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Designer Spotlight: Elena Smirnova
1.11.2024
Exploring the minimalist elegance and creative depth of Prague-based digital designer Elena Smirnova
State of CSS 2024 Results
30.10.2024
The results from this year's survey are fairly fresh off the presses. We took a little time to sit with them and jot down some things we noticed and found interesting.
State of CSS 2024 Results originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get...
Tooltip Best Practices
29.10.2024
What are tooltips, exactly? There's two kinds and the one you use has implications on the user experience, as Zell illustrates in this explainer on best practices.
Tooltip Best Practices originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter
Simplifying Backend Tasks for Frontend Developers with Manifest, a One-File Solution
29.10.2024
Manifest is a whole backend that fits in a single YAML file reducing pain for frontend developers that have to deal with backend tasks
Collective #876
29.10.2024
Sylph * EZ-Tree * 2024 State of CSS survey results
Designer Spotlight: Maria Rakovic
25.10.2024
Explore the creative journey of Maria Rakovic, an architect-turned-web designer, blending architectural precision with digital artistry in web design and branding
Come to the light-dark() Side
25.10.2024
You’d be forgiven for thinking coding up both a dark and a light mode at once is a lot of work. You have to remember @media queries based on prefers-color-scheme as well as extra complications that arise when letting visitors …
Come to the light-dark() Side originally published...
Left Half and Right Half Layout – Many Different Ways
25.10.2024
A whole bunch of years ago, we posted on this idea here on CSS-Tricks. We figured it was time to update that and do the subject justice.
Imagine a scenario where you need to split a layout in half. Content …
Left Half and Right Half Layout – Many Different Ways originally published...
Clarifying the Relationship Between Popovers and Dialogs
23.10.2024
The difference between Popovers (i.e., the popover attribute) and Dialogs (i.e., both the <dialog element and the dialog accessible role) is incredibly confusing — so much that many articles (like this, this, and this) have tried to …
Clarifying the Relationship Between Popovers...
Case Study: Monolith Studio
22.10.2024
Go behind the scenes of Monolith Studio’s bold website, created in collaboration with Artemii Lebedev, Okan Uckun, and Oscar Akermo, to discover how they brought a modern Brooklyn tattoo studio to life online
Unleash the Power of Scroll-Driven Animations
21.10.2024
I’m utterly behind in learning about scroll-driven animations apart from the “reading progress bar” experiments all over CodePen. Well, I’m not exactly “green” on the topic; we’ve published a handful of articles on it including this neat-o one by...
Getting Started with Piecesjs: Building Native Web Components with a Lightweight Framework
21.10.2024
Piecesjs is a lightweight JavaScript framework built upon native web components, offering a suite of tools and utilities tailored for creative websites
Designer Spotlight: Serhii Polyvanyi
18.10.2024
Introducing Serhii — an exceptional creative digital designer whose concepts and visual techniques evoke both tears and admiration from developers
Solving Background Overflow With Inherited Border Radii
17.10.2024
One of the interesting (but annoying) things about CSS is the background of children’s elements can bleed out of the border radius of the parent element. Here’s an example of a card with an inner element. If the inner element …
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Case Study: Duten’s 2024 Website
17.10.2024
Explore the dynamic collaboration between designer Sébastien Salord and the talented team at Incredibles Development Studio as they join forces to take Duten’s digital presence to the next level
Close, Exit, Cancel: How to End User Interactions Well
16.10.2024
What’s in a word? Actions. In the realm of user interfaces, a word is construed as the telltale of a control’s action. Sometimes it points us in the correct direction, and sometimes it leads us astray. We talk a lot …
Close, Exit, Cancel: How to End User Interactions Well originally...
A Visual Deconstruction of the Paffi Totem Slider
15.10.2024
An in-depth look at the design of the Paffi Totem Slider, exploring how soft gradients, subtle lighting, and playful motion work together to create a unique and dynamic look
Inspirational Websites Roundup: Webflow Special #6
14.10.2024
In collaboration with Webflow, we’re thrilled to present this roundup, featuring a handpicked selection of awe-inspiring websites
CSS Tricks That Use Only One Gradient
11.10.2024
CSS gradients have been so long that there’s no need to rehash what they are and how to use them. You have surely encountered them at some point in your front-end journey, and if you follow me, you also …
CSS Tricks That Use Only One Gradient originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part...
Designer Spotlight: Eva Sánchez
11.10.2024
Eva Sánchez shares her passion for transforming brands into dynamic digital experiences through playful interactions and award-winning designs