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Drawing Graphics with the CSS Paint API
18.6.2021
A practical introduction to the CSS Paint API with hands-on examples.
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Are Custom Properties a “Menu of What Will Change”?
2.6.2021
PPK laid out an interesting situation in “Two options for using custom properties” where he and Stefan Judis had two different approaches for doing the same thing with custom properties. In one approach, hover and focus styles for a …
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Trigonometry in CSS and JavaScript: Getting Creative with Trigonometric Functions
2.6.2021
In the second part of this series on trigonometry, we’ll explore JavaScript trigonometric functions and learn how we can apply them to our CSS code.
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JSON in CSS
21.5.2021
Jonathan Neal tweeted a heck of a little CSS trick the other day, putting JSON inside CSS and plucking it out with JavaScript. Valid values for custom properties are quite liberal! So this looks for a CSS rule (e.g. a …
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Variable Aspect Ratio Card With Conic Gradients Meeting Along the Diagonal
10.5.2021
I recently came across an interesting problem. I had to implement a grid of cards with a variable (user-set) aspect ratio that was stored in a --ratio custom property. Boxes with a certain aspect ratio are a classic problem in …
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Custom State Pseudo-Classes in Chrome
6.5.2021
There is an increasing number of “custom” features on the web platform. We have custom properties (--my-property), custom elements (<my-element>), and custom events (new CustomEvent('myEvent')). At one point, we might even get custom media …
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Dynamic CSS Masks with Custom Properties and GSAP
4.5.2021
Learn how to animate CSS masks based on the cursor position using GSAP and custom properties for a unique spotlight effect.
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A Complete Guide to Custom Properties
27.4.2021
Everything important and useful to know about CSS Custom Properties. Like that they are often referred to as "CSS Variables" but that's not their real name.
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Generating (and Solving!) Sudokus in CSS
15.4.2021
I love to make CSS do stuff it shouldn’t. It’s the type of problem-solving brain training you’d get building a calculator in Minecraft, except you probably won’t get a job working with Minecraft Redstone no matter how good you …
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Want to Write a Hover Effect With Inline CSS? Use CSS Variables.
26.3.2021
The other day I was working on a blog where each post has a custom color attached to it for a little dose of personality. The author gets to pick that color in the CMS when they’re writing the post. …
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Interactive Web Components Are Easier Than You Think
25.3.2021
In my last article, we saw that web components aren’t as scary as they seem. We looked at a super simple setup and made a zombie dating service profile, complete with a custom <zombie-profile> element. We reused the element …
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Creating Custom Form Controls with ElementInternals
24.3.2021
Ever since the dawn of time, humanity has dreamed of having more control over form elements. OK, I might be overselling it a tiny bit, but creating or customizing form components has been a holy grail of front-end web development …
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Image Fragmentation Effect With CSS Masks and Custom Properties
23.3.2021
Geoff shared this idea of a checkerboard where the tiles disappear one-by-one to reveal an image. In it, an element has a background image, then a CSS Grid layout holds the “tiles” that go from a filled background color to …
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Platform News: Defaulting to Logical CSS, Fugu APIs, Custom Media Queries, and WordPress vs. Italics
12.3.2021
Looks like 2021 is the time to start using CSS Logical Properties! Plus, Chrome recently shipped a few APIs that have raised eyebrows, SVG allows us to disable its aspect ratio, WordPress focuses on the accessibility of its typography, and …
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Bitfinex users can now paper trade their custom algo strategies
11.3.2021
Honey Framework users have more than tripled, according to Bitfinex. Paper trading allows them to test their strategies without risking real capital
Web Components Are Easier Than You Think
8.3.2021
When I’d go to a conference (when we were able to do such things) and see someone do a presentation on web components, I always thought it was pretty nifty (yes, apparently, I’m from 1950), but it always seemed complicated …
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Exploring @property and its Animating Powers
4.3.2021
Uh, what’s @property? It’s a new CSS feature! It gives you superpowers. No joke, there is stuff that @property can do that unlocks things in CSS we’ve never been able to do before.
While everything about @property is exciting, …
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PS2 Emulation Gets Even Nicer With Custom Textures
3.3.2021
PCSX2 has long been a fantastic PS2 emulator, but a recent advance has made it all the more appealing for anyone playing on a PC: the ability to swap textures in games.Read more
How to Map Mouse Position in CSS
1.3.2021
Let’s look at how to get the user’s mouse position and map it into CSS custom properties: --positionX and --positionY.
We could do this in JavaScript. If we did, we could do things like make make an element …
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The Things I Add to Tailwind CSS Right Out of the Box
26.2.2021
In every project where I use Tailwind CSS, I end up adding something to it. Some of these things I add in every single project. I’ll share these with you, but I’m also curious what y’all are adding to …
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