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Quick! What’s the Difference Between Flexbox and Grid?
12.2.2019
Let's go rapid fire and try to answer this question with quick points rather than long explanations. There are a lot of similarities between flexbox and grid, starting with the fact that they are used for layout and much more powerful than any layout technique that came before them. They...
Putting the Flexbox Albatross to Real Use
24.1.2019
If you hadn't seen it, Heydon posted a rather clever flexbox layout pattern that, in a sense, mimics what you could do with a container query by forcing an element to stack at a certain container width. I was particularly interested, as I was fighting a little layout situation at the time I...
Layer Motion Slideshow
24.1.2019
A CSS Grid-based slideshow template with a layer motion effect on the main image and title.
Layer Motion Slideshow was written by Mary Lou and published on Codrops
Making Movies With amCharts
16.1.2019
In this article, I want to show off the flexibility and real power of amCharts 4. We’re going to learn how to combine multiple charts that run together with animations that form a movie experience. Even if you’re only interested in creating a different kind of animation that has nothing to do with...
How Well Do You Know CSS Layout?
15.1.2019
The difference between a CSS good experience and a long frustrating one is oftentimes a matter of a few small details. CSS is indeed nuanced. One of the most common areas where I see struggles is layout. Personally, I like to study patterns. I notice that I tend to use a small group of patterns...
Piecing Together Approaches for a CSS Masonry Layout
11.1.2019
Masonry layout, on the web, is when items of an uneven size are laid out such that there aren't uneven gaps. I would guess the term was coined (or at least popularized) for the web by David DeSandro because of his popular Masonry JavaScript library, which has been around since 2010.
JavaScript...
Algorithmic Layouts
10.1.2019
Don't miss this video by Heydon that digs into CSS layouts. It's great how he combines fundamental knowledge, like the way elements flow, wrap, and can have margin with new layout methods like flexbox and grid (with specific examples). Of particular note is the clear demonstration of how flexbox...
How To Learn CSS
8.1.2019
Outside of my extreme envy of the SEO they are going to get out of this, Rachel is spot on here. Learning CSS has some pillars, like language syntax, selectors, layout, and flow that, once learned, unlock your CSS merit badge.
What I would add is that if you really want to learn CSS, give yourself...
Page Flip Layout
12.11.2018
A template with a two-sided, magazine-like layout and a flat page flip animation. The layout is powered by CSS Grid.
Page Flip Layout was written by Mary Lou and published on Codrops
Create your own Serverless API
16.7.2018
If you don’t already know of it, Todd Motto has this great list of public APIs. It’s awesome if you’re trying out a new framework or new layout pattern and want to hit the ground running without fussing with the content.
But what if you want or need to make your own API? Serverless can help create...
CSS Grid in IE: Debunking Common IE Grid Misconceptions
2.7.2018
This is the first in a three-part series all about how to use CSS grid in a way that will work not only in modern browsers but also in Internet Explorer (IE). Imagine writing CSS grid code without having to write a fallback layout! Many of us think that this is some far off future that is many...
Creating a Bar Graph with CSS Grid
12.6.2018
If you’re looking for more manageable ways to create bar graphs, or in search of use cases to practice CSS Grid layout, I got you!
Before we begin working on the graph, I want to talk about coding the bars, when Grid is a good approach for graphs, and we’ll also cover some code choices you might...
Collective #419
28.5.2018
Saber.js * Oceanic Overlays * AsteroidOS * Getting Started With CSS Layout * Progressive Web Games * Wired Elements
Collective #419 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Grid Layout with Motion Hover Effect and Content Preview
23.5.2018
A retro-style grid layout with a playful motion hover effect on the grid items. When clicking on a grid item, a content preview opens.
Grid Layout with Motion Hover Effect and Content Preview was written by Mary Lou and published on Codrops
Where Lines Break is Complicated. Here’s all the Related CSS and HTML.
9.5.2018
Say you have a really long word within some text inside an element that isn't wide enough to hold it. A common cause of that is a long URL finding it's way into copy. What happens? It depends on the CSS. How that CSS is controlling the layout and what the CSS is telling the text to do.
This...
Overriding Default Button Styles
9.5.2018
There are a variety of "buttons" in HTML. You've got:
<button>Button</button>
<input type="button" value="Button">
Plus, for better or worse, people like having links that are styled to match the look of other true buttons on the site
<a href="#0"...
Grid Level 2 and Subgrid
8.5.2018
I find the concept of subgrid a little hard to wrap my mind around.
I do understand the idea that we want to use nested semantic markup as we like and have elements participate in one grid so we don't have to flatten our markup just for layout reasons. But that is largely handled by display:...
Vertically Centering with Flexbox
8.5.2018
Vertically centering sibling child contents is a task we’ve long needed on the web but has always seemed way more difficult than it should be. We initially used tables to accomplish the task, then moved on to CSS and JavaScript tricks because table layout was horribly inefficient —...