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Headings: Semantics, Fluidity, and Styling—Oh My!, by @geoff@front-end.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/headings-semantics-fluidity-and-styling-oh-my/

#headings #html #css
Headings: Semantics, Fluidity, and Styling — Oh My! | CSS-Tricks
A few links about headings that I've had stored under my top hat.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Getting Creative With Small Screens, by @malarkey@mastodon.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/getting-creative-with-small-screens/

#design #responsivedesign #mobile #css
Getting Creative With Small Screens | CSS-Tricks
On mobile, people can lose their sense of context and can’t easily tell where a section begins or ends. Good small-screen design can help orient them using a variety of techniques.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Getting Creative With Small Screens, by @malarkey@mastodon.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/getting-creative-with-small-screens/

#design #responsivedesign #mobile #css
Getting Creative With Small Screens | CSS-Tricks
On mobile, people can lose their sense of context and can’t easily tell where a section begins or ends. Good small-screen design can help orient them using a variety of techniques.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Explaining the Accessible Benefits of Using Semantic HTML Elements, by @geoff@front-end.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/explaining-the-accessible-benefits-of-using-semantic-html-elements/

#html #semantics #accessibility
Explaining the Accessible Benefits of Using Semantic HTML Elements | CSS-Tricks
Why should you use a semantic <button> instead of a generic <div>? Accessibility, right? By how exactly does it help accessibility?
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November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: “tan()”, by @monknow.bsky.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/the-most-hated-css-feature-tan/

#css #functions #math
The "Most Hated" CSS Feature: tan() | CSS-Tricks
Last time, we discussed that, sadly, according to the State of CSS 2025 survey, trigonometric functions are deemed the "Most Hated" CSS feature.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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CSS Animations That Leverage the Parent–Child Relationship, by @preethisam.bsky.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/css-animations-that-leverage-the-parent-child-relationship/

#css #animations
CSS Animations That Leverage the Parent-Child Relationship | CSS-Tricks
When we change an element’s intrinsic sizing, its children are affected, too. This is something we can use to our advantage.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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An Introduction to JavaScript Expressions, by @wilto@front-end.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/an-introduction-to-javascript-expressions/

#introductions #javascript
An Introduction to JavaScript Expressions | CSS-Tricks
A thorough but approachable lesson on JavaScript expressions excerpted JavaScript For Everyone, a complete online course offered by our friends at Piccalilli.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Sequential “linear()” Animation With n Elements, by @css@front-end.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/sequential-linear-animation-with-n-elements/

#css #functions #animations
Sequential linear() Animation With N Elements | CSS-Tricks
Let’s suppose you have N elements with the same animation that should animate sequentially. Modern CSS makes this easy and it works for any number of items!
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October 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Masonry: Watching a CSS Feature Evolve, by @csstricks@mastodon.social:

https://css-tricks.com/masonry-watching-a-css-feature-evolve/

#css #masonry #layout
Masonry: Watching a CSS Feature Evolve | CSS-Tricks
Looking at the CSS Masonry discussions and what they can teach us about the development of new CSS features. What is the CSSWG’s role? What influence do browsers have? What can learn from the way past features evolved?
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October 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The Thing About “contrast-color”, by @geoff@front-end.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/the-thing-about-contrast-color/

#css #colors #contrast #functions
The thing about contrast-color | CSS-Tricks
One of our favorites, Andy Clarke, on the one thing keeping the CSS contrast-color() function from true glory:
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October 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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We Completely Missed “width/height: stretch”, by @dxnny.fun (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/we-completely-missed-width-height-stretch/

#css
We Completely Missed “width/height: stretch”
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October 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Touring New CSS Features in Safari 26, by @monknow.bsky.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/touring-new-css-features-in-safari-26/

#css #safari #apple #browsers
Touring New CSS Features in Safari 26 | CSS-Tricks
Safari 26 adds:75 new features, 3 deprecations, and 171 other improvements. Here's all the CSS goodness you'll want to know about.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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CSS Typed Arithmetic, by @amit_sheen@mastodon.cloud (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/css-typed-arithmetic/

