<p>Learn how to use display contents to build more fluid layouts.</p> The problem When building a layout in CSS, we apply a layout module like flexbox or grid to the container element, and its children will get affected. That is how it works normally. Say that one of those child items is also a container with multiple items with their layout system. At some point, we might need the children of thi

A fresh look at the CSS grid template areas and how to take advantage of its full potential today. Jul 20, 2024 CSS Grid support has been widely available since March 2017 in all major browsers. Yet, here we are in 2024, and I still see few people using the grid template areas feature. It’s no surprise that many avoid template areas as making sense of the grid is challenging enough. In this intera

CapUnitA look at how I solved a design problem with CSS cap unit. Introduction While I was working on a recent article on the gap property, I needed to place a box between two words and keep it aligned. I thought about a way to size the box to be equal to the capital letter height. After some research, I found the cap unit and it worked as expected. In this article, I will demonstrate the problem

I like to think of CSS as a conditional design language. Over the years, CSS was known as a way to style web pages. Now, however, CSS has evolved a lot to the point you can see conditional rules. The interesting bit is that those CSS rules aren’t direct (i.e: there is still no if/else in CSS), but the way features in CSS work is conditional. Design tools like Figma, Sketch, and Adobe XD made a hug

For me, 2022 is the best year ever for CSS. We got a lot of new stuff supported in stable browsers and it’s just like living a dream. From CSS subgrid, :has selector, container queries, and the new viewport units. So many things to grasp, I understand - but I’m sure we agree that this is exciting, isn’t it? Recently, the Chrome team released experimental support for a new proposed CSS spec, style

Each time I work on a component that needs absolute positioning, I ask myself: is it really necessary? I started to notice a few use-cases where using position: absolute isn’t needed. I found this interesting and I thought about documenting the use-cases that I usually came through while working on front-end projects. In this article, I will explore a few use-cases that using absolute positioning