Front-End Dev Shortcuts in iOS 15
I was pretty stoked when Chris shared a way to “View Source” on mobile. Sure, it’s not the same as a built-in feature but it allows iOS users like myself a way to peek at a site’s code the …
CSS Pseudo Commas
A bonafide CSS trick if there ever was one! @ShadowShahriar created a CodePen demo that uses pseudo-elements to place commas between list items that are displayed inline, and the result is a natural-looking complete sentence with proper punctuation.…
accent-color
The accent-color property in CSS is capable of re-tinting the accented color of form controls provided by the browser’s default styles with a custom color value.
.element {
accent-color: #f8a100;
}accent-color is defined in CSS Basic User Interface Module …
A Cornucopia of Container Queries
I don’t know about y’all, but my feeds have been flooded with articles about CSS Container Queries these past few weeks. The buzz about container queries actually started back in December after Miriam Suzanne posted a proposal (picking up on …
I could build this during the weekend
How many times have you heard that (or even uttered it under your own breath)? I know I’ve heard it in conversations. I also know I’ve wondered the same thing about a product or two — hey, the idea here …
justify-self
The justify-self property in CSS sets the justification of an element within its containing block. Its behavior depends on the display of the containing block. For example, if the containing block is a grid container (i.e. display: grid), we …
The WordPress Evolution Toward Full-Site Editing
The block editor was a game-changer for WordPress. The idea that we can create blocks of content and arrange them in a component-like fashion means we have a lot of flexibility in how we create content, as well a bunch …
Form Validation Styling on Input Focus
/* Only show invalid ring while not focused */
input:not(:focus):not(:placeholder-shown):invalid {
border-color: var(--color-invalid);
}
input:not(:focus):not(:placeholder-shown):invalid ~ .error-message {
display: block;
}
/* Only show valid ring while not focused and if a value is entered */
/* :empty won't work :future
:future is a CSS pseudo-selector we can use to style upcoming elements during media playback. Think subtitles in videos. We can use this to style subtitles that are coming up next to separate them visually from the currently displayed subtitle…
:past
:past is a CSS pseudo-selector that matches elements that have passed along a timeline. Where you’ll see this come into play is largely with video subtitles created with WebVTT. When a subtitle is no longer the currently displayed text, it …
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