That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece
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That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece | CSS-Tricks
I would like to tell you what I learned from a five-year old child about HTML and CSS. It’s funny how explaining something you do almost naturally teaches you about yourself and what you take for granted.
Creating Scroll-Based Animations in Full view()
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Creating Scroll-Based Animations in Full view() | CSS-Tricks
It’s not that hard to do! Preethi shows you how it's really the same old animation you’re used to writing in CSS, only applied on a view timeline instead of a normal timeline.
What Else Could Container Queries… Query?
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What Else Could Container Queries... Query? | CSS-Tricks
How far can we really go with container queries? There are dozens of media queries now, so what if there were dozens of container queries as well? What could we use them for?
Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (Part 1)
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Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (Part 1) | CSS-Tricks
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.
What’s !important #1: Advent Calendars, CSS Wrapped, Web Platform Updates, and More
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What’s !important #1: Advent Calendars, CSS Wrapped, Web Platform Updates, and More | CSS-Tricks
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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Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (Part 2)
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Responsive List of Avatars Using Modern CSS (Part 2) | CSS-Tricks
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.
text-decoration-inset is Like Padding for Text Decorations
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text-decoration-inset is Like Padding for Text Decorations | CSS-Tricks
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.
Thank You (2025 Edition)
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Thank You (2025 Edition) | CSS-Tricks
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.
What’s !important #2: Conditional View Transitions, CSS/SVG Text Effects, the Best of CSS Bluesky, and More
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What’s !important #2: Conditional View Transitions, CSS/SVG Text Effects, the Best of CSS Bluesky, and More | CSS-Tricks
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!
Future CSS: :drag (and Maybe ::dragged-image?)
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Future CSS: :drag (and Maybe ::dragged-image?) | CSS-Tricks
Have you ever struggled to style an element while it's being dragged? Sunkanmi explains some ways it could become easier in the future.
Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025
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Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025 | CSS-Tricks
Lee Meyer recently spoke at Web Directions Summit 2025. This is his experience, not only speaking at the event, but experiencing the event through the lens of anxiety and imposter syndrome.
Playing With CodePen slideVars
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Playing With CodePen slideVars | CSS-Tricks
Super cool new CodePen feature alert! You've probably seen a bunch of "interactive" demos that let you changed values on the fly from a UI panel embedded directly in the demo.
What’s !important #3: Popover Context Menus, @scope, New Web Platform Features, and More
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What’s !important #3: Popover Context Menus, @scope, New Web Platform Features, and More | CSS-Tricks
The developer community hasn’t wasted any time kicking off 2026 with some really great articles, demos, and insights. Firefox 147 and Chrome 144 also shipped, and while they’re not jam-packed with features, the releases are still pretty exciting for what’s…
HTTP Archive 2025 Web Almanac
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