Should CSS Override Default Browser Styles?
4.1.2022
CSS overrides can change the default look of almost anything:
You can use CSS to override what a checkbox or radio button looks like, but if you don’t, the checkbox will look like a default checkbox on your operating system
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CSS Underlines Are Too Thin and Too Low in Chrome
4.1.2022
I’ve encountered two bugs in Chrome while testing the new CSS text-decoration-thickness and text-underline-offset properties, and I want to share them with you here in this article.
But first, let’s acknowledge one thing:
Default underlines are inconsistent
Let’s add a …
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Jetpack Features We Love and Use at CSS-Tricks
4.1.2022
(This is a sponsored post.)
We use and love Jetpack around here. It’s a WordPress plugin that brings a whole suite of functionality to your site ranging from security to marketing with lots of ridiculously useful stuff in between! …
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CSS-Based Fingerprinting
3.1.2022
Fingerprinting is bad. It’s a term that refers to building up enough metadata about a user that you can essentially figure out who they are. JavaScript has access to all sorts of fingerprinting possibilities, which then combined with the IP …
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How to Create a Browser Extension
3.1.2022
I’ll bet you are using browser extensions right now. Some of them are extremely popular and useful, like ad blockers, password managers, and PDF viewers. These extensions (or “add-ons”) are not limited to those purposes — you can do a …
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Building a Scrollable and Draggable Timeline with GSAP
3.1.2022
Learn how to build a scrollable and draggable horizontal timeline using GSAP's ScrollTrigger and Draggable plugins.
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Thank You (2021 Edition)
1.1.2022
The year has come to a close and it’s time again for our end-of-year wrapup. The most important message is this: thank you. (thankyouthankyou)
Thanks for stopping by and reading this site. If you didn’t, I’d be out …
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Updating The Single Most Influential Book of the BASIC Era
1.1.2022
In a way, these two books are responsible for my entire professional career.With early computers, you didn't boot up to a fancy schmancy desktop, or a screen full of apps you could easily poke and prod with your finger. No, those computers booted up to the command line.From
Defensive CSS
31.12.2021
Ahmad Shadeed nails it again with “Defensive CSS.” The idea is that you should write CSS to be ready for issues caused by dynamic content.
More items than you thought would be there? No problem, the area can expand or …
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A Look Back at 2021: Roundup of Codrops Resources
31.12.2021
The countdown to the new year is already running! Join us for a look back at our favorite posts from 2021.
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The Web is More Gooder, and Other Observations on Today’s Web Tech
30.12.2021
I’m actually working on a talk (whew! been a while! kinda feels good!) about just how good the world of building websites has gotten. I plan to cover a wide swath of web tech, on purpose, because I …
Add Less
30.12.2021
When you’re about to start a new website, what do you think first? Do you start with a library or framework you know, like React or Vue, or a meta-framework on top of that, like Next or Nuxt? Do you …