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How to Create a Shrinking Header on Scroll Without JavaScript
16.2.2021
Imagine a header of a website that is nice and thick, with plenty of padding on top and bottom of the content. As you scroll down, it shrinks up on itself, reducing some of that padding, making more screen real …
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I Saw Two Mega Menus Today…
2.2.2021
One was the footer of an (older) U.S. Government website. The other was the navigation for AWS services from the AWS Console.
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The Holy Grail Layout with CSS Grid
27.1.2021
How to build a very common layout with CSS grid. Header on the top, footer on the bottom. Two columns, sidebar and main content. This one has navigation above the main content but within that same column.
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Crafting a Scrollable and Draggable Parallax Slider
1.12.2020
A tutorial on how to build a slider with an interesting parallax effect that you can either scroll or drag through.
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Parsing Markdown into an Automated Table of Contents
13.11.2020
A table of contents is a list of links that allows you to quickly jump to specific sections of content on the same page. It benefits long-form content because it shows the user a handy overview of what content there is with a convenient way to get there.
This tutorial will show you how to parse...
Inline Menu Layout with Gallery Panel
11.11.2020
An inline menu layout with a playful hover animation and a gallery content preview panel.
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Focus management and inert
19.10.2020
Many forms of assistive technology use keyboard navigation to understand and take action on screen content. One way of navigating is via the Tab key. You may already be familiar with this way of navigating if you use it to quickly jump from input to input on a form without having to reach for your...
Implementing WebGL Powered Scroll Animations
19.10.2020
Learn some fun WebGL by reconstructing the beautiful scroll animations from Robin Noguier's portfolio.
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Menu to Inner Page Animation with Image Grid Background
16.9.2020
A layout with a menu and background image grid that animates to an inner content page.
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Menu Reveal By Page Rotate Animation
8.9.2020
There are many different approaches to menus on websites. Some menus are persistent, always in view and display all the options. Other menus are hidden by design and need to be opened to view the options. And there are even additional approaches on how hidden menus reveal their menu items. Some...
Three CSS Alternatives to JavaScript Navigation
14.7.2020
Hey quick! You’ve gotta create the navigation for the site and you start working on the mobile behavior. What pattern do you choose? If you’re like most folks, it’s probably the “hamburger” menu that, when clicked, uses a little JavaScript to expand a vertical list of navigation links.
But that’s...
Memorize Scroll Position Across Page Loads
9.7.2020
Hakim El Hattab tweeted a really nice little UX enhancement for a static site that includes a scrollable sidebar of navigation.
???? If you've got a static site with a scrollable sidebar, it really helps to memorize the scroll position across page loads.
(left is default, right memorized)...
Creating a Menu Image Animation on Hover
1.7.2020
A tutorial on how to create a hover effect for a menu where images appear with an animation on each item.
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A Glitchy Grid Layout Slideshow
24.6.2020
An experimental grid slideshow with a stack-like navigation and glitch effect.
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List Style Recipes
5.5.2020
Lists are a fundamental part of HTML! They are useful in things like blog posts for listing out steps, recipes for listing ingredients, or items in a navigation menu. Not only are they an opportunity for styling, but they have accessibility implications. For example, the number of items in a list...
General Motors Files Patent for a Blockchain-Based Navigation Map
4.4.2020
General Motors patents a blockchain to update navigation maps
How to Create a “Skip to Content” Link
17.3.2020
Skip links are little internal navigation links that help users move around a page. It’s possible you’ve never actually seen one before because they’re often hidden from view and used as an accessibility enhancement that lets keyboard users and screen readers jump from the top of the page to...
Stop Using “Dropdown”
16.3.2020
Adrian Roselli notes that it might actually mean:
A <select> menu
An ARIA Listbox, Combobox, Menu, or Disclosure Widget
An input with a <datalist>
An input with autocomplete
A <details><summary> block
An accordion
Flyout navigation
In my own usage, I tend to mean...
Google Fonts + Variable Fonts
7.3.2020
I see Google Fonts rolled out a new design (Tweet). Compared to the last big redesign, this feels much more iterative. I can barely tell the difference really, except it's blue instead of red and this one pretty rad checkbox: Show only variable fonts.
An option to only show variable fonts is...
Creating a Modal Image Gallery With Bootstrap Components
6.3.2020
Have you ever clicked on an image on a webpage that opens up a larger version of the image with navigation to view other photos?
Some folks call it a pop-up. Others call it a lightbox. Bootstrap calls it a modal. I mention Bootstrap because I want to use it to make the same sort of thing. So, let’s...