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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is the web’s core styling language. For web developers, It’s one of the quickest technologies to get started with, but one of the hardest to master. Follow Una Kravets and Adam Argyle, Developer Advocates from Google, who gleefully breakdown complex aspects of CSS into digestible episodes covering everything from accessibility to z-index.

The CSS Podcast


    • Oct 3, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    091: Season 5 Wrap-up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 42:39


    Una and Adam recap the season! They share their favorite features, stories, and use cases. Season 5 covered popovers, dialogs, top layers, trig functions, color functions, :has() tricks, balanced text wrapping, linear() easing, nesting, anchoring, state queries, view transitions, and scroll driven animation. What a year for CSS! Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    090: Scroll-driven animations

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 46:33


    In this episode our esteemed guest returns! This time to help us grok Scroll Driven Animation. Learn all about scroll(), view(), animation-timeline, timeline-scope, animation-range, and more. Power those animations with off-the-main-thread CSS scroll animation powers.   Resources: Bramus's Demos: All mentioned Demos + Tools + Video Course + DevTools Extension link → https://goo.gle/3Uw31up  Video Course direct link: https://goo.gle/learn-scroll-driven-animations   Adam's Demos: scroll() the hue wheel → https://goo.gle/4emb3NO  CSS scroll() feature time warp → https://goo.gle/4exH3yv  view() long bento list → https://goo.gle/4gtcCLx  view() scrolly telling → https://goo.gle/3TAq2vA  view() iOS-like app switcher → https://goo.gle/4etvCI6  view() variable font animation → https://goo.gle/4e8eJmd    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    089: View transitions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 41:51


    In this episode Una and Adam bring on an esteemed guest Bramus, who brings us deep knowledge on View Transitions. These are easy to get started with but difficult to master, but not with Bramus here to teach us. He'll be covering introductory to advanced API features and a big bag of examples and demos.  Resources: Developer Documentation → https://goo.gle/4aHY7zo  Quick intro to View Transitions (Google I/O 2023 video) → https://goo.gle/3ZieRLp  What's new in View Transitions? (Google I/O 2024 video) → https://goo.gle/3zeYNj3  Misconceptions about View Transitions → https://goo.gle/3Tpsu7O  Bramus's Demos: Collection of various demos, both SPA and MPA → https://goo.gle/3B4edY8  Accordion → https://goo.gle/3B4egDi     Adam's Demos: Grid gallery → https://goo.gle/4giz0XV  Always great grid → https://goo.gle/3MH68Lu  Flexbox visualizer → https://goo.gle/47kmJOB  Editable tabs → https://goo.gle/4ghNfMx  Dollar number input → https://goo.gle/4e0FsBf  Stateful morphing button → https://goo.gle/4ebBNR2  Drag and Drop → https://goo.gle/3XlP2Yn  Isotope recreation → https://goo.gle/4dVX5lN  Local development animated → https://goo.gle/3XHjm17    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter → https://goo.gle/452aBRb YouTube → https://goo.gle/457oMnS Making the web more colorful ✨

    088: State queries

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 23:13


    In this episode, Una and Adam discuss a future web capability that builds on container queries: state queries. From CSS, this feature will be able to detect  if a container is overflowing, when an element is scroll snapped, and when an element is stuck from position: sticky. Resources: :stuck, :snapped, :on-screen, etc → https://goo.gle/3WVhSi6   state queries syntax → https://goo.gle/3T2gI33  explainer → https://goo.gle/3XevW7x  Intent To Prototype → https://goo.gle/3Au8rOY  Scroll Snap Events → https://goo.gle/47koXO1     Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter → https://goo.gle/452aBRb YouTube → https://goo.gle/457oMnS  Making the web more colorful ✨

    087: Anchor positioning

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 38:02


    In this episode Una and Adam explain anchor positioning and all its amazing features. Resources: Introducing the CSS anchor positioning API → https://goo.gle/3SWrvM5  CSS anchor positioning → https://goo.gle/4dwgmd9  Tab's talk from CSS Day → https://goo.gle/4ds8g5B  Una's Anchor Tool → https://goo.gle/3yDYDSd  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    086: Nesting 2024+

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 8:10


    In this episode Una and Adam catch you up to the latest syntax features of CSS nesting. Resources: Episode 47 → https://goo.gle/3SvM9T4 Episode 65 → https://goo.gle/3ygA7X1 CSS Nesting Update → https://goo.gle/3WHCRpK  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    085: Linear easing function fun

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 16:10


    In this episode Una and Adam cover the linear() CSS easing function that can create bounce and spring effects.   Resources: Ep 22 on Animation → https://goo.gle/4frnp8y  linear() generator → https://goo.gle/46xs2JZ  Complex animation curves in CSS with linear() → https://goo.gle/4ftm0Oz  Open Props premade spring and bounce variables → https://goo.gle/46uaGOc  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    084: Text Wrap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 12:47


    In this episode Una and Adam talk about text wrap, a great modern improvement to typography on the web platform. Learn how you can create logical layout rules for your headings and other copy with just one line of code. Resources: text-wrap on MDN → https://goo.gle/3zvwixd  soft breaks → https://goo.gle/4cXKLAq    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    083: :has() tips and tricks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 36:14


