Resolved: CSS Class Prefix Selector
A newly resolved proposal would allow us to select classes that are a prefix for variations with a wildcard, like .prefix-*. Resolved: CSS Class Prefix Selector originally handwritten and published w…
Read moreWordPress.com Student Plan
As someone who teaches beginning web development, I find that building a WordPress site makes for a great final project. Hosting those projects has always been a roadblock though. WordPress.com Stude…
CSS Navigation Matching, Early Days
Apply a style when someone navigates from one specific page to another. The idea being it'd make the sources for cross-document view transitions declarative in CSS rather than managing that stuff in J…
Dark mode toggles: two states are enough
Lea's pushing back on light/dark mode implementations that display three state options for visitors: light, dark, and system. Dark mode toggles: two states are enough originally handwritten and publi…
What’s !important #17: Custom Highlight API, CSS Navigation Matching, Fixing text-stroke, and More
Plus, how to style skeleton UIs, how to enable diagonal scrolling, how images can overflow themselves, and yet, still more. Basically, how to do a lot of really cool (CSS) stuff. What’s !important #1…
Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You’ve Found is Wrong
The warning is correct. And the recommended fixes you've probably seen are wrong. Here's what you can do instead to properly fix the issue. Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix Yo…
SmashingConf Freiburg 2026, September 7-10
Smashing Magazine’s in-person conferences are back and returning to the wonderful city of Freiburg next month, September 7–10. SmashingConf Freiburg 2026, September 7-10 originally handwritten and pu…
Animating CSS border-image
Border images are an overlooked feature. One neat fact is that border image slices can run across entire borders on an element, and animating it creates beautiful effects. Animating CSS border-image …
Using and Styling the Dialog Element
There's a lot of nuance to the element, a seemingly little piece of web architecture. I've got some notes from digging into it. Using and Styling the Dialog Element originally handwritten an…
2026 State of CSS, Devs Surveys
A few notes and takeaways from the 2026 State of CSS survey results, including a nice CSS-Tricks cameo! 2026 State of CSS, Devs Surveys originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. Y…