5 CSS Secrets every developer should know

Kevin Powell Media Inc.

Creative Coding CSS

May 7, 2025

A look at 5 useful CSS tips and tricks, like single-color gradients, the user-select property, masks, escaping scroll containers, and more.

🔗 Links

Browser support for single color gradients: https://caniuse.com/

Salma's blog post: https://whitep4nth3r.com/blog/how-to-build-a-copy-code-snippet-button/#the-html-and-some-preliminary-javascript-to-build-the-html

CSS Generators: https://css-generators.com/

Anchor Positioning Deep Dive: https://frontendmasters.com/tutorials/kevin-powell/anchor-popover/