I'd be remiss if I didn't say that @monknow.bsky.social put A LOT of effort into editing the CSS Color Functions Guide we published yesterday.

And this post is an excellent roundup of things he learned along the way... things that I think confuse a lot of us. I appreciate having this.

A guide to Scroll-driven Animations with just CSS CSS animations have come a long way since Apple first introduced them to the web in 2007.

Now that my blog post got the thumbs up from @zeldman.bsky.social, I can die a happy evangelist 🥰

Check out my intro to scroll-driven animations, hope you like it too ❤️ webkit.org/blog/17101/a...

How to Create a Masonry Layout Using HTML and CSS A masonry layout is a grid-based design where items are arranged in a way that minimizes vertical gaps between them. an example of a masonry layout Unlike traditional grids with fixed row heights, ma...

How to Create a Masonry Layout Using HTML and CSS

www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-...

Cascading Layouts A workshop on resilient CSS layouts

My entire April and May are packed, but if I had the time, I would attend this workshop by @miriam.codes! Sounds great!

“Take your sites to the next level with this 3-session workshop on building more resilient and maintainable web layouts using modern CSS.”

www.oddbird.net/workshops/ca...

Screenshot of an article on my blog, with the tagline: Color Theory & Palette – Resources and Tools. A Designer’s Toolbox for Learning About Colors and Color Accessibility

Struggling with color theory or building accessible palettes? I’ve put together my go-to resources and tools to help designers make better, more inclusive color choices. Whether you're a beginner or refining your skills, this curated list has you covered!

stephaniewalter.design/blog/color-t...

Making content-aware components using CSS :has(), grid, and quantity queries Eric Bailey teaches us how to make a hyper-resilient component that responds not only to the container, but other languages too.

🗂️ From the archives

Eric Bailey teaches us how to make a hyper-resilient component that responds not only to the container, but other languages too.

piccalil.li/blog/making-...

Lazy loading hidden images A few years ago, browsers implemented a standard way of lazy loading images. The standard was a huge boon because it was straightforward to use and less code than JavaScript solutions. Unfortunately, ...

Lazy loading hidden images:

cloudfour.com/thinks/lazy-...

Images in menus or carousels etc that's technically above the fold, but not visible, all you need is add loading="lazy" and browser will defer downloading the image.

No longer need a #JavaScript solution for those use cases

#CSS #webdev

Creating a dark theme for a website live YouTube video by Kevin Powell

Going to be doing a live stream Friday where I add a dark theme to html-css-tip-of-the-week.netlify.app

I'll be on Twitch (www.twitch.tv/kevinpowellcss) and YouTube (youtube.com/live/7ijxVDW...)

It'll start at 12pm EST (if you follow the YT link, you'll get your local timezone)

Very cool! 😄

High-Performance Web Fonts Tools and resources on how to use web fonts without sacrificing page loading speeds

"Is there such a thing as a web-safe font?" 🤔

www.highperformancewebfonts.com/read/web-saf... #css #fonts #webdev

CSS Generator for Custom Corners (Scooped, Beveled, and more) Cut the corners of your element using CSS mask or clip-path. Get an optimized & modern code in no time.

Or my generator if you want more settings 🫣

css-generators.com/custom-corne...

#CSS text-box
a very exciting feature!

available in:
Chrome 133 & Safari 18.2

My post on Chrome Developers:
developer.chrome.com/blog/css-tex...

↪ nerdy.dev/text-box-trim

Did you know you can center both vertically and horizontally in CSS now, without Flexbox or Grid?

Throw this on your block level element, and it works:

align-content: center;
justify-items: center;

And my trick to remembering it's those properties? It's the ones I never use normally 😆

CSS Wishlist for 2025 – Frontend Masters Boost Hey we might as well spill out all these wishes as the CSS feature train has been rolling and we oughta get while the getting is good.

CSS Wishlist for 2025

Hey we might as well spill out all these wishes as the CSS feature train has been rolling and we oughta get while the getting is good.

CSS margin-trim and line height units | 12 Days of Web Learn ways of perfecting design with line height units and margin-trim.

I wrote about `lh` units and `margin-trim’ for @5t3ph.bsky.social ‘s 12 Days of Web!

12daysofweb.dev/2024/css-mar...

📝 I know it's the end of year and I should be doing a yearly wrap up post but this one aspect of #CSS has been noodling at me for awhile now.

daverupert.com/2024/12/css-...

Screenshot of "CSS Selectors Playground" with text "The :focus-within pseudo-class matches elements that are either focused themselves or have a descendant that is focused."

"CSS Selectors Playground"

An easy and simple way to learn how to master #CSS selectors.

selectors.sandroroth.com #webdev

12 Modern CSS One-Line Upgrades | Modern CSS Solutions Sometimes, improving your application CSS just takes a one-line upgrade or enhancement! Learn about 12 properties to start incorporating into your projects, and enjoy reducing technical debt, removing...

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This post from @5t3ph.bsky.social shared a dozen CSS properties well worth knowing — it includes one-line upgrades that will help reduce technical debt, remove unnecessary lines of JavaScript, and score some easy wins for the user experience, too.

Scroll-Driven & Fixed – Frontend Masters Boost It's quite fun to have an element react to another element scrolling in an unexpected way!

Scroll-Driven & Fixed

It's quite fun to have an element react to another element scrolling in an unexpected way!

CSS light-dark() | 12 Days of Web A new CSS function that returns one of two color values based on the current color scheme.

i wrote about light-dark() 12daysofweb.dev/2024/css-lig...