CSS-Tricks 19 hr ago

Using CSS corner-shape For Folded Corners

I came across Kitty Giraudel’s folded corners technique. I’ve been on a bit of a corner-shape kick lately, so I figured that corner-shape could be used to cr...

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CSS-Tricks 1d ago

A Scrollytelling Gift for Mum on Mother’s Day 2026

I will explain how my mum inspired this 2026 Mother’s Day scrollytelling experiment — but also, how she inspired my approach to dev and life. A Scrollytellin...

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CSS-Tricks 2d ago

Google’s Prompt API

Mat Marquis on Google pulling the web standards equivalent of U2 album marketing: As a Chrome user, you’ll have received Gemini Nano in the form of a 4GB tra...

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CSS-Tricks 2d ago

Making Zigzag CSS Layouts With a Grid + Transform Trick

Most grid layouts sit in neat rows, perfectly aligned, like soldiers in formation. But sometimes you want something with more rhythm like, say, a zigzag patt...

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CSS-Tricks 4d ago

Fixed-Height Cards: More Fragile Than They Look

Getting a multi-column of cards to line up equally is is a headache we've all faced, and it gets even harder when working with fixed heights. Fixed-Height Ca...

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CSS-Tricks May 1

What’s !important #10: HTML-in-Canvas, Hex Maps, E-ink Optimization, and More

Developers have been experimenting with HTML-in-Canvas, a hexagonal world map-analytics feature, a web-based OS for e-ink devices, replacing image sources us...

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CSS-Tricks Apr 30

The Importance of Native Randomness in CSS

We're getting new functions for generating random numbers in CSS! But the road to get here has been a long and winding one. The Importance of Native Randomne...

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CSS-Tricks Apr 29

contrast()

The contrast() filter function increases or decreases the contrast of an element. contrast() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. Yo...

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CSS-Tricks Apr 29

contrast-color()

The contrast-color() function takes a  and returns either black or white, whichever is the most contrasting color for that value. contrast-color() originally...

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CSS-Tricks Apr 27

Let’s Use the Nonexistent ::nth-letter Selector Now

My shim might give the powers that be another reason to say native support isn't necessary, or if lots of people use my :nth-letter hack in the wild, the bro...

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CSS-Tricks Apr 23

Recreating Apple’s Vision Pro Animation in CSS

Putting CSS’s more recent scrolling animation capabilities to the test to recreate a complex animation of the Apple Vision Pro headset from Apple's website. ...

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CSS-Tricks Apr 22

Enhancing Astro With a Markdown Component

I use a Markdown Component for two main reasons: (1) It reduces the amount of markup I need to write, and (2) it converts typographic symbols. Here's how it ...

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