What’s !important #17: Custom Highlight API, CSS Navigation Matching, Fixing text-stroke, and More
Plus, how to style skeleton UIs, how to enable diagonal scrolling, how images can overflow themselves, and…
Blocked aria-hidden: The Warning is Right, and Every Fix You’ve Found is Wrong
You closed a dialog and the console went that particular shade of angry mustard. You highlighted the…
Animating CSS border-image
The CSS border-image property is one of those features we take for granted. And it’s not new…
Using and Styling the Dialog Element
Wasn’t it great — nay, amazing – the day we got a native HTML <dialog> element? It’s,…
Gap Decorations Are Now Available, Here’s What’s New
For a long time now, web developers have had to use border and pseudo-element hacks to style…
writing-mode
The writing-mode CSS property sets whether lines of text are laid out horizontally or vertically, and the…
pointer-events
The pointer-events property controls whether an element can become the target of pointer events like clicks, hover…
Meet your customers where they’re already deciding with Reddit Ads for WooCommerce
When a shopper goes online and researches “the best noise-canceling headphones under $200,” they’re often forgoing sponsored…
Drupal 11.4.0 is now available
The fourth feature release of Drupal 11 is another performance breakthrough. Using only a third of the…
New Ecommerce Tools: July 1, 2026
Every week we publish a rundown of new services for ecommerce merchants. This installment includes updates on…
What’s !important #14: Gap Decorations, random(), field sizing, and More
I know you’re busy, so for What’s !important #14, I’ll be sprinting through what’s been a stacked…
The Shifting Line Between CSS States and JavaScript Events
CSS is listening to us. No, not like that. Rather, CSS is accumulating more and more pseudo-classes…
translateZ()
The CSS translateZ() function adds depth to an element, drawing it closer or farther in space. In other words,…
translateY()
The CSS translateY() function shifts an element vertically by the specified amount. Specifically, it shifts an element either up…
translateX()
The CSS translateX() function shifts an element horizontally by the specified amount. Specifically, it displaces an element to the…
translate()
The CSS translate() function shifts an element from its default position on a two-dimensional plane. This way, we can…
Snapchat Ads for WooCommerce: Reach the shoppers who ask their friends before buying
Let me tell you about the moment I realized how Snapchat ads work. I watched a shopper…
A First Look at Scroll-Triggered Animations
Chrome has shipped scroll-triggered animations, and is the first browser to do so. If you update to…
The Siren Song of ariaNotify()
I need you all to promise me you’ll be cool about this. I‘m here to tell you…
Why Isn’t My 3D View Transition Working?
If you have played around with view transition a bunch, you may have noticed that 3D transitions…
Creating Memorable Web Experiences: A Modern CSS Toolkit
I love the fact that CSS is finally reclaiming control over visual interactions, taking charge of the…
offset-path
The offset-path property in CSS defines a movement path for an element to follow during animation. This…
@custom-media
The CSS @custom-media at-rule allows creating aliases for media queries. This is particularly valuable if you have…
@function
The @function at-rule defines CSS custom functions. These custom functions are reusable blocks of CSS that can…