Those HTML Attributes You Never Use

Over at Smashing Magazine, Louis Lazaris covers a few of the lesser known HTML attributes: The enterkeyhint Attribute For Virtual Keyboards The title Attribute On Stylesheets The cite Attribute For The <blockquote> And <q> Elements Attributes For Custom Ordered Lists The download Attribute For The <a> Element The decoding Attribute For The <img> Element The …

Two posts on Semantics

I recently enjoyed reading Hidde de Vries‘s post (that was a talk) on Semantics: One of the web’s killer features is that it comes with a language for shared semantics. When used right, HTML helps us build websites and apps that work for a broad range of users. Let’s look at what semantics are and …

10 useful HTML file upload tips for web developers

A bit of an older post, but still relevant: Tapas Adhikary goes over some HTML attributes one can set on an input[type=”file”], and uses of the File API: Simple file upload Multiple file uploads Know about file metadata Know about file accept property Manage file content Validate file size Show file upload progress How about …

Advent Calendars For Web Designers And Developers

I was planning on posting about the HTMHell Advent Calendar here on bram.us, but over at Smashing Magazine you a whole list of interesting Advent Calendars. Once again, the web community has been busy with creating some fantastic advent calendars this year. As you’ll see, each and every one of these calendars are sure to …

htmlq – Command-line HTML Processor

Similar to how jq allows you to extract content from JSON files on the CLI, htmlq allows you extract content from HTML files. Like jq, but for HTML. Uses CSS selectors to extract bits of content from HTML files. You can pass in a local HTML file, but also pipe it to cURL requests. For …

Highlight columns in HTML tables with <colgroup>

Interesting find by Manuel Matuzovic: The other day I looked up colgroup on MDN […] the demo at the beginning of the page caught my attention. The author adds a class to the col element, which does nothing with the col element itself, at least not visually, because the element doesn’t get rendered on the …

HTML Table with Sticky Header Row and Sticky First Column

Nice work by Chris Coyier: See the Pen Table with Sticky Header and Sticky First Column by Chris Coyier (@chriscoyier) on CodePen. I tried this on a table before and would swear it didn’t work back then. Perhaps I did something wrong, because it’s quite tricky as Chris details: The “trick” at play here is …

“This website is a single HTML file”

This website is a single HTML file. It simply uses the #anchor suffix (from 1992) and the :target CSS selector to show and hide pages/content. This setup is databaseless, javascriptless, and buildshit-free, so you can edit your website with a text editor and upload it somewhere like a normal person. Brilliant! 🤩 John Doe → …