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Future CSS: :drag (and Maybe ::dragged-image?)
7 January 2026 @ 3:16 pm
Have you ever struggled to style an element while it's being dragged? Sunkanmi explains some ways it could become easier in the future.
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What’s !important #2: Conditional View Transitions, CSS/SVG Text Effects, the Best of CSS Bluesky, and More
31 December 2025 @ 4:18 pm
2026 is almost upon us. I know we’re all itching to see the clock strike midnight (cue The Final Countdown by Europe), but not without recapping the best CSS-related things that happened over the last two weeks!
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Thank You (2025 Edition)
23 December 2025 @ 3:52 pm
This is the best job I've had in my life and it's only possible because you keep showing up each day to read, learn, share, and discuss all-things-front-end (and a little CSS, of course) with us.
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text-decoration-inset is Like Padding for Text Decorations
22 December 2025 @ 2:39 pm
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 in vertical misalignment.
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Masonry Layout is Now grid-lanes
19 December 2025 @ 4:08 pm
It's settled! A new CSS display property keyword called grid-lanes will trigger a masonry layout mode.
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Search CSS-Tricks Raycast Extension
18 December 2025 @ 3:34 pm
Jelte Lagendijk built a Raycast extension for searching CSS-Tricks articles where you simply type and a get a solid set of real-time results.
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Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (Part 2)
17 December 2025 @ 3:21 pm
In this article, we follow up the work we did to create responsive rows of circular images in a previous article by arranging the images around a circle with a clean hover effect.
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What’s !important #1: Advent Calendars, CSS Wrapped, Web Platform Updates, and More
16 December 2025 @ 5:03 pm
The best CSS news from around the web from the last two weeks. In this edition: advent calendars, CSS Wrapped 2025, and the latest Web Platform Updates.
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Toon Title Text Generator
15 December 2025 @ 5:55 pm
Andy Clarke with a brand-new resource. It generates the sort of fun typography that Andy commonly uses in his own work that's geared towards cartoon headings.
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Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (Part 1)
15 December 2025 @ 4:19 pm
A list of rounded images that slightly overlap each other is a classic web design pattern. The main idea is not complex, but the new thing is the responsive part. that dynamically adjusts the overlap between the images so they fit inside the container.
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