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Mr. Lee Meyer took his scrollytelling experiments on tour when he spoke at @webdirections Dev Summit. Get the slides, but also his storytelling about the scrollytelling.
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Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025 | CSS-Tricks
Lee Meyer recently spoke at Web Directions Summit 2025. This is his experience, not only speaking at the event, but experiencing the event through the lens of anxiety and imposter syndrome.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Mr. Lee Meyer took his scrollytelling experiments on tour when he spoke at @webdirections Dev Summit. Get the slides, but also his storytelling about the scrollytelling.
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Have you noticed that the animation-range property syntax looks like it takes 4 values... but it's really just 2? John Rhea clarifies that nicely here:
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animation-range | CSS-Tricks
The CSS animation-range property lets you control how a view timeline animation works, setting exactly when and where the animation starts and stops. You can
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January 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Have you noticed that the animation-range property syntax looks like it takes 4 values... but it's really just 2? John Rhea clarifies that nicely here:
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January 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
What? Style an element *while* it's being dragged? @sunkanmifafowora.bsky.social explains how it could become a thing in the future with :drag and ::dragged pseudos.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
What? Style an element *while* it's being dragged? @sunkanmifafowora.bsky.social explains how it could become a thing in the future with :drag and ::dragged pseudos.
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What are your favorite css/front-end blogs and publications?
January 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
What are your favorite css/front-end blogs and publications?
Thank you (yes, you) for learning with us this past year — and every year since 2007.
We're closing shop for the holidays and can't wait to pick things back up with you in 2026!
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We're closing shop for the holidays and can't wait to pick things back up with you in 2026!
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Thank You (2025 Edition) | CSS-Tricks
This is the best job I've had in my life and it's only possible because you keep showing up each day to read, learn, share, and discuss all-things-front-end (and a little CSS, of course) with us.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Thank you (yes, you) for learning with us this past year — and every year since 2007.
We're closing shop for the holidays and can't wait to pick things back up with you in 2026!
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We're closing shop for the holidays and can't wait to pick things back up with you in 2026!
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Here's one of those super duper minor details that can make a designer's eyes water.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Here's one of those super duper minor details that can make a designer's eyes water.
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wanna be able to search @css-tricks.bsky.social before opening a browser window?
This @raycast.com plug is pretty neat!
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This @raycast.com plug is pretty neat!
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December 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
wanna be able to search @css-tricks.bsky.social before opening a browser window?
This @raycast.com plug is pretty neat!
www.raycast.com/j3lte/css-tr...
This @raycast.com plug is pretty neat!
www.raycast.com/j3lte/css-tr...
Simply type and get a solid set of real-time search results from CSS-Tricks... pretty cool little @raycast.com extension.
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Search CSS-Tricks Raycast Extension | CSS-Tricks
Jelte Lagendijk built a Raycast extension for searching CSS-Tricks articles where you simply type and a get a solid set of real-time results.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Simply type and get a solid set of real-time search results from CSS-Tricks... pretty cool little @raycast.com extension.
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A little blending demo on @codepen.io: codepen.io/thebabydino/...
If you're interested in the how behind, check out my @css-tricks.bsky.social article Taming Blend Modes: `difference` and `exclusion` css-tricks.com/taming-blend...
#CSS
If you're interested in the how behind, check out my @css-tricks.bsky.social article Taming Blend Modes: `difference` and `exclusion` css-tricks.com/taming-blend...
#CSS
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A little blending demo on @codepen.io: codepen.io/thebabydino/...
If you're interested in the how behind, check out my @css-tricks.bsky.social article Taming Blend Modes: `difference` and `exclusion` css-tricks.com/taming-blend...
#CSS
If you're interested in the how behind, check out my @css-tricks.bsky.social article Taming Blend Modes: `difference` and `exclusion` css-tricks.com/taming-blend...
#CSS
We’re getting there — hit 18 years this past July!
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We’re getting there — hit 18 years this past July!
Lots of ways to arrange elements around a circle! But how do you allow the images to overlap each other and reveal an actively hovered one?
@css-only.dev has a way:
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@css-only.dev has a way:
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Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (Part 2) | CSS-Tricks
In this article, we follow up the work we did to create responsive rows of circular images in a previous article by arranging the images around a circle with a clean hover effect.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Lots of ways to arrange elements around a circle! But how do you allow the images to overlap each other and reveal an actively hovered one?
@css-only.dev has a way:
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@css-only.dev has a way:
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You won't want to miss this 👀 #css
We're kicking off a new ongoing series for all those "Ain't got time for all that" stories that pop up.
Check out the first installment of "What's !important" by @dxnny.fun!
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Check out the first installment of "What's !important" by @dxnny.fun!
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What’s !important #1: Advent Calendars, CSS Wrapped, Web Platform Updates, and More | CSS-Tricks
The best CSS news from around the web from the last two weeks. In this edition: advent calendars, CSS Wrapped 2025, and the latest Web Platform Updates.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
You won't want to miss this 👀 #css
We're kicking off a new ongoing series for all those "Ain't got time for all that" stories that pop up.
Check out the first installment of "What's !important" by @dxnny.fun!
css-tricks.com/whats-import...
Check out the first installment of "What's !important" by @dxnny.fun!
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What’s !important #1: Advent Calendars, CSS Wrapped, Web Platform Updates, and More | CSS-Tricks
The best CSS news from around the web from the last two weeks. In this edition: advent calendars, CSS Wrapped 2025, and the latest Web Platform Updates.
css-tricks.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We're kicking off a new ongoing series for all those "Ain't got time for all that" stories that pop up.
