Building dynamic toggletips using anchored container queries Anchored container queries are only available in Chrome 143 upwards right now, but here’s Daniel Schwarz to show you how to use progressive enhancement to build up to using that new capability in the...

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Building dynamic toggletips · A prime example for anchored container queries ilo.im/16bc8d by Daniel Schwarz

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#ModernCSS #AnchorPositioning #ContainerQueries #Toggletips #Popover #ProgressiveEnhancement #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Beyond border-radius: What The CSS corner-shape Property Unlocks For Everyday UI — Smashing Magazine For years, developers have been hacking around the limitations of `border-radius`, using clip-path, SVG masks, and fragile workarounds just to get anything other than round corners. The new `corner-shape`...

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Beyond CSS ‘border-radius’ · What the new ‘corner-shape’ delivers to everyday UIs ilo.im/16bc4i by Brecht De Ruyte

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#ModernCSS #Cards #Buttons #Batches #Tags #ProgressiveEnhancement #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Introducing view-transitions-mock: A non-visual Polyfill for Same-Document View Transitions View Transitions are a powerful Modern Web feature allow for smooth seamless animated transitions two between different states of a web page. They can make for a much more pleasant user experience, but...

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Introducing CSS ‘view-transitions-mock’ · A non-visual polyfill for same-document view transitions ilo.im/16bak0 by Bram Van Damme

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#ModernCSS #ViewTransitions #Polyfill #APIs #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #CSS #JavaScript

March Mad CSS The Ultimate CSS Tournament. Brought to you by Syntax

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Mad CSS · A battle of 16 CSS virtuosos from around the world ilo.im/16acwb by Syntax

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#ModernCSS #CSS #Tournament #Competition #Games #Players #Skills #WebDev #Frontend

Modern CSS Code Snippets | modern.css A collection of modern CSS code snippets. Every old CSS hack next to its clean, native replacement, side by side.

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Modern CSS Code Snippets · Old habits rewritten for the modern web ilo.im/16ao2f by Naeem Noor

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#Collections #ModernCSS #Baseline #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Native Random Values in CSS The CSS Working Group has published the Values and Units Module Level 5, which introduces native mechanisms for generating random content using only CSS. This is the tl;dr of a longer article exploring...

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Native random values in CSS · A first look at the upcoming capabilities ilo.im/16ayh1 by Álvaro Montoro

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#ModernCSS #Randomness #Functions #Safari #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Patrick - Embrace the chaos — The shape and flow of masonry layouts Ramblings about the layout shape and item flow in masonry, and how that compares to other types of CSS layouts. Masonry is a pretty unique layout type, one where embracing the chaos of the layout can...

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Embrace the chaos · The shape and flow of masonry layouts ilo.im/16av8m by Patrick Brosset

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#ModernCSS #Layouts #Masonry #CssGrid #CssFlexbox #Design #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Why is Anchor Positioning not working? Learn the edge cases that prevent anchor positioning from working correctly

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CSS Anchor Positioning issues? · Edge cases where it doesn’t work ilo.im/16arjg by Temani Afif

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#ModernCSS #AnchorPositioning #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS

Potentially Coming to a Browser :near() You | CSS-Tricks Danny has several ideas for how we could use :near(), a proposed pseudo-class that detects when the pointer is near an element.

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Proposed for a browser :near() you · Nearby pointer detection via CSS ilo.im/16asp1 by Daniel Schwarz

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#ModernCSS #Pointer #Effects #Invokers #Accessibility #Browsers #WebPerf #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

una.im | border-shape: the future of the non-rectangular web Learn about new geometry capabilities with this game-changing experimental CSS feature.

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CSS ‘border-shape’ · “The future of the non-rectangular web.” ilo.im/16asak by Una Kravets

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#ModernCSS #Shapes #Borders #Chrome #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

An in-depth guide to customising lists with CSS Richard Rutter helps you to make sense of list-style, list-item, ::marker, counters(), counter(), @counter-style, symbolic, symbols(), symbols and more to push your HTML and CSS lists to the next level.

