May
3
2012
Most address fields on web forms ask for city, state, and zip code (or city and post code, outside of the US). But as us nerds often lament, city and state are redundant with zip code. Or at least they can be inferred from a correctly entered zip code. That’s the kind of thing computers are good at. What we need is a proper API to cough up that information for us on demand. …
Apr
30
2012
CSS3 has some new values for sizing things relative to the current viewport size: vw, vh, and vmin. It is relevant to bring up now, because it’s shipping in Chrome 20 (canary at the time of this writing). And not behind a flag, it just works. Production usage isn’t quite there, but it will be soon enough.…
Apr
27
2012
If you’ve ever used CSS transitions on structural elements on your page, you may have noticed a case where you see that transition happen when the page loads and is laying itself out. …
Apr
21
2012
A series of inline-block elements with “normal” HTML formatting result in spaces between them when set on the same line. Here’s some techniques for fighting against the gap.
Apr
19
2012
You probably already know you can make triangles with CSS. But what if you want to put a shadow behind it? Unfortunately the classic border trick doesn’t change the shape of the element, it’s just a visual trick. Let’s look at a couple alternative solutions.…