    In this episode Una and Adam expand on episode 61 about :has() by focusing specifically on use cases, tips and tricks. Get inspired and discover new ways to make reactive UI from CSS. Resources: Ep 61 → https://goo.gle/4cID6pE  Piccali → https://goo.gle/4ePKJMG  Ahmad Shadeed → https://goo.gle/4bsk85F  The Looper → https://goo.gle/3yKmXkI  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    082: What's new in color & color functions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 18:24


    In this episode Una and Adam provide a color update, covering changes to the specs and new functions.  Links RCS calc() tool → https://goo.gle/4cRRJHt  Apple Annie CSS Color Modules and Changes, Part I → https://goo.gle/3xtTr2A  Lea verou article on RCS for contrast → https://goo.gle/3L3x5YF Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    081: Trigonometric Functions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 43:04


    In this episode Una and Adam share practical use cases, syntax and strategies for all the new math functions in CSS. From trig to algebra, they'll help you get a good idea on where and how these fit into your UI toolbelt. Links Ana Tudor tests your browser for CSS math function support → https://goo.gle/4cmBm5r  Great guide and overview from Daniel Wilson → https://goo.gle/4enKgBe  layout pow() → https://goo.gle/3RlvAsI  Using Absolute Value, Sign, Rounding and Modulo in CSS Today → https://goo.gle/4aY3OJz  Time based animation → https://goo.gle/3x6Dm2K   CSS type casting to numeric: tan(atan2()) scalars by Jane Ori → https://goo.gle/4bZyrj2  Open Props v2 type ramp prototype with pow() as taught by Dan Wilson in their post → https://goo.gle/45uqikj  CSS physics for transitions and keyframes with these math functions → https://goo.gle/3VltDgX Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    80: Animating to and from top-layer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 31:23


    In this episode Una and Adam continue talking about dialogs and popovers, but this time it's all about animating them into and out of the top layer.. We'll be introducing starting-style, a new mode for transitioning discrete properties, and the overlay property for smooth entry and exit animations.  Links: top-layer CSS spec → https://goo.gle/4c2elUW Four new CSS features for smooth entry and exit animations by Una → https://goo.gle/3KpyB7e Using @starting-style and transition-behavior for enter and exit stage effects → https://goo.gle/452FG7p Popover on MDN → https://goo.gle/453xfss :popover-open on MDN → https://goo.gle/3x5XLVl Dialog and popover animated → https://goo.gle/3Kn1Ck7 Popover animated with nesting → https://goo.gle/3wW3Qns What is the top layer? → https://goo.gle/457rUjQ overlay property on MDN → https://goo.gle/3yKNRsT MDN demos → https://goo.gle/4c2eIyO Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    79: Popover and Dialog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 19:55


    The CSS Podcast is back, with an episode highlighting the popover API and dialog element! Learn what they can do, and when to use which when. Links Popover API lands in Baseline → https://goo.gle/3Vo2dIs Dialogs and popovers seem similar. How are they different? → https://goo.gle/3wXD1z5 Dialog dilemmas and modal mischief → https://goo.gle/3R9nmDE Semantics and the popover attribute → https://goo.gle/3Vl3NuM Building a dialog component GUI Challenges → https://goo.gle/4c0YFkK Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    78: Season 4 wrap!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 19:58


    I can't believe we're already at the end of season 4! This season, we've been focusing on CSS gotchas and resolving these common CSS pitfalls. And alas, on our last episode of the season, we're going to take a look back at all of those tips and tricks and pick some of our favorites to highlight in this recap episode.   Links: Why isn't percentage working → https://goo.gle/418EnBG  Why isn't my element stuck → https://goo.gle/3uSX7Jk  Why isn't my custom property the value I expect → https://goo.gle/47BcZPj  How do I center a div → https://goo.gle/3RiOBLA   Why isn't my animation glitching → https://goo.gle/4a5fzPh    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    77: Why isn't percentage working here?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 15:05


    In this episode, Una and Adam talk about percentage resolution for various properties like font-size, padding height and width. They break down and explain why percentages may not work or may not be what you expected.   Links → https://goo.gle/47XtWU1  Understanding CSS Percentage → https://goo.gle/3RhLJzG  CSS Box Sizing Module Level 3 → https://goo.gle/46FRF9T    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    76: Why isn't my element stuck where I wanted it to stick?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 9:52


    In this episode Una and Adam help you uncover moments where a sticky element isn't sticking. There are a couple of gotcha around implementing a sticky element and by the end of the show you'll know what they are and a few ways to work around them.   Links: sticky stack - https://goo.gle/3QICxTz  sticky desperado - https://goo.gle/3sC3OPj   sticky slide - https://goo.gle/47bcRGb    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    75: Why isn't my custom property the value I expect?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 19:32


