CSS-Tricks https://css-tricks.com A learning community for front-end designers and developers Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:53:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/star.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 CSS-Tricks https://css-tricks.com 32 32 45537868 What’s !important #17: Custom Highlight API, CSS Navigation Matching, Fixing text-stroke, and More https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-17/ https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-17/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:01:51 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396557 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 #17: Custom Highlight API, CSS Navigation Matching, Fixing text-stroke, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-17/feed/ 1 396557 Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You’ve Found is Wrong https://css-tricks.com/blocked-aria-hidden-fix/ https://css-tricks.com/blocked-aria-hidden-fix/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:43:56 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396255 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 You’ve Found is Wrong originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/blocked-aria-hidden-fix/feed/ 2 396255 Animating CSS border-image https://css-tricks.com/animating-css-border-image/ https://css-tricks.com/animating-css-border-image/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:58:47 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=394978 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 originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/animating-css-border-image/feed/ 1 394978 SmashingConf Freiburg 2026, September 7-10 https://css-tricks.com/smashingconf-freiburg-2026-september-7-10/ https://css-tricks.com/smashingconf-freiburg-2026-september-7-10/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:57:39 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396506 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 published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/smashingconf-freiburg-2026-september-7-10/feed/ 0 396506 Using and Styling the Dialog Element https://css-tricks.com/using-and-styling-the-dialog-element/ https://css-tricks.com/using-and-styling-the-dialog-element/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:06:43 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=394753 There's a lot of nuance to the <dialog> 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 and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/using-and-styling-the-dialog-element/feed/ 1 394753 2026 State of CSS, Devs Surveys https://css-tricks.com/2026-state-of-css-devs-surveys/ https://css-tricks.com/2026-state-of-css-devs-surveys/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:54:52 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396471 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. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/2026-state-of-css-devs-surveys/feed/ 0 396471 Gap Decorations Are Now Available, Here’s What’s New https://css-tricks.com/css-gap-decorations-now-available/ https://css-tricks.com/css-gap-decorations-now-available/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:53:20 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396204 Today, with CSS gap decorations fully supported in Chrome and Edge, starting with version 149, you can now very easily style gaps, and with a lot of control.

Gap Decorations Are Now Available, Here’s What’s New originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/css-gap-decorations-now-available/feed/ 2 396204 Get Ready For the Powerful CSS border-shape Property! https://css-tricks.com/get-ready-for-the-powerful-css-border-shape-property/ https://css-tricks.com/get-ready-for-the-powerful-css-border-shape-property/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:14:00 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=395508 We recently got the shape() function and corner-shape property. What else could we possibly need as far as making shapes in CSS? Let me tell you: the border-shape property!

Get Ready For the Powerful CSS border-shape Property! originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/get-ready-for-the-powerful-css-border-shape-property/feed/ 3 395508 What’s !important #16: sibling-index() Animations, Use Cases for the infinity Keyword, Container Stuck Queries, and More https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-16/ https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-16/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:06:21 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396295 The soon-Baseline sibling-index() function for animations, CSS and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, use cases for the infinity keyword, container "stuck" queries, and more.

What’s !important #16: sibling-index() Animations, Use Cases for the infinity Keyword, Container Stuck Queries, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-16/feed/ 0 396295 writing-mode https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/w/writing-mode/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:39:10 +0000 http://css-tricks.com/?page_id=244261 The writing-mode CSS property sets whether lines of text are laid out horizontally or vertically, and the direction in which blocks and lines progress.

.element {
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
}

This is most useful in languages such as Chinese, Japanese or …

writing-mode originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> 244261 pointer-events https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/p/pointer-events/ https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/p/pointer-events/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:57:51 +0000 http://css-tricks.com/?page_id=18170 The pointer-events property controls whether an element can become the target of pointer events like clicks, hover states, and other pointer-based events. In other words, it lets you decide whether the browser should treat an element as interactive when the …

pointer-events originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/p/pointer-events/feed/ 35 18170 What’s !important #15: Boundary-aware CSS, Time-based CSS, Full-bleed CSS, and More https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-15/ https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-15/#respond Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:36:18 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=396027 Read all about boundary-aware CSS, accessible grid lanes, time-based web designs, full-bleed, the customizable select, and new web platform features.

What’s !important #15: Boundary-aware CSS, Time-based CSS, Full-bleed CSS, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-15/feed/ 0 396027 What’s !important #14: Gap Decorations, random(), <select> field-sizing, and More https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-14/ https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-14/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:54:14 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=395894 I know you’re busy, so for What’s !important #14, I’ll be sprinting through what’s been a stacked couple of weeks despite few browser updates. From CSS Quake to CSS Gap Decorations, this isn’t one to miss!

What’s !important #14: Gap Decorations, random(), <select> field-sizing, and More originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-14/feed/ 3 395894 The Shifting Line Between CSS States and JavaScript Events https://css-tricks.com/css-states-and-javascript-events/ https://css-tricks.com/css-states-and-javascript-events/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:03:32 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=395223 CSS has always had pseudo-classes that style things based on user interactions. Recent features, however, are blurring the line between what CSS "listens" for and how they are alternatives to what Javascript typically listens for.

The Shifting Line Between CSS States and JavaScript Events originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> https://css-tricks.com/css-states-and-javascript-events/feed/ 5 395223 translateZ() https://css-tricks.com/almanac/functions/t/translatez/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:18:56 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?page_id=394786 The translateZ() function moves an element closer to or farther from the user.

translateZ() originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.

]]> 394786