Custom Media Feature Flags
Demonstrates using @custom-media queries for feature flags, enabling style toggles for A/B testing, user features, debug elements, and layouts with CSS and JavaScript.
By Adam Argyle06 Dec 2025HTML Web Components Proposal From 1998
Reveals the roots of HTML Web Components dating back to 1998, illustrating their long-standing history before recent adoption.
By CSS-Tricks05 Dec 2025From Illusions to Optimization: The Creative WebGL Worlds of Adrián Gubrica
Traces Adrián Gubrica’s evolution from design beginnings to mastering high-performance WebGL, highlighting the creative and technical worlds he’s built along the way.
By Codrops05 Dec 2025Dealbreaker bugs in native popovers
Building a custom popover component revealed a critical accessibility bug, emphasizing the importance of native popover features. Learn how to leverage built-in attributes for accessible floating UI elements and avoid common pitfalls.
By Manuel Matuzovic05 Dec 2025The Deep Card Conundrum
Discover a mesmerizing 3D card effect that creates the illusion of layers and depth, transforming simple UI elements into engaging, portal-like visuals with clever CSS and interaction techniques.
By Frontend Masters04 Dec 2025A view transitions fallback: DOMContentLoaded + requestAnimationFrame()
Introduces view transitions in CSS, with a beginner’s guide and example code demonstrating smooth page-to-page animations using @view-transition and pseudo-elements.
By Piccalilli04 Dec 2025Getting Creative With “The Measure”
Highlights the importance of text measure in layout, suggesting that measure should inform layout decisions for better readability.
By CSS-Tricks04 Dec 2025Crafting Nature Beyond Technology: A Project from Roots to Leaves
Explores how a nature-inspired concept matured into a refined WebGL experience, seamlessly blending design, animation, and technology.
By Codrops04 Dec 2025The Downsides of scrollbar-gutter: stable; (and one weird trick)
This technique preserves space for scrollbars regardless of their presence, but it raises the question: is always reserving that space the best choice for your layout? Explore the pros and cons.
By Frontend Masters03 Dec 2025Scrollytelling on Steroids With Scroll-State Queries
Presents common use cases for scroll-based styling, warming up skeptics to the potential of scrollytelling with scroll-state queries.
By CSS-Tricks02 Dec 2025A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours - part two
Exploring the latest CSS color features, this article highlights how developers can manipulate colors beyond design tools, using variables and HSL functions for dynamic, browser-based color effects. Unlock new possibilities with modern CSS color techniques.
By Piccalilli02 Dec 2025Two Portfolios, One Process: Where Design, Motion, and Code Come Together
Shows how design and development collaborate to turn ideas into motion, shaping portfolio websites through animation and creative coding.
By Codrops02 Dec 2025Masonry: Things You Won’t Need A Library For Anymore
Patrick Brosset dives into CSS Masonry, explaining what this upcoming feature means for developers and how to leverage it in projects.
By Patrick Brosset02 Dec 2025Prevent a page from scrolling while a dialog is open
Details Chrome 144’s update to overscroll-behavior, fixing long-standing issues by applying it to non-scrollable containers to prevent unwanted scrolling.
By CSS-Tricks01 Dec 2025Non-Square Image Blur Extensions
A CodePen demo showcases a creative blur extension effect using a layered div beneath an image. Could a more streamlined approach with a single image and minimal CSS achieve the same stunning visual? Let’s explore possible simplifications.
By Frontend Masters01 Dec 2025
Create a 3D flipping card effect using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The challenge is to design a card that flips on hover, revealing its back side with a different design. Use perspective and transform properties to achieve a smooth and realistic flip animation. Optionally, enhance the effect with WebGL to add shadows or lighting for an even more immersive experience.
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