#css #functions #math
CSS Typed Arithmetic | CSS-Tricks
Starting in Chrome 140, we'll be able to calculate numeric values with mixed data types. Sounds small, but Amit demonstrates how big a deal this is, calling it Computational CSS.
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September 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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The @csstricks@mastodon.social Flex Guide is still my constant go-to resource css-tricks.com/snippets/css...
CSS Flexbox Layout Guide | CSS-Tricks
Our comprehensive guide to CSS flexbox layout. This complete guide explains everything about flexbox, focusing on all the different possible properties for the parent element (the flex container) and ...
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September 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Is It Time to Un-Sass?, by @jeffbridgforth.com (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/is-it-time-to-un-sass/

#css #sass #less #preprocessors
Is it Time to Un-Sass? | CSS-Tricks
Many of the Sass features we've grown to love have made their way into native CSS in some shape or form. So, should we still use Sass? This is how developer Jeff Bridgforth is thinking about it.
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September 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Compiling Multiple CSS Files Into One, by @geoff@front-end.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/compiling-multiple-css-files-into-one/

#css #sass #postcss #tooling
Compiling Multiple CSS Files into One | CSS-Tricks
Stu Robson outlines two ways to compile multiple CSS files when you aren't relying on Sass for it.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: “cos()” and “sin()”, by @monknow.bsky.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/the-most-hated-css-feature-cos-and-sin/

#css #functions #math
The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: cos() and sin() | CSS-Tricks
I want to look at practical uses for CSS trigonometric functions. And we'll start with what may be the most popular functions of the "worst" feature: sin() and cos().
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September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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What Can We Actually Do With “corner-shape”?, by @dxnny.fun (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/what-can-we-actually-do-with-corner-shape/

#css #borders #shapes #examples
What Can We Actually Do With corner-shape? | CSS-Tricks
When I first started messing around with code, rounded corners required five background images or an image sprite likely created in Photoshop, so when
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September 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Composition in CSS, by @zellwk.bsky.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/composition-in-css/

#css
Composition in CSS | CSS-Tricks
CSS is a composable language by nature. This composition nature is already built into the cascade. We simply don't talk about composition as a Big Thing because it's the nature of the language.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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What You Need to Know About CSS Color Interpolation, by @sunkanmifafowora.bsky.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-css-color-interpolation/

#css #colors #functions #oklch
What You Need to Know About CSS Color Interpolation | CSS-Tricks
Color what? Sunkanmi Fafowora explains how an everyday task for CSS can be used to create better colors experiences.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Should the CSS “light-dark()” Function Support More Than Light and Dark Values?, by @sunkanmifafowora.bsky.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/should-the-css-light-dark-function-support-more-than-light-and-dark-values/

#css #functions #darkmode
Should the CSS light-dark() Function Support More Than Light and Dark Values? | CSS-Tricks
The light-dark() function is currently designed to support just two color schemes. Should it support others? Sunkanmi Fafowora says yes and no.
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September 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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3D Layered Text: The Basics, by @amit_sheen@mastodon.cloud (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/3d-layered-text-the-basics/

#fundamentals #css #effects
3D Layered Text: The Basics | CSS-Tricks
A client asked me to create a bulging text effect. With a bit of cleverness and some advanced CSS, I managed to get a result I’m genuinely proud of, which is covered in this three-part series.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Covering “hidden=until-found”, by @geoff@front-end.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/covering-hiddenuntil-found/

#html #hiding
Covering hidden=until-found | CSS-Tricks
Short story: Slapping hidden=until-found on an element in HTML enables any hidden content within the element to be findable in the browser with in-page search.
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August 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for “Base Elements”, by @zellwk.bsky.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

https://css-tricks.com/we-might-need-something-between-root-and-relative-css-units-for-base-elements/

#css #units
We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for "Base Elements" | CSS-Tricks
I've come to realize that perhaps we need to have a unit between root and relative values. This would bring about a whole new possibility when creating reusable components.
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August 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
mb21.bsky.social
I feel bad for not being able to give you any feedback. But to be homest, even though I use grid and flexbox once every other month, I never read the spec, and basically every time need to look in the cheat sheets on csstricks.
August 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM