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Should the CSS light-dark() Function Support More Than Light and Dark Values?
2.9.2025
The light-dark() function is currently designed to support just two color schemes. Should it support others? Sunkanmi Fafowora says yes and no.
Should the CSS light-dark() Function Support More Than Light and Dark Values? originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean...
CSS Elevator: A Pure CSS State Machine With Floor Navigation
29.8.2025
In this article, author Chris Sabourin walk through how modern CSS features can build a fully functional, interactive elevator that knows where it is, where it’s headed, and how long it’ll take to get there. No JavaScript required.
CSS Elevator: A Pure CSS State Machine With Floor Navigation...
A Radio Button Shopping Cart Trick
27.8.2025
Here's an approach for animating products added to a shopping cart that handles an infinite number of items using a variation of the ol' Checkbox Hack.
A Radio Button Shopping Cart Trick originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter
Getting Creative With Images in Long-Form Content
25.8.2025
Images in long-form content can (and often should) do more than illustrate. They help set the pace, influence how readers feel, and add character that words alone can’t always convey.
Getting Creative With Images in Long-Form Content originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of...
3D Layered Text: Interactivity and Dynamicism
22.8.2025
In this third and final chapter, we’re stepping into interactivity by adding JavaScript, starting with a simple :hover effect, and ending with a fully responsive bulging text that follows your mouse in real time.
3D Layered Text: Interactivity and Dynamicism originally published on CSS-Tricks...
3D Layered Text: Motion and Variations
20.8.2025
In this chapter, we will explore ways to animate the effect, add transitions, and play with different variations. We will look at how motion can enhance depth, and how subtle tweaks can create a whole new vibe.
3D Layered Text: Motion and Variations originally published on CSS-Tricks, which...
3D Layered Text: The Basics
18.8.2025
A client asked me to create a bulging text effect. With a bit of cleverness and some advanced CSS, I managed to get a result I’m genuinely proud of, which is covered in this three-part series.
3D Layered Text: The Basics originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family....
Covering hidden=until-found
15.8.2025
Short story: Slapping hidden=until-found on an element in HTML enables any hidden content within the element to be findable in the browser with in-page search.
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A Few Things About the Anchor Element’s href You Might Not Have Known
15.8.2025
It's easy to take URL superpowers for granted, even if you already have these patterns under your belt.
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On Accessibility Conformance, Design Systems, and CSS “Base” Units
14.8.2025
My brain can’t help but try to make connections between seemingly disparate ideas. And that’s what happened yesterday when I read:
Hidde’s “Can components conform to WCAG?”
Joas’s “Automating Design Systems”
Zell’s “We Might Need...
We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for “Base Elements”
13.8.2025
I've come to realize that perhaps we need to have a unit between root and relative values. This would bring about a whole new possibility when creating reusable components.
We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for “Base Elements” originally published...
CSS-Questions
12.8.2025
CSS-Questions is a mini site where you can test your CSS knowledge with over 100 questions.
CSS-Questions originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter
Getting Creative With Quotes
11.8.2025
How do you design block quotes and pull quotes to reflect a brand’s visual identity and help tell its story? Here’s how I do it by styling the HTML blockquote element using borders, decorative quote marks, custom shapes, and a few unexpected properties.
Getting Creative With Quotes originally...
Stuff & Nonsense Practical Layout Workshop
11.8.2025
Web design veteran Andy Clarke is offering a two-hour workshop all about creating practical and creative page layouts this September 18. Register and save a few bucks with a coupon code.
Stuff & Nonsense Practical Layout Workshop originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of...
How to Prepare for CSS-Specific Interview Questions
8.8.2025
Get advice answering a set of 10 CSS-related questions you likely will encounter in front-end interviews.
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Bringing Back Parallax With Scroll-Driven CSS Animations
6.8.2025
Parallax is a pattern in which different elements of a webpage move at varying speeds as the user scrolls, creating a three-dimensional, layered appearance. It once required JavaScript. Now we have scroll-driven animations in CSS, which is free from the main-thread blocking that can plague...
Thinking Deeply About Theming and Color Naming
4.8.2025
Today, I want to discuss a couple of patterns for naming color palettes that the community is using, and how I propose we can improve, so we achieve both flexibility and beauty.
Thinking Deeply About Theming and Color Naming originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean...
Keeping Article Demos Alive When Third-Party APIs Die
30.7.2025
Is there a way to build demos that do not break when the services they rely on fail? How can we ensure educational demos stay available for as long as possible?
Keeping Article Demos Alive When Third-Party APIs Die originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family....
Making a Masonry Layout That Works Today
28.7.2025
I went on to figure out how make masonry work today with other browsers. I'm happy to report I've found a way — and, bonus! — that support can be provided with only 66 lines of JavaScript.
Making a Masonry Layout That Works Today originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of...
How to Discover a CSS Trick
25.7.2025
Do we invent or discover CSS tricks? Lee Meyer discusses how creative limitations, recursive thinking, and unexpected combinations lead to his most interesting ideas.
How to Discover a CSS Trick originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get...