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In the previous article, we built the classic hexagon grid. It was a responsive implementation without the use of media queries. The challenge was to improve a five-year old approach using modern CSS. Support is limited to Chrome only because this technique uses recently released features, including corner-shape, sibling-index(), and Read more…
You have an element with a configurable background color, and you’d like to calculate whether the foreground text should be light or dark. Seems easy enough, especially knowing how mindful we ought to be with accessibility. There have been a few drafts of a specification function for this functionality, most Read more…
Speaking of charts… When was the last time you had to use a pie chart? If you are one of those people who have to give presentations right and left, then congratulations! You are both in my personal hell… and also surrounded by pie charts. Luckily, I think I haven’t Read more…
New CSS features can sometimes make it easier and more efficient to code designs we already knew how to create. This efficiency could stem from reduced code or hacks, or improved readability due to the new features. In that spirit, let’s revamp what’s under the hood of a bar chart. Read more…
Neither Chrome, Safari, nor Firefox have shipped new features in the last couple of weeks, but fear not because leading this issue of What’s !important is some of the web development industry’s best educators with, frankly, some killer content. Maintaining video state across different pages using view transitions Chris Coyier Read more…
Chrome 144 recently shipped ::search-text, which is now one of several highlight-related pseudo-elements. This one selects find-in-page text, which is the text that gets highlighted when you do a Ctrl/Command + F-type search for something on a page and matches are found. By default, ::search-text matches are yellow while the Read more…
Five years ago I published an article on how to create a responsive grid of hexagon shapes. It was the only technique that didn’t require media queries or JavaScript. It works with any number of items, allowing you to easily control the size and gap using CSS variables. CodePen Embed Read more…
The @custom-media at-rule has landed in Firefox Nightly! I couldn’t find it in the release notes but Adam Argyle’s on the beat noting that it’s behind a flag for now. Look for layout.css.custom-media.enabled I often forget the exact name of an @media query or simply get tired writing something like Read more…
Some time ago, I shipped a component that felt accessible by every measure I could test. Keyboard navigation worked. ARIA roles were correctly applied. Automated audits passed without a single complaint. And yet, a screen reader user couldn’t figure out how to trigger it. When I tested it myself with Read more…
I love me some good web research reports. I’m a sucker for them. HTTP Archive’s Web Almanac is one report I look forward to every year, and I know I’m not alone there. It’s one of those highly-anticipated publications on the state of the web, chock-full of well-documented findings about Read more…
