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Quick Hit #16
5.9.2024
“Never, ever hire for JavaScript framework skills. Instead, interview and hire only for fundamentals like web standards, accessibility, modern CSS, semantic HTML, and Web Components.” — Alex Russell…
Quick Hit #16 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of...
Quick Hit #15
5.9.2024
Almost missed that the WP Twenty Twenty-Five theme was approved a couple weeks ago.…
Quick Hit #15 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter
Quick Hit #14
3.9.2024
Inclusive Design 24 is in 8 short days — and it’s FREE, no sign-up required!…
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Another Stab at Truncated Text
3.9.2024
Seems like we’re always talking about clipping text around here. All it takes is a little browsing to spot a bunch of things we’ve already explored.
Article
on
Sep 19, 2012
Multi-line Text Overflow Ellipsis
accessibility content...
CSSWG Minutes Telecon (2024-08-21)
30.8.2024
View Transitions are one of the most awesome features CSS has shipped in recent times. Its title is self-explanatory: transitions between views are possible with just CSS, even across pages of the same origin! What’s more interesting is its …
CSSWG Minutes Telecon (2024-08-21)...
Paragraphs
30.8.2024
I sure do love little reminders about HTML semantics, particularly semantics that are tougher to commit to memory. Scott has a great one, beginning with this markup:
<pI am a paragraph.</p<spanI am also a paragraph.</span<div
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Paragraphs originally published...
Russia Is About to Try Using Crypto to Get Around Sanctions
30.8.2024
Russia will begin trialing cross-border crypto payments next week to try to circumvent international sanctions – but this effort may not work, several policy and legal experts told CoinDesk
Shipping Tumblr and WordPress
29.8.2024
Didya see that Tumblr is getting a WordPress makeover? And it’s not a trivial move:
This won’t be easy. Tumblr hosts over half a billion blogs. We’re talking about one of the largest technical migrations in internet history. Some
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Shipping Tumblr and WordPress originally published...
The “Other” C in CSS
28.8.2024
I think it’s worth listening to anything Sara Soueidan has to say. That’s especially true if she’s speaking at an event for the first time in four years, which was the case when she took the stage at CSS Day …
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Introducing <shelly-wc>
28.8.2024
I created a little library at work to make those “skeleton screens” that I’m not sure anyone likes. […] We named it skellyCSS because… skeletons and CSS, I guess. We still aren’t even really using it very much, but it
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Understanding Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns, and Templates
26.8.2024
Developers suffer in the great multitudes whom their sacred block-based websites cannot reach.
Johannes Gutenberg (probably)
Long time WordPresser, first time Gutenberger here. I’m a fan even though I’m still anchored to a classic/block hybrid setup. I believe Johanes himself...
Quick Hit #13
26.8.2024
Happy birthday, Chris Coyier — and thank you for CSS-Tricks as well as everything you do at CodePen, ShopTalk, Boost, and even your personal blog!…
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Diablo IV Is Cheap Ahead Of Vessel Of Hatred, And You Can Try It For Free If You Hurry
23.8.2024
Diablo IV’s first big expansion, Vessel of Hatred, is just a few weeks away. The add-on will bring new stories, quests, and the Spiritborn class on October 8. If you’ve been sleeping on it since it launched last year, the RPG is on sale until September 2. However, if you’re looking for something...
Quick Hit #12
23.8.2024
Giant kudos to Scott Jehl on releasing his new Web Components De-Mystified online course! Eight full hours of training from one of the best in the business.…
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Basic keyboard shortcut support for focused links
23.8.2024
Eric gifting us with his research on all the various things that anchors (not links) do when they are in :focus.
Turns out, there’s a lot!
That’s an understatement! This is an incredible amount of work, even …
Basic keyboard shortcut support for focused links originally published...
Callbacks on Web Components?
22.8.2024
A gem from Chris Ferdinandi that details how to use custom events to hook into Web Components. More importantly, Chris dutifully explains why custom events are a better fit than, say, callback functions.
With a typical JavaScript library, you pass
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Callbacks on Web Components? originally...
Quick Hit #11
21.8.2024
Hey look at that, the State of CSS Survey for 2024 is open and taking submissions. …
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The Intersection of Speed and Proximity
21.8.2024
You ever find yourself in bumper-to-bumper traffic? I did this morning on the way to work (read: whatever cafe I fancy). There’s a pattern to it, right? Stop, go, stop, go, stop… it’s almost rhythmic and harmonious in the most …
The Intersection of Speed and Proximity...
Elastic Overflow Scrolling
21.8.2024
A client asked if we could mimic the “rubber band” scrolling behavior on many mobile devices. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. It’s a behavior that already exists and happens automatically in most browsers. In iOS Safari, for …
Elastic Overflow Scrolling...
RTL Styling 101
20.8.2024
A couple of weeks ago I was super excited about publishing my first CSS-Tricks post: “Letter Spacing is Broken. Forget about that though, what’s important is the post’s topic: letter spacing is broken and doesn’t work as the CSS …
RTL Styling 101 originally published...