The CSSWG met to try and finally squash a debate that has been going on for five years: whether Masonry should be a part of Grid or a separate system. We've got coverage of both presentations for ya. CSSWG Minutes Telecon (2024-12-04): Just Use Grid vs. Display: Masonry originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter ..read more

I had the pleasure of hosting a recent Smashing Magazine workshop on product design, subbing for Vitaly Friedman who usually runs these things. What? A front-ender interviewing really smart people about their processes for user research, documenting requirements, and … Smashing Meets Product Design originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter ..read more

As awesome as I think it is, CSS Anchor Positioning has a lot of quirks, some of which are the product of its novelty and others due to its unique way of working. Today, I want to bring you yet another Anchor Positioning quirk that has bugged me since I first saw it. Yet Another Anchor Positioning Quirk originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter ..read more

Join the Chrome DevRel team and a skateboarding Chrome Dino on a journey through the latest CSS launched for Chrome and the web platform in 2024, highlighting 17 new features That breaks down (approximately) as: Five components Interactions Developer experience… CSS Wrapped 2024 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter ..read more

Anselm Hannemann on the intersection between frameworks and learning the basics: Nowadays people can write great React and TypeScript code. Most of the time a component library like MUI, Tailwind and others are used for styling. However, nearly no … Knowing CSS is Mastery to Frontend Development originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter ..read more

Striking the right balance can be tough. We don’t want cool mama bear's porridge or hot papa's bear porridge, but something right in the middle, like baby bear’s porridge. The Law of Diminishing Returns originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter ..read more

We can anchor one element to another. We can also attach one element to multiple anchors. In this experiment, Ryan riffs on those ideas and comes up with a new way to transition between two anchors and the result is a practical use case that would normally require JavaScript. One of Those “Onboarding” UIs, With Anchor Positioning originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter ..read more

What's it look like to create a dashboard within the WordPress admin for analyzing Google Analytics data across 900 blogs across 25 multisite instances? It involves designing a user-friendly interface, leveraging the WordPress REST API, implementing a plugin for data retrieval, and addressing challenges like rate limits and authentication. WordPress Multi-Multisite: A Case Study originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter ..read more

Adam Argyle wraps up the search for a CSS logo, check out CSS' new look! Follow Up: We Officially Have a CSS Logo! originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter ..read more

Most images require description for clarity, there are exceptions. This set of notes looks at different situations and contexts where alt text may not be needed and what to do in those cases. Alt Text: Not Always Needed originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter ..read more