Ahmad Shadeed created this extensive RTL reference. Over 292 million people around the world speak Arabic as their first language. Arabic is my native language, and I sometimes build websites that need to support both left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL) styles. Be sure to read the section on CSS Logical Properties too, as that will […]
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The unseen performance costs of modern CSS-in-JS libraries in React apps
Aggelos Arvanitakis, writing for the Web Performance Calendar 2019 edition: Besides some of the great advantages CSS-in-JS boasts over traditional CSS, it may still create performance issues in certain apps. In this article, I will attempt to demystify the high-level strategies of the most popular CSS-in-JS libraries, discuss the performance issues they may introduce on […]
Smoother & sharper shadows with layered box-shadows
If you try to capture the subtleties of a real shadow with box-shadow then, well, you’re pretty much out of luck. The box-shadow CSS property isn’t exactly built to encourage expressiveness. But with a simple CSS technique, we can expand our range of options. If we use layered box-shadows we can get more fine-grained control […]
How the CSS :is() selector will simplify things
One of the selectors in CSS Level 4 is :is(). It is the successor to :any() and :matches() (which are supplanted by :is()): The :is() CSS pseudo-class function takes a selector list as its argument, and selects any element that can be selected by one of the selectors in that list. This is useful for […]
CSS-Only Carousel
Nice demo by Shepp: CSS-Only Carousel →
Fullwidth Content Strips and CSS Subgrid = ❤️
When having fullwidth content strips on your site CSS Grid is a thankful piece of technology. You can use it to place items between the first and last grid-line, as detailed in Breaking Elements out of Their Containers in CSS 💁♂️ Alternatively you can also use this .full-bleed utility class To lay out the content […]
How to add Dark Mode to a JavaScript App (React / Angular / Vue / etc)
In this post I’ll cover how to add Dark Mode to a JavaScript App. All major frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, etc.) are covered!
Emulate Dark Mode using Chrome DevTools
Coming to the next version of Chrome is a way to emulate “Dark Mode” using the DevTools. With the DevTools open and focused, hit SHIFT+CMD+P and choose “Emulate CSS prefers-color-scheme: dark” from the menu You can also access the option via the Rendering panel. (Via @ChromeDevTools)
“Hold to confirm” Button
Ooh, I like the organic feel on this “Hold to Confirm” button: Nice combination of CSS Custom Properties, CSS Transitions, and SVG Animations using stroke-dashoffset/stroke-dasharray.
Single div CSS Tesla Cybertruck
Of course it had to be done: What I found most peculiar is that only the front lights are generated content, all the rest is gradients. Only detail that’s missing are the smashed windows 😜 Oh, Here’s another nice version (no single div though): See the Pen Pure CSS CYBRTRK 🚙 by Jhey (@jh3y) on […]