Search
What do you get for using a search input type?
18.11.2021
Like this: <input type="search">
You get an extra-round-y appearance in Safari, which at one time matched the macOS look for search inputs, but not really anymore. I don’t hate the look, except…
Safari totally ignores the font-size you set on
…
The post What do you...
Detecting Specific Text Input with HTML and CSS
9.11.2021
Louis Lazaris breaks down some bonafide CSS trickery from Jane. The Pen shows off interactivity where:
You have to press a special combination of keys on a keyboard.
Then type a secret password.
From there, a special message pops …
The post Detecting Specific Text Input with HTML and...
ADALend Makes It on “the Essential Cardano List” by IOHK
23.10.2021
Input-Output Hong Kong (IOHK) has listed ADALend on their :Essential Cardano List” of projects that are considered part of the ecosystem supporting and providing Cardano users with products and services. “The Essential Cardano List” gives an overview of the Cardano ecosystem...
The Options for Password Revealing Inputs
6.10.2021
In HTML, there is a very clear input type for dealing with passwords:
<input type="password"
If you use that, you get the obfuscated bullet-points when you type into it, like:
••••••••
That’s the web trying to help with security. If …
The post The Options for Password Revealing...
New Zealand central bank releases issue paper on digital currency
30.9.2021
The central bank of New Zealand has outlined the major benefits of CBDC designs based on blockchain technology
7 Practical Uses for the ::before and ::after Pseudo-Elements in CSS
21.9.2021
CSS ::before and ::after pseudo-elements allow you to insert “content” before and after any non-replaced element (e.g. they work on a <div> but not an <input>). This effectively allows you to show something on a web page that might …
The post 7 Practical Uses...
Fun Times Styling Checkbox States
10.9.2021
We might leave a text input unstyled. We might leave a link unstyled. Even a button. But checkboxes… we don’t leave them alone. That’s why styling checkboxes never gets old.
Although designing checkboxes is not that complicated, we also don’t …
The post Fun Times Styling Checkbox States...
Australian regulators seek public input on crypto ETPs
30.6.2021
The Australia Securities and Investments Commission has indicated that Bitcoin and Ether are the only two crypto assets likely to meet its evolving criteria for a regulated crypto ETP
Always Show Arrows for Number Input
21.6.2021
While I enjoy small details that make user interfaces more elegant, I also believe that less is more, especially when it comes to native behavior. One native behavior I dislike is that <input type="number" /> elements only show the increment and decrement arrows when the input is focused....
Links on Accessibility
7.6.2021
Show/Hide password accessibility and password hints tutorial — Nicolas Steenhout goes deep on <input type="password"> accessibility. For one thing, being able to toggle it to type="text" should be possible, while announcing, politely, the change. But also, put the password hints...
16px or Larger Text Prevents iOS Form Zoom
4.5.2021
This was a great “Today I Learned” for me from Josh W. Comeau. If the font-size of an <input> is 16px or larger, Safari on iOS will focus into the input normally. But as soon as the font-size is …
The post 16px or Larger Text Prevents iOS Form Zoom appeared first...
Cardano Blockchain Infrastructure Selected in a New Drive to Bring Sustainable Internet Connectivity to Zanzibar and Tanzania
29.4.2021
In its foray into Africa, Input Output, a research and development product engineering company, says it will partner with World Mobile Group in a new initiative aimed at bringing sustainable internet connectivity to users in Zanzibar and Tanzania. According to the partnership agreement, the Cardano...
Platform News: Using :focus-visible, BBC’s New Typeface, Declarative Shadow DOMs, A11Y and Placeholders
16.4.2021
There’s a whole lot of accessibility in this week’s news, from the nuances of using :focus-visible and input placeholders, to accessible typefaces and a Safari bug with :display: contents. Plus, a snippet for a bare-bones web component that supports …
The post Platform News:...
An Unknown User Incurs More Than $80,000 in Transaction Fees When Sending BTC Worth $1
23.12.2020
An unknown person incurred a transaction fee of more than $80,000 or (3.49079570 bitcoins) when transferring bitcoin worth $1.16. According to Blockchain.com, the December 19 transaction, which is included in block 662052, had an input of 3.49084570 bitcoin and an output of 0.00005000 bitcoin....
React.isValidElement
14.12.2020
Knowing what input type you’ve received is hugely important in JavaScript, which is a big reason for Flow and TypeScript’s rise. One such case where it’s useful to know what an object represents is if the input is a string or a React element. To detect if an object is a React...
Happier HTML5 form validation in Vue
3.12.2020
It’s kind of neat that we can do input:invalid {} in CSS to style an input when it’s in an invalid state. Yet, used exactly like that, the UX is pretty bad. Say you have <input type="text" required>. That’s immediately invalid before the user has done anything....
How to Add Text in Borders Using Basic HTML Elements
1.12.2020
Some HTML elements come with preset designs, like the inconveniently small squares of <input type="checkbox"> elements, the limited-color bars of <meter> elements, and the “something about them bothers me” arrows of the <details> elements. We can style them to match...
A Complete State Machine Made With HTML Checkboxes and CSS
27.11.2020
State machines are typically expressed on the web in JavaScript and often through the popular XState library. But the concept of a state machine is adaptable to just about any language, including, amazingly, HTML and CSS. In this article, we’re going to do exactly that. I recently built a website...
Exploring What the Details and Summary Elements Can Do
26.11.2020
We’ve mentioned before just how great the <details> and <summary> elements are. They’re great for quickly making accordions that are accessible to touch, mouse, and keyboard input:
CodePen Embed Fallback
<details> and <summary> can even be used to play/pause gifs!...
The Core Web Vitals hype train
24.11.2020
Some baby bear thinking from Katie Sylor-Miller:
my excitement for Core Web Vitals is tempered with a healthy skepticism. I’m not yet convinced that Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), First Input Delay (FID), and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) are the right metrics that all sites should...