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Generative UI Notes

Geoff Graham |
Looking at research and experiments that are designed to automatically generate user interfaces based on user preferences. Generative UI Notes originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter. ... read more

Experimenting With Scroll-Driven corner-shape Animations

Daniel Schwarz |
The new CSS corner-shape() property is mathematical, so it’s easily animated. Author Daniel Schwarz pokes at animating the property for interesting UI effects. Experimenting With Scroll-Driven corner-shape Animations originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You... read more

JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring

Mat Marquis |
Mat Marquis and Andy Bell have released JavaScript for Everyone, an online course offered exclusively at Piccalilli. This post is an excerpt from the course taken specifically from a chapter all about JavaScript destructuring. JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring originally published on CSS-Tri... read more

What’s !important #7: random(), Folded Corners, Anchored Container Queries, and More

Daniel Schwarz |
For this issue we have random(), folded clip-path corners, anchored container queries, customizable select, scroll-triggered animations, and more. What’s !important #7: random(), Folded Corners, Anchored Container Queries, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOc... read more

4 Reasons That Make Tailwind Great for Building Layouts

Zell Liew |
Tailwind is really great for making layouts and there are many reasons why. Zell Liew looks at four specific examples of common use cases. 4 Reasons That Make Tailwind Great for Building Layouts originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsle... read more

Abusing Customizable Selects

Patrick Brosset |
Let’s go over a few demos using the new customizable <select> feature that may be wild, but also give us a great chance to learn new things in CSS. Abusing Customizable Selects originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter. ... read more

The Value of z-index

Amit Sheen |
How we look at the stacking order of our projects, how we choose z-index values, and more importantly, the implications of those choices. The Value of z-index originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter. ... read more

The Different Ways to Select <html> in CSS

Daniel Schwarz |
Sure, we can select the <html> element in CSS with, you know, a simple element selector, html. But what other (trivial and perhaps useless) ways can we do it? The Different Ways to Select <html> in CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You sh... read more

Popover API or Dialog API: Which to Choose?

Zell Liew |
Choosing between Popover API and Dialog API is difficult because they seem to do the same job, but they don’t! After a bit lots of research, I discovered that the Popover API and Dialog API are wildly different in terms of accessibility and we'll go over that in this article. Popover API or Dialog... read more

What’s !important #6: :heading, border-shape, Truncating Text From the Middle, and More

Daniel Schwarz |
Despite what’s been a sleepy couple of weeks for new Web Platform Features, we have an issue of What’s !important that’s prrrretty jam-packed. The web community had a lot to say, it seems, so fasten your seatbelts! What’s !important #6: :heading, border-shape, Truncating Text From the Middle, and ... read more