CSS tricks

I started as a front-end web developer and then became a Flutter developer. I think there were some concepts that helped me adopt Flutter easier. There were also some new concepts that were different.

In this article, I want to …

Flutter For Front-End Web Developers originally published on

Those of you who have been reading CSS-Tricks for a while may remember that we used to publish a little thing we called CSS-Tricks Chronicles. Our friend Chris Coyier would write up a reflection from the past couple of …

Behind the CSScenes, September 2022 originally published on CSS-Tri

A screen reader is an important accessibility tool for people with no or limited vision. People who are blind or those with low vision can use a screen reader to navigate the computer. Screen readers will read contents on the …

Comparing JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the

Ahmad Shadeed got an early jump on container queries and has a growing collection of examples based on everyday patterns.

And, if you missed it, his latest post on container queries does a wonderful job covering how they work since …

We can make variables in CSS pretty easily:

:root {
  --scale: 1;
}

And we can declare them on any element:

.thing {
  transform: scale(--scale);
}

Even better for an example like this is applying the variable on a user …

Whenever we build simple or complex layouts using CSS Grid, we’re usually positioning items with line numbers. Grid layouts contain grid lines that are automatically indexed with positive and negative line numbers (that is unless we explicitly name them). …

Neither do I! And that’s probably because there’s a lot happening in WordPress-land. The evolution towards full-site editing (FSE) introduces frequent changes to the way we build themes and plugins, and at such break-neck speed that the documentation itself is …

Not Sure How to WordPress Anymore? originally published on C

If a utility class only does one thing, chances are you don’t want it to be overridden by any styles coming from elsewhere. One approach is to use !important to be 100% certain the style will be applied, regardless of …

Using CSS Cascade Layers to Manage Custom Styles in a Tailwind Project originally published on

The GOV.UK team recently published “How and why we removed jQuery from GOV.UK“. This was an insightful look at how an organization can assess its tooling and whether something is still the best tool for the job. This …

Removing jQuery from GOV.UK originally publ

Alright, so the last time we checked in, we were using CSS Grid and combining them with CSS clip-path and mask techniques to create grids with fancy shapes.

Here’s just one of the fantastic grids we made together:

CodePen…

CSS Grid and Custom Shapes, Part 2 original