CSS Tricks

Let’s Use the Emergent CSS random() Function in all the Browsers

Lee Meyer |
The journey to create a polyfill for the upcoming CSS random() function that works in all browsers. Let’s Use the Emergent CSS random() Function in all the Browsers originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. ... read more

What’s !important #18: <geolocation>, Syntax ::highlight()ing, named-feature(), and More

Daniel Schwarz |
Well, that’s a wrap. No, not a flex-wrap, but rather today marks a new day, week, month, season, aaaand new edition of What’s important (#18), bringing you the best content that developers have produced over the last couple of weeks or so. What’s !important #18: <geolocation>, Syntax ::highl... read more

Creating Web Widgets Using the Document Picture-in-Picture API

Daniel Schwarz |
The general idea is that we create a Document Picture-in-Picture window (DPIP window), and then we put HTML, CSS, and JavaScript into it. Creating Web Widgets Using the Document Picture-in-Picture API originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newslette... read more

animation-trigger

Saleh Mubashar |
The CSS animation-trigger property allows you to delay the start of a CSS animation until a specific trigger occurs. animation-trigger originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. ... read more

MicroLighter: Syntax Highlighter

Geoff Graham |
Syntax highlighting for code blocks without the complicated markup, spans, classes, and bloated JavaScript, courtesy of Uncle Dave. MicroLighter: Syntax Highlighter originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. ... read more

WordPress PHP-Only Block Registration

Fränk Klein |
Seven and half years after blocks arrived in Core, WordPress introduces a way to build blocks without React annd build pipelines. All you need is PHP. WordPress PHP-Only Block Registration originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. ... read more

Resolved: CSS Class Prefix Selector

Geoff Graham |
A newly resolved proposal would allow us to select classes that are a prefix for variations with a wildcard, like .prefix-*. Resolved: CSS Class Prefix Selector originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. ... read more

CSS Navigation Matching, Early Days

Geoff Graham |
Apply a style when someone navigates from one specific page to another. The idea being it'd make the sources for cross-document view transitions declarative in CSS rather than managing that stuff in JavaScript. CSS Navigation Matching, Early Days originally handwritten and published with love on C... read more

WordPress.com Student Plan

Geoff Graham |
As someone who teaches beginning web development, I find that building a WordPress site makes for a great final project. Hosting those projects has always been a roadblock though. WordPress.com Student Plan originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the new... read more

Dark mode toggles: two states are enough

Geoff Graham |
Lea's pushing back on light/dark mode implementations that display three state options for visitors: light, dark, and system. Dark mode toggles: two states are enough originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. ... read more