Using the Specificity of :where() as a CSS Reset

As mentioned in Three important things you should know about CSS :is(), the specificity of :where() will always be 0: :where() works the same way like :is() does, but will always have a specificity of 0. You can cleverly wrap this around other selectors to undo their specificity. Think of :where(:not(…)) for example. Over at …

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SSH: Skip Private Keys loaded into ssh-agent

 Note to self: to SSH into a server with a username + password combination only — e.g. skipping any Private Key loaded into ssh-agent — use this command: ssh -o PreferredAuthentications=password user@server The connection will now ask for the user’s password, instead of trying to use public key authentication.

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The Future of CSS: Scroll-Linked Animations with @scroll-timeline (Part 3)

🚨 UPDATE: The Scroll-Linked Animations Specification and its proposed syntax have undergone a major rewrite. This post details an older version of the syntax and has not been updated to reflect these changes. Do note that the concept of a Scroll-Linked Animation still stands, it’s only the syntax that has changed since writing this. Please …

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petite-vue — A 5.5kb subset of Vue optimized for Progressive Enhancement

 Inspired by Alpine.js, Evan You — author of Vue — created petite-vue petite-vue is an alternative distribution of Vue optimized for progressive enhancement. It provides the same template syntax and reactivity mental model with standard Vue. However, it is specifically optimized for “sprinkling” small amount of interactions on an existing HTML page rendered by a …

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Custom Scrollbars In CSS

Ahmad Shadeed shows us how to stylize scrollbars in CSS. See the Pen Custom Scrollbar – 2 by Ahmad Shadeed (@shadeed) on CodePen. While I’m no big fan of doing so in general, I can see some specific situations where it might come in handy, such as styling the scrollbars of overflowing tab button bars. …

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A Look at Building with Astro

Chris did the experimenting I’ve been meaning to do and wrote the blogpost I wanted to write, covering Astro: Astro is a brand new framework for building websites. To me, the big thing is that it allows you to build a site like you’re using a JavaScript framework (and you are), but the output is …

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Convert a String representation of a JavaScript Object to an Object

 For my little helper tool that converts a JavaScript Style Object into Custom Properties I had to convert the contents of the textarea — which is a String — to an actual Object. Lacking a native Object.parse() — something like JSON.parse() or Array.from() but for objects — I created my own function: const createObjectFromString = …

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Detecting Hover-Capable Devices

 Using Level 5 Media Queries, Michelle writes how to distinguish hover from touch devices. @media (hover: hover) { .some-component { /* Styles for hover-able devices */ } } Detecting Hover-Capable Devices → Related: This tweet by Adam Argyle summarizes it nicely: ✅ style if mobile✅ style if desktop✅ style if stylus✅ style if controller✅ combine …

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