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Customizing lists with modern CSS · Push your HTML/CSS lists to the next level ilo.im/16ark4 by Richard Rutter

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#ModernCSS #Content #Lists #Colors #Fonts #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS

Typographic Scales in CSS with :heading(), sibling-index(), and pow() Learn how to build flexible, mathematical typographic scales using :heading(), sibling-index(), and pow() for cleaner CSS design systems.

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Building typographic scales in CSS · Get ready for :heading(), sibling-index(), and pow()! ilo.im/16apaw by Stuart Robson

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#ModernCSS #Scales #Typography #Layouts #DesignSystems #Design #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Style Headings using the CSS :heading pseudo-class Use the :heading pseudo-class to style all headings (h1-h6) with a single CSS rule. Reduce repetition in design systems and component libraries while maintaining consistency.

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The CSS ‘:heading’ pseudo-class · Styling HTML headings is about to get easier ilo.im/16aokc by Stuart Robson

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#ModernCSS #Headings #DesignSystems #Design #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend #CSS #HTML

Style Headings using the CSS :heading pseudo-class Use the :heading pseudo-class to style all headings (h1-h6) with a single CSS rule. Reduce repetition in design systems and component libraries while maintaining consistency.

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The CSS ‘:heading’ pseudo-class · Styling HTML headings is about to get easier ilo.im/16aokc by Stuart Robson

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#ModernCSS #Headings #DesignSystems #Design #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend #CSS #HTML

Nice Select · February 3, 2026 Building a modern custom select with base-select.

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Nice Select · Pushing customizable HTML ‘select’ to an extreme ilo.im/16actc by Adam Argyle

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#ModernCSS #HtmlSelect #Accessibility #ProgressiveEnhancement #Browsers #WebPerf #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS

Some CSS only contrast options until contrast-color() is Baseline widely available While we wait for contrast-color() to arrive in all browsers, these CSS-only approaches by Donnie D’Amato give us a practical way forward that we can use right now, along with lots of other knowledge...

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Some CSS only contrast options · What works until contrast-color() is widely supported ilo.im/16aci2 by Donnie D’Amato

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#ModernCSS #Color #Contrast #Accessibility #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #CSS #CssCalc #CssClamp

Anchor Interpolated Morph (AIM) · January 23, 2026 Morphing overlay elements from dynamic places

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Anchor interpolated morphing · A powerful new CSS transition technique ilo.im/16a2w9 by Adam Argyle

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#ModernCSS #Morphs #Transitions #Animations #AnchorPositioning #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS

When will CSS Grid Lanes arrive? How long until we can use it? Anytime an exciting new web technology starts to land in browsers, developers want to know “when in the world am I going to be able to use this?” Currently, the finalized syntax for Grid Lanes is...

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When will CSS Grid Lanes arrive? · “It’s going to arrive sooner than you think.” ilo.im/16a21t by Jen Simmons

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#ModernCSS #CssGrid #Layout #Masonry #Polyfill #ProgressiveEnhancement #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Better defaults for popovers - Manuel Matuzovic I recently added a rule to my reset style sheet UA+ that I wanted to share with you.

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Better defaults for popovers · A small anchor-repositioning with a big effect ilo.im/169wki by Manuel Matuzović

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#ModernCSS #Popover #Buttons #AnchorPositioning #HtmlDialog #ProgressiveEnhancement #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

New Safari developer tools provide insight into CSS Grid Lanes You might have heard recently that Safari Technology Preview 234 landed the final plan for supporting masonry-style layouts in CSS.

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New Safari developer tools · Safari’s Grid Inspector now supports CSS Grid Lanes ilo.im/169url by Jen Simmons and Brandon Stewart

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#ModernCSS #CssGrid #CssFlexbox #Masonry #Safari #Browser #DevTools #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Responsive and fluid typography with Baseline CSS features  |  Articles  |  web.dev Learn how to use Baseline CSS features to create typography that responds to the user with accessibility and developer ergonomics in mind.

