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CSS Carousels | CSS-Tricks
The CSS Overflow Module Level 5 specification defines a couple of new features that are designed for creating carousel UI patterns: Scroll Buttons: Buttons that the browser provides, as in literal elements, that scroll the carousel content 85% of the area when clicked. Scroll Markers: The little dots that act as anchored links, as in…
Case Study: Combining Cutting-Edge CSS Features Into a “Course Navigation” Component | CSS-Tricks
I came across this awesome article navigator by Jhey Tompkins: CodePen Embed Fallback It solved a UX problem I was facing on a project, so I’ve adapted it to the needs of an online course — a “course navigator” if you will — and built upon it. And today I’m going to pick it apart…
Styling Counters in CSS | CSS-Tricks
The system descriptor The symbols or additive-symbols descriptors define the characters used for the counter style, while system says how to use them. The valid system values are: cyclic alphabetic symbolic additive fixed extends cyclic will go through the characters set on symbols and repeat them. We can use just one character in the symbols to mimic a bullet list: @counter-style cyclic-example { system: cyclic; symbols: “⏵”;…
Making a Browser Based Game With Vanilla JS and CSS – SitePoint
Developing for the web these days can seem overwhelming. There is an almost infinitely rich choice of libraries and frameworks to pick from. You’ll probably also need to implement a build step, version control, and a deploy pipeline. All before you’ve written a single line of code. How about a fun suggestion? Let’s take a…
Working With Multiple CSS Anchors And Popovers Inside The WordPress Loop | CSS-Tricks
I know, super niche, but it could be any loop, really. The challenge is having multiple tooltips on the same page that make use of the Popover API for toggling goodness and CSS Anchor Positioning for attaching a tooltip to its respective anchor element. There’s plenty of moving pieces when working with popovers: A popover…
Typecasting And Viewport Transitions In CSS With Tan(atan2()) | CSS-Tricks
We’ve been able to get the length of the viewport in CSS since… checks notes… 2013! Surprisingly, that was more than a decade ago. Getting the viewport width is as easy these days as easy as writing 100vw, but what does that translate to, say, in pixels? What about the other properties, like those that take a percentage,…
Positioning Text Around Elements With CSS Offset | CSS-Tricks
When it comes to positioning elements on a page, including text, there are many ways to go about it in CSS — the literal position property with corresponding inset-* properties, translate, margin, anchor() (limited browser support at the moment), and so forth. The offset property is another one that belongs in that list. The offset…
How To Create Multi-Step Forms With Vanilla JavaScript And CSS | CSS-Tricks
Multi-step forms are a good choice when your form is large and has many controls. No one wants to scroll through a super-long form on a mobile device. By grouping controls on a screen-by-screen basis, we can improve the experience of filling out long, complex forms. But when was the last time you developed a…
A CSS Wishlist For 2025 | CSS-Tricks
2024 has been one of the greatest years for CSS: cross-document view transitions, scroll-driven animations, anchor positioning, animate to height: auto, and many others. It seems out of touch to ask, but what else do we want from CSS? Well, many things! We put our heads together and came up with a few ideas… including…