The CSS behind Figma
While learning how to build a Figma plugin, I stumbled upon a few interesting usages of Flexbox and Grid in Figma. When I found them, I just got distracted and couldn’t resist digging more. Flexbox and Grid have been providing us web developers with lots of new capabilities to build new layouts, and what I will show you in this article is just that. To move along with this article, you don’t need
Defensive CSS
👋 This article has been expanded into a new project called Defensive CSS. Due to the fact that the content here will not be updated, I recommend you to read defensivecss.dev instead. Oftentimes, we wish that there was a way to avoid a certain CSS issue or behaviors from happening. You know, content is dynamic, and things can change on a web page, thus increasing the possibility of a CSS issue or
Less Absolute Positioning With Modern CSS
Each time I work on a component that needs absolute positioning, I ask myself: is it really necessary? I started to notice a few use-cases where using position: absolute isn’t needed. I found this interesting and I thought about documenting the use-cases that I usually came through while working on front-end projects. In this article, I will explore a few use-cases that using absolute positioning
Building A Stepper Component
The other day, I got a question about how to build a responsive stepper component and how to take care of the separator lines. The demo I got from the developer was a bit complex and have lots of unnecessary CSS stuff. As a result, I got the idea of writing about it. In this article, I will explore different designs for a stepping component and see the best way to implement each one in HTML and CS
The State Of Mobile First and Desktop First
Have you often thought about whether to implement a mobile-first or a desktop-first approach? Recently, I shared a Twitter poll about how many uses mobile-first vs desktop-first, and the results were interesting. The total number of votes is 648, and here are the stats: Mobile-first: 33.3% Desktop first: 21.9% Mix of both: 24.7% In this article, I will explore with you what each method means, and
Let's Learn About Aspect Ratio In CSS
Having a consistent ratio between the width and height of images and other responsive elements is important. In CSS, we used the padding hack for many years, but now we have native aspect ratio support in CSS. In this article, I will discuss what is aspect ratio, how we used to do it, what’s the new way of doing it. Of course, there will be use cases with a proper fallback for them. Let’s dive in!
Custom Scrollbars In CSS
Custom scrollbars are getting more popular nowadays, and I’m very keen to dig into them. There are different reasons why to customize a scrollbar. For example, the default scrollbar can make an app UI look inconsistent across multiple operating systems, and here we can get the benefit of having a unified style. I have always been interested in learning about how to customize a scrollbar in CSS but
Digging Into CSS Logical Properties
The support for CSS logical properties is getting better by time. However, I still struggle to memorize them each time I want to use them in a project. What does start mean? And what does end mean? It’s a bit tricky to grasp all the details without trial and error. In this article, I aim to get you up and running to use logical properties today with a solid understanding from the perspective of a
Understanding Z-Index in CSS
@shadeed9 Understanding Z-Index in CSS A visual guide on how z-index and stacking contexts work in CSS. What is Z-Index?The z-index property defines the order of the elements on the z-axis. Basically, it works on elements with a position value other than static. The duck and the ring are within the same parent (the water). Can you guess which will come in front of the other? <div class="water"> <d
A Deep Dive Into CSS Grid minmax()
There are a lot of tutorials and guides out there that teach CSS grid in general, and I wrote about it multiple times. However, I noticed that there is a misunderstanding of the minmax() function as most of the articles are generic or don’t provide enough explanation and real-world use-cases. The minmax() is very powerful and useful. For that specific reason, I thought that writing a complete guid
CSS Writing Mode
📖 Get Debugging CSS book for 40% off via the code "blackfriday23". Buy now Recently, while editing some CSS in Opera inspector, I noticed a CSS property called writing-mode, that was the first time I knew of it. After some research, I learned that its purpose is for vertical language scripts, like Chinese or Japanese. However, the interesting thing is that when using it with English, we can creat
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