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Quick Hit #102

Written by: Daniel Schwarz

Bramus very quickly walks us through the new scrolled scroll-state query.

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Loading Smarter: SVG vs. Raster Loaders in Modern Web Design

Written by: Mariana Beldi

Let’s get nuanced in this article and discuss the capabilities of both SVG and raster imaged so that you can make informed decisions in your own work.

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Potentially Coming to a Browser :near() You

Written by: Daniel Schwarz

Danny has several ideas for how we could use :near(), a proposed pseudo-class that detects when the pointer is near an element.

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Quick Hit #101

Written by: Daniel Schwarz

Safari TP 237 becomes the first to trial :heading, a pseudo-class for selecting multiple heading levels at once.

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Distinguishing “Components” and “Utilities” in Tailwind

Written by: Zell Liew

The distinction between “components” and “utilities” seems clear at first glance, but gets a little blurred when working with them in Tailwind.

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Quick Hit #100

Written by: Daniel Schwarz

Interop 2026 is here — find out which features Chrome, Safari, and Firefox have agreed to make consistent across all […]

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Spiral Scrollytelling in CSS With sibling-index()

Written by: Lee Meyer

Lee accepts a challenge: arranging text in a spiral that animates as a vortex on scroll… all in CSS.

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Interop 2026

Written by: Geoff Graham

Interop 2026 is officially a thing and there’s plenty of new (and even old) CSS features that we can look forward to being cross-browser compatible and consistent!

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Quick Hit #99

Written by: Daniel Schwarz

Chrome 145 enables % units for letter-spacing and word-spacing as well as overscroll-behavior for all scroll containers, now baseline.

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What’s !important #5: Lazy-loading iframes, Repeating corner-shape Backgrounds, and More

Written by: Daniel Schwarz

This issue of What’s !important is dedicated to our friends in the UK, who are currently experiencing a very miserable 43-day rain streak. Presenting: the five most interesting things to read about CSS from the last couple of weeks. Plus, the latest features from Chrome 145, and anything else you might’ve missed. TL;DR: lots of content, but also lots of rain.

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Quick Hit #98

Written by: Daniel Schwarz

Chrome 145 finally ships text-justify, which is almost baseline now.

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Making a Responsive Pyramidal Grid With Modern CSS

Written by: Temani Afif

This is the second part of a small two-part series. In this article, we will explore another type of grid: a pyramidal one. We are still working with hexagon shapes, but a different organization of the elements., while exploring other different shapes.

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