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Baseline typography · Responsive and fluid typography with Baseline CSS ilo.im/169pb2 by Miriam Suzanne

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#ModernCSS #Baseline #Typography #Viewport #WebDesign #FluidDesign #ResponsiveDesign #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

4 CSS Features Every Front-End Developer Should Know In 2026 · January 7, 2026 Toolbelt worthy, powerful, and game-changing CSS you need for 2026.

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4 must‑know CSS features in 2026 · “Toolbelt worthy, powerful, and game-changing CSS.” ilo.im/169nsr by Adam Argyle

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#ModernCSS #Staggering #Scrolling #Typography #TypeSafety #Animations #ProgressiveEnhancement #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

How to @scope CSS Now That It’s Baseline There is a way to declare a scope on a specific selector, a specific selector *down to* another selector, or with no

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CSS @scope is now Baseline · How to simplify selectors by defining scope roots ilo.im/169m4x by Daniel Schwarz

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#ModernCSS #ScopedCSS #CssSelectors #Baseline #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #CSS #JavaScript

text-decoration-inset is Like Padding for Text Decorations | CSS-Tricks The text-decoration-inset property solves a problem that we’ve had since the beginning of the web, which is that text decorations such as underlines extend beyond the first and last characters, resulting...

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Padding for text decorations · How CSS ‘text-decoration-inset’ polishes underlines ilo.im/169cyu by Daniel Schwarz

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#ModernCSS #Typography #Decorations #Animations #Links #Firefox #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Introducing CSS Grid Lanes It’s here, the future of masonry layouts on the web!

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Introducing CSS ‘grid-lanes’ · The future of masonry layouts on the web ilo.im/169b9q by Jen Simmons, Brandon Stewart and Elika Etemad

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#ModernCSS #CssGrid #Layout #Masonry #W3C #Safari #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

CSS scroll-triggered animations are coming!  |  Blog  |  Chrome for Developers We have scroll-driven animations. Now, meet scroll-triggered animations.

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CSS scroll-triggered animations are coming · Chrome’s next chapter for scroll-based animations ilo.im/1694ad

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#ModernCSS #Scrolling #Animations #Triggers #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

Fit Text Responsibly Be careful of the shiny new things.

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Fit text responsibly · ”Be careful of the shiny new things.” ilo.im/168yam by Donnie D’Amato

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#ModernCSS #Text #Content #Accessibility #Print #Chrome #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

CSS Wrapped 2025  |  Chrome for Developers Sculpt dynamic interfaces, stretch your imagination, and play with these 22 powerful new CSS features that landed in Chrome this year.

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CSS Wrapped 2025 · The powerful CSS features that landed in Chrome this year. ilo.im/1690c5 by Una Kravets, Bram Van Damme and Rachel Andrew

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#ModernCSS #Baseline #Browser #Chrome #API #WebPlatform #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS

Re-imagine the web with Scoped View Transitions With Scoped View Transitions ✨, you can finally unlock the full power of motion by creating multiple, fluid, simultaneous transitions. Isolate and animate va...

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Re-imagine the web · What you can do with Scoped View Transitions ilo.im/168vwf by Chrome for Developers

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#ModernCSS #ViewTransitions #Animations #Chrome #Browser #Design #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

A pragmatic guide to modern CSS colours - part two Kevin is back with the follow up to part one of this series. This time, Kevin goes deep on how functional the newer colour capabilities are in practice to hopefully, encourage more designers to use their...

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A pragmatic guide to CSS colors (part 2) · The many color options modern CSS opens up ilo.im/168um3 by Kevin Powell

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#ModernCSS #CssCalc #Colors #ColorSchemes #OKLCH #HSL #Transparency #Browser #WebDev #Frontend