoff Graham

Did you see the release notes for Chrome 133? It’s currently in beta, but the Chrome team has been publishing a slew of new articles with pretty incredible demos that are tough to ignore. I figured I’d round those up in one place.

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Keeping the page interactive while a View Transition is running

Written by: Geoff Graham

When using View Transitions you’ll notice the page becomes unresponsive to clicks while a View Transition is running. […] This […]

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The Mistakes of CSS

Written by: Juan Diego Rodríguez

All of the things that the CSS Working Group would change if they had a time-traveling Delorean to go back and do things over.

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What on Earth is the `types` Descriptor in View Transitions?

Written by: Juan Diego Rodríguez

The @view-transition at-rule has two descriptions. One is the commonly used navigation descriptor. The second is types, the lesser-known of the two, and one that probably envies how much attention navigation gets. But read on to learn why we need types and how it opens up new possibilities for custom view transitions when navigating between pages.

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Revisiting CSS Multi-Column Layout

Written by: Andy Clarke

After 20 years since Andy Clarke first published his book about Multi-Column Layout in CSS, he’s back to encourage a fresh look at CSS columns for enhanced readability and design flexibility.

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Positioning Text Around Elements With CSS Offset

Written by: Preethi

When it comes to positioning elements on a page, including text, there are many ways to go about it in CSS — the literal position property with corresponding inset-* properties, translate, margin, anchor() (limited browser support at the moment), and so forth. The offset property is another one that belongs in that list.

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Some Things You Might Not Know About Custom Counter Styles

Written by: Geoff Graham

I was reading through Juan’s recent Almanac entry for the @counter-style at-rule and I’ll be darned if he didn’t uncover […]

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Creating a “Starred” Feed

Written by: Geoff Graham

Chris wrote about “Likes” pages a long while back. The idea is rather simple: “Like” an item in your RSS […]

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Fancy Menu Navigation Using Anchor Positioning

Written by: Temani Afif

Anchor positioning can be great for little interactive effects — as Temani Afif shows off with this clever idea for a menu hover.

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