Explains the modern system font stack for web development, detailing font-family lists used by major sites like WordPress and GitHub.
A technique for autoprefixing CSS properties using CSS variables, demonstrated with clip-path.
Explores performance-friendly techniques for creating flexible, animatable shadows in responsive web design, comparing CSS box-shadow and filter approaches.
A developer re-evaluates inline CSS and internal stylesheets, testing performance benefits and challenging common front-end best practices.
A detailed guide to CSS background properties, covering color, image, repeat, size, and more for web developers.
Explores creative uses of the CSS :target pseudo-class to create interactive elements like modals and navigation drawers without JavaScript.
An overview of generic CSS data types like <length>, <color>, and <url>, explaining their use across different CSS properties.
Explains how to simulate relative positioning for elements within an SVG by using nested SVGs, addressing the lack of a CSS box model.
Explores CSS and JavaScript techniques for improving user experience in web form validation, including pseudo-classes and custom error handling.
A detailed guide to the CSS box-shadow property, explaining its syntax, parameters, and how to create depth effects.
Explains the differences and use cases for the four CSS defaulting values: initial, inherit, unset, and revert.
Explains the CSS `contain` property, its values, and use cases for optimizing web performance by isolating DOM sub-trees.
Explains the iOS Safari 'shrink-to-fit' viewport issue and the required meta tag fix for responsive web design.
A web developer's perspective on handling browser support for new features, advocating for progressive enhancement and strategic use of polyfills.
Explains the CSS :not pseudo-class and its surprising impact on selector specificity, with practical examples.
A guide to using CSS to style broken image placeholders, improving user experience with custom messages and visual treatments.
Explains how to prevent unstyled SVG scaling issues when CSS fails by using presentation attributes and style inheritance.
A developer explains six key reasons to adopt Flexbox for CSS layouts, covering browser support, syntax tools, and getting started.
Explores practical use cases for CSS container queries, a proposed feature for responsive web design, with code examples for modular components.
A developer explains the CSS @supports rule and why its widespread browser support is crucial for progressive enhancement.
