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Direct link to the article SmolCSS
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SmolCSS

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A wonderful collection of little layout-related CSS snippets from Stephanie Eckles that serves both as a quick reference and a reminder of how straightforward and powerful CSS has become.

Random things to note!…

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Shared by Chris Coyier on Feb 24, 2021
Direct link to the article Responsible Web Applications
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Responsible Web Applications

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Joy Heron bought a cool domain name and published an article there:

Luckily, with modern HTML and CSS, we can create responsive and accessible web apps with relative ease. In my years of doing software development, I have learned some

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Shared by Chris Coyier on Feb 12, 2021
Direct link to the article Exploring the Complexities of Width and Height in CSS
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Exploring the Complexities of Width and Height in CSS

The following article is co-authored by Uri Shaked and Michal Porag.

Let’s explore the complexities of how CSS computes the width and height dimensions of elements. This is based on countless late-night hours debugging and fiddling with lots of …

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Uri Shaked on Feb 5, 2021 (Updated on Mar 1, 2021)
Direct link to the article #198: About the Position Property
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#198: About the Position Property

  • static: the default
  • relative: allows you to nudge around with top/right/bottom/left, making z-index work, gives you a positioning context
  • absolute: top/right/bottom/left moves the element
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Chris Coyier on Nov 20, 2020
Direct link to the article #196: Learning Grid & Flexbox with Kyle Simpson
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#196: Learning Grid & Flexbox with Kyle Simpson

Kyle is a JavaScript guy. He knows a ton about the web, and plenty about CSS too, but isn’t as up-to-date on modern CSS layout tools like flexbox and grid. We didn’t go from 0 to 100 here, but …

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Chris Coyier on Oct 30, 2020
Direct link to the article Full Bleed
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Full Bleed

We’ve covered techniques before for when you want a full-width element within a constrained-width column, like an edge-to-edge image within a narrower column of text. There are loads of techniques.

Perhaps my favorite is this little utility class:…

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Chris Coyier on Oct 15, 2020 (Updated on Oct 16, 2020)
Direct link to the article A Lightweight Masonry Solution
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A Lightweight Masonry Solution

Back in May, I learned about Firefox adding masonry to CSS grid. Masonry layouts are something I’ve been wanting to do on my own from scratch for a very long time, but have never known where to start. So, naturally, …

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Ana Tudor on Aug 3, 2020
Direct link to the article 10 modern layouts in 1 line of CSS
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10 modern layouts in 1 line of CSS

Una doing an amazing job of showing just how (dare I say it?) easy CSS layout has gotten. There is plenty to learn, but what you learn makes sense, and once you have, it’s quite empowering. …

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Chris Coyier on Jul 31, 2020
Direct link to the article Styling Layout Wrappers In CSS
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Styling Layout Wrappers In CSS

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Two things that strike me often about the web are how many ways there are to go about the same thing and how many considerations go into even the most seemingly simple things.

Working with wrapper elements is definitely on …

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Shared by Geoff Graham on Jun 29, 2020
Direct link to the article Overlapping Header with CSS Grid
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Overlapping Header with CSS Grid

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Snook shows off a classic design with an oversized header up top, and a content area that is “pulled up” into that header area. My mind goes to the same place:

Historically, I’ve done this with negative margins. The header

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Shared by Chris Coyier on Jun 1, 2020
Direct link to the article Exciting Things on the Horizon For CSS Layout
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Exciting Things on the Horizon For CSS Layout

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Michelle Barker notes that it’s been a heck of a week for us CSS layout nerds.

  1. Firefox has long had the best DevTools for CSS Grid, but Chrome is about to catch up and go one bit better by visualizing
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Shared by Chris Coyier on May 7, 2020
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