Check out the first installment of "What's !important" by @dxnny.fun!
css-tricks.com/whats-import...
Check out the first installment of "What's !important" by @dxnny.fun!
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A brand-new tool from @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social generates the sort of fun typography that Andy commonly uses in his own work.
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Toon Title Text Generator | CSS-Tricks
Andy Clarke with a brand-new resource. It generates the sort of fun typography that Andy commonly uses in his own work that's geared towards cartoon headings.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A brand-new tool from @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social generates the sort of fun typography that Andy commonly uses in his own work.
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An image list may not be *new* territory, but @css-only.dev has a number of modern CSS techniques that give the pattern a fresh, interactive feel.
First part of a two-parter:
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First part of a two-parter:
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Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (Part 1) | CSS-Tricks
A list of rounded images that slightly overlap each other is a classic web design pattern. The main idea is not complex, but the new thing is the responsive part. that dynamically adjusts the overlap ...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
An image list may not be *new* territory, but @css-only.dev has a number of modern CSS techniques that give the pattern a fresh, interactive feel.
First part of a two-parter:
css-tricks.com/responsive-l...
First part of a two-parter:
css-tricks.com/responsive-l...
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this was such a lovely piece. and i truly believe that the best test of how well you understand something is being able to explain it to anybody at their level
Have you ever tried explaining your code to a child? It forces you to look at your work a whole different way.
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That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece | CSS-Tricks
I would like to tell you what I learned from a five-year old child about HTML and CSS. It’s funny how explaining something you do almost naturally teaches you about yourself and what you take for gran...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
this was such a lovely piece. and i truly believe that the best test of how well you understand something is being able to explain it to anybody at their level
When container queries first shipped, they were all about querying a container's size. But now they can query scroll states and anchored positions...
What else could container queries *query*? @dxnny.fun has notes and a few ideas.
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What else could container queries *query*? @dxnny.fun has notes and a few ideas.
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What Else Could Container Queries... Query? | CSS-Tricks
How far can we really go with container queries? There are dozens of media queries now, so what if there were dozens of container queries as well? What could we use them for?
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December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When container queries first shipped, they were all about querying a container's size. But now they can query scroll states and anchored positions...
What else could container queries *query*? @dxnny.fun has notes and a few ideas.
css-tricks.com/what-else-co...
What else could container queries *query*? @dxnny.fun has notes and a few ideas.
css-tricks.com/what-else-co...
Add invert() to the list of approaches to dark mode. It'd be difficult to manage and comes with limitations, but works nonetheless.
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
body {
filter: invert(100%) hue-rotate(180deg);
background: black;
}
}
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@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
body {
filter: invert(100%) hue-rotate(180deg);
background: black;
}
}
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invert() | CSS-Tricks
The invert() function applies a invert filter to an element and its content. It is used with the filter property.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Add invert() to the list of approaches to dark mode. It'd be difficult to manage and comes with limitations, but works nonetheless.
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
body {
filter: invert(100%) hue-rotate(180deg);
background: black;
}
}
css-tricks.com/almanac/func...
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
body {
filter: invert(100%) hue-rotate(180deg);
background: black;
}
}
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The browser-compat-data project (used by MDN, caniuse, and tools) now has:
20,000 commits
1,123 contributors
465 releases
19,148 data entries
That's what comprehensive web compat data looks like.
And it takes well funded teams at @openwebdocs.org and @mozilla.org plus amazing contributors.
20,000 commits
1,123 contributors
465 releases
19,148 data entries
That's what comprehensive web compat data looks like.
And it takes well funded teams at @openwebdocs.org and @mozilla.org plus amazing contributors.
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The browser-compat-data project (used by MDN, caniuse, and tools) now has:
20,000 commits
1,123 contributors
465 releases
19,148 data entries
That's what comprehensive web compat data looks like.
And it takes well funded teams at @openwebdocs.org and @mozilla.org plus amazing contributors.
20,000 commits
1,123 contributors
465 releases
19,148 data entries
That's what comprehensive web compat data looks like.
And it takes well funded teams at @openwebdocs.org and @mozilla.org plus amazing contributors.
Reposted by CSS-Tricks*
a11y freedom beaver - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
www.htmhell.dev
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The mental model for scroll-driven animations: remembering they're the same CSS animations we're used to, but on a different timeline... that's based on scroll and/or view position, not time.
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Creating Scroll-Based Animations in Full view() | CSS-Tricks
It’s not that hard to do! Preethi shows you how it's really the same old animation you’re used to writing in CSS, only applied on a view timeline instead of a normal timeline.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The mental model for scroll-driven animations: remembering they're the same CSS animations we're used to, but on a different timeline... that's based on scroll and/or view position, not time.
css-tricks.com/creating-scr...
css-tricks.com/creating-scr...
Have you ever tried explaining your code to a child? It forces you to look at your work a whole different way.
css-tricks.com/that-time-i-...
css-tricks.com/that-time-i-...
That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece | CSS-Tricks
I would like to tell you what I learned from a five-year old child about HTML and CSS. It’s funny how explaining something you do almost naturally teaches you about yourself and what you take for gran...
css-tricks.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Have you ever tried explaining your code to a child? It forces you to look at your work a whole different way.
css-tricks.com/that-time-i-...
css-tricks.com/that-time-i-...