CSS-Tricks https://css-tricks.com A learning community for front-end designers and developers Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:49:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/star-100x100.png CSS-Tricks https://css-tricks.com 32 32 45537868 CSS-Tricks, Version 20 https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-version-20/ https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-version-20/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:49:48 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=397812 Things look a little different around here? I hope so because we just pushed a site redesign! Here's everything new with the 20th(!!) version of CSS-Tricks.

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]]> https://css-tricks.com/smashing-ai-conference/feed/ 4 397777 Re-Implementing :nth-child() With Modern CSS https://css-tricks.com/re-implementing-nth-child-with-modern-css/ https://css-tricks.com/re-implementing-nth-child-with-modern-css/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:50:32 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=397741 Combining :nth-child with style queries and sibling-index() to conditionally select child elements.

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]]> https://css-tricks.com/re-implementing-nth-child-with-modern-css/feed/ 2 397741 What’s !important #20: GTA 6 Scroll Effects, Scrollspies, random() https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-20/ https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-20/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:06:07 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=397698 This is the final issue of What’s !important on CSS-Tricks.com. The good news is that it’s coming back in an expanded form as the CSS-Tricks newsletter. I had ya there for a second, didn’t I? Sorry, I couldn’t decide whether to trick or treat, so I went for both. Happy Halloween

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]]> https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-20/feed/ 1 397698 The Frankenstein Table https://css-tricks.com/the-frankenstein-table/ https://css-tricks.com/the-frankenstein-table/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:47:08 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=397546 A super scary way to go about tables using other layout techniques, like CSS Grid.

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]]> https://css-tricks.com/the-frankenstein-table/feed/ 8 397546 What’s !important #19: CSS Refraction Effects, Scroll State Queries, @custom-media, and More https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-19/ https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-19/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:09:16 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396840 We’re back! Don't worry, this isn’t a trick (despite what our name suggests!). However, due to the hiatus, we're also a little behind. That’s why this issue of What’s !important is absolutely stacked. All killer, no filler. Here's what you missed.

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]]> https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner/feed/ 95 397227 Let’s Use the Emergent CSS random() Function in all the Browsers https://css-tricks.com/css-random-function-polyfill/ https://css-tricks.com/css-random-function-polyfill/#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:12:19 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396630 The journey to create a polyfill for the upcoming CSS random() function that works in all browsers.

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]]> https://css-tricks.com/css-random-function-polyfill/feed/ 0 396630 What’s !important #18: <geolocation>, Syntax ::highlight()ing, named-feature(), and More https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-18/ https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-18/#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:08:55 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396738 Well, that’s a wrap. No, not a flex-wrap, but rather today marks a new day, week, month, season, aaaand new edition of What’s important (#18), bringing you the best content that developers have produced over the last couple of weeks or so.

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]]> https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-18/feed/ 0 396738 Creating Web Widgets Using the Document Picture-in-Picture API https://css-tricks.com/creating-web-widgets-using-the-document-picture-in-picture-api/ https://css-tricks.com/creating-web-widgets-using-the-document-picture-in-picture-api/#respond Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:41:06 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=395259 The general idea is that we create a Document Picture-in-Picture window (DPIP window), and then we put HTML, CSS, and JavaScript into it.

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]]> 394713 MicroLighter: Syntax Highlighter https://css-tricks.com/microlighter-syntax-highlighter/ https://css-tricks.com/microlighter-syntax-highlighter/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:10:34 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396665 Syntax highlighting for code blocks without the complicated markup, spans, classes, and bloated JavaScript, courtesy of Uncle Dave.

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