Rachel Andrew: I have been writing and speaking about the CSS Grid Layout Module for some time now. In order to learn how Grid works I’ve put together lots of small examples, and I am publishing them here as a resource for anyone else interested in this emerging specification. Great to see these all bundled …
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CSS Ruler
Easy Textures with CSS Masks
.grit { -webkit-mask-image: url(“grit.png”); mask-image: url(“grit.png”); } With the image above, the areas with partial and full transparency will mask the element (allowing the background to show through), while fully opaque areas (of any color) will allow the element to be visible. Then simply apply it as a mask image in CSS with only 2 …
Compositing And Blending In CSS
Before the Compositing and Blending specification was introduced, CSS allowed one type of composite operations: simple alpha compositing. This is what the opacity property is for. By changing an element’s opacity, the browser makes it translucent so that the colors of its backdrop can show through. Today, two main properties exist that allow us to …
CSS Puns
CSS object-fit
img { width: 150px; height: 100px; border: 1px solid #000; } .fill { object-fit: fill; } .contain { object-fit: contain; } .cover { object-fit: cover; } .none { object-fit: none; } .scale-down { object-fit: scale-down; } The object-fit CSS property specifies how the contents of a replaced element should be fitted to the box established …
Codrops CSS Reference
An extensive CSS reference with all the important properties and info to learn CSS from the basics Extensive reference sporting clear explanations, examples, live demos (using Codrops’ Playground), CSS compatibility tables (provided by Can I use…), etc.. The fact that Sara Soueidan wrote a lot of these articles gives away that they’re very – very! …
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CSS Grid Layout 2014 Recap
Two posts on CSS Grid Layout: one covering the changes in the spec during 2014, and another one talking about the implementation details in Blink and Webkit. CSS Grid Layout 2014 Recap: Implementation Status → CSS Grid Layout 2014 Recap: Specification Evolution → Related: CSS3 Grid Layout Module, an Introduction → Automatic Placement when using …
3D First Person Shooter … with CSS
With CSS transforms we can’t define arbitrary shapes using a set of points, we’re stuck with HTML elements which are always rectangular and have two dimensional properties such as top, left, width and height to determine their position and size. In many ways this makes dealing with 3D easier, as there’s no complex math to …