CSS

Flexbox has a very specific algorithm for determining how to deal with remaining (or lack of) space in a row. Let’s use actual math to understand it then apply it to a masonry layout.

It’s a strange situation where some CSS is disallowed, some is allowed but breaks the button, and some is capped.

As it stands, you have to think about the layout engine and whether an element is “fully laid out” before an anchor is allowed to apply to it. Boooooo.

We can take a value set in an HTML attribute and use it in CSS, even extracting each individual digit in order to animate separately.

A list of items with thumbnails that flip into place as needed. Can we ditch the JavaScript?

David Bushell is very sick of the “scroll fade” effect. It’s the effect where, as you scroll down a page, elements slide into place. Often, all the elements. I agree it’s overplayed since it’s usually movement for the sake of it, not adding anything to the experience. It’s true that movement catches our eye, but […]

Safari has support for <input type=”checkbox” switch> where a normal ☑️ checkbox turns into a toggle. You don’t strictly need the browser support to get the look, as it’s weirdly easy to replicate (based on idea from Richard Keizer). But Thomas Steiner has a more comprehensive polyfill if you want it to behave more exactly […]

Turns out `anchor-scope` is pretty darn useful for button/menu setups that will appear multiple times on the same page.

All the big browser makers (and Igalia, a major contributor) dropped their timed blog posts announcing Interop 2026. I’ll link to Apple’s because I like how they used column-width on the feature list and I’m stealing that (in case you see this post directly). I’m a fan of all of it but of course I’m […]

What can we say except BOINNNGGG BOINNGGGGGG.