Fold Out Popups
A rich HTML popup content area that works when you click a link/button (rather than hover like tooltips work). This uses a bunch of CSS3 and the functionality is also handled purely with CSS, although we discuss that at the end.
Order a CSS-Tricks T-Shirt
Orders are closed. We’re gonna get these puppies printed up and shipped out. Stay tuned to the blog for future sales.… Read article “Order a CSS-Tricks T-Shirt”
AnythingZoomer Plugin
Chris Coyier
My AnythingZoomer jQuery demo has been plugin-ized by Mottie (who also maintains the AnythingSlider). It has some new features and is easier to work with by nature of being a plugin. … Read article “AnythingZoomer Plugin”
SitePoint Podcast #127
Chris Coyier
Listen to Louis Simoneau and I yak about CSS. … Read article “SitePoint Podcast #127”
Sideways Headers
Christian Heilmann had an interesting CSS predicament the other day. The idea was to make header tags rotated 90-degrees and align along the left of a blog of content rather than at the top. … Read article “Sideways Headers”
Force WebKit’s File Upload Input Button to the Right
Firefox and IE have the “choose file” button to the right of the filepath, while WebKit puts it on the left. This makes WebKit put it on the right as well.
<input type="file">input[type="file"]{
-webkit-appearance: none;
text-align: left;
-webkit-rtl-ordering: left;
}
input[type="file"]::-webkit-file-upload-button{
-webkit-appearance: none;
float: right;
margin: 0 0 0 10px;
border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;
border-radius: 4px;
background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left bottom, left top, from(#d2d0d0), to(#f0f0f0));
background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(90deg, #d2d0d0 0%, #f0f0f0 100%);
}Noise Data URI Image
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nO3Wp/3fEV5a+4wz//6qy8JxjZsmxxy5+4w9CDNJY09T072iKG0EnOS0arEYgXqYnXcYHwjTtUNAcMelOd4xpkoqiTYICWFq0JSiPfPDQdnt+4/wuqcXY47QILbgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==);Pop From Top Notification
Have you seen that design pattern where a notification pops down from the top of the browser window, then slides away? We can rock that in pure CSS. … Read article “Pop From Top Notification”
#101: Let’s Suck at GitHub Together
You are probably pretty aware of why using version control is a good thing. In case you aren’t, I quickly go through that in this video. Then we get into the most basic thing we can possibly do: put a project onto GitHub. If you are like me, you don’t particularly enjoy “the command line”, but between that and a Mac GUI app, we manage to get it done.
Links from the Video:
… Read article “#101: Let’s Suck at GitHub Together”When (and when not to) use an anchor tag?
Question from a reader on when using the anchor tag is the right choice and when it's possibly OK to use another element for behavioral stuff.