    In this episode, Una and Adam discuss common gotchas with custom properties, which often feel fully reactive during use, but their limits and implementation details can popup at unexpected times and create a headache. They'll cover these situations and their solutions!   Links: Value stages → https://goo.gle/3FDo7yA  How custom property values are computed →https://goo.gle/49cOUiQ  A complete guide to custom properties → https://goo.gle/40gtVb8  The big gotcha with custom properties → https://goo.gle/45VwUHe   CodePen → https://goo.gle/3SdMnyY     Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    74: How do I center a div?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 17:01


    In this episode we tackle one of the most asked questions of all CSS history.. how do I center this div? We'll cover multiple strategies that each have tradeoffs and super powers over each other.    Links: Centering in CSS → https://goo.gle/3RRki02  Comparing grid and flex place-items and place-content → https://goo.gle/3ZE3NGM  Centering in CSS: A Complete Guide → https://goo.gle/46xudw7  Centering examples from Una → https://goo.gle/3rF7lvR    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    73: Why is my animation glitching?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 25:50


    On this episode of the #CSSpodcast, we're diving into how to deal with glitchy animations in your code base!   Links: MDN transform-style - https://goo.gle/45YFu8B  MDN backface-visibility - https://goo.gle/46mPvfE   Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    72: Why does my gradient have muddy colors in the middle?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 16:11


    In this episode, we tackle the issues around getting undesirable gradient results. Sometimes it's you, sometimes it's the color space. We'll help you identify, assess and remedy muddy gradients.   Links: HD color guide - https://goo.gle/3RhyvmP  various gradients in color spaces - https://goo.gle/3Pc02TV  modern css gradient tool - https://goo.gle/3P4KxNI  try color mix - https://goo.gle/3r2toML  color-mix() with white hover codepen - https://goo.gle/3Pw6mHm  interpolation visualizer - https://goo.gle/45GwS6t    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    71: Why do I have layout shift?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 11:30


    In this episode we're shifting the topic to layout shift, that moment where you watch the page adapt to something lazily loaded which has impacted the layout in some way where you see content shift around.   Links: CLS - https://goo.gle/3kle3AW  Optimizing CLS - https://goo.gle/3fxu6IE  CSS for Web Vitals - https://goo.gle/3E98gY9    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    70: Why is my image distorted?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 17:52


    Too small? Too big? Learn how to make your images just right and all the reasons they might be looking a little funky when you're adding media to your interface.   Links: CSS for Web Vitals → https://goo.gle/3E98gY9  Learn Responsive Images  → https://goo.gle/45EFuds  Aspect Ratio → https://goo.gle/3PdyjDS  Demos → https://goo.gle/3qJuQ6z & https://goo.gle/45uDvZB    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    69: Why is it overflowing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 15:04


    In this episode we're overjoyed to overexplain why you may be having overflow in your page. somewhere over the rainbow, an overheating developer overcooked the inline sizes and ended up oversleeping for work the next day. Now let's overanalyze and overshare about CSS overflow.   Links: The rules of Margin Collapse → https://goo.gle/441OGaH   Everything you need to know → https://goo.gle/4434Ctj  Check out → https://goo.gle/3YrJDiw     Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    68: Why isn't the margin applying?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2023 16:14


    In this episode we explore why margin may not be working for you. We'll teach you about block formatting contexts and margin collapsing! We'll make you the space you want in your designs! Links: The Rules of Margin Collapse → https://goo.gle/441OGaH  CSS Margins → https://goo.gle/4434Ctj  Learn more → https://goo.gle/3YrJDiw    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    67: Why isn't z-index working?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 16:55


    In this episode we explore why z-index isn't working for you. We'll teach you about stacking context and how to make sure you've set yourself up for layering success! Join us on this journey through positioning, variable architecture, tools, and more, to bring those elements to light. Links: Stacking context → https://goo.gle/43It8jl  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    66: Season 3 recap & what's next

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 36:21


    Listen to Adam and Una recap all of the exciting landings they talked about in 2022 in this end-of-season recap. If you missed the others, don't miss this one! Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    65: Nesting

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 31:59


    In this episode Una and Adam talk about CSS Nesting, per the current 2022 spec draft. They'll cover the syntax basics, some gotchas and of course a bunch of examples.    Links Nesting 1 Spec - https://goo.gle/3VgnoJR  Adam exploring the prototype implementation in Canary - https://goo.gle/3UGsMpv  @scope and @layer and nesting - https://goo.gle/3EyJ3Hq    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    64: Subgrid

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 9:43


    In this episode Una and Adam discuss subgrid, a special value for grid-template-rows or grid-template-columns. Learn the general details of usage, use cases, tips, tricks and gotchas, so you can use the feature with confidence.   Links CSS Grid Spec - https://goo.gle/3EfjoDq  MDN - https://goo.gle/3tbooTx  Smashing Magazine - https://goo.gle/3DUb7Ds  Ahmad Shadeed on Subgrid - https://goo.gle/3EeStaP  State of CSS (subgrid) - https://goo.gle/3fQDvP4  Full Bleed Subgrid demo - https://goo.gle/3TkZ1Jv    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    063: Media query range syntax

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 5:57


    Media query range syntax is a really nice addition.    Links Polyfill: https://goo.gle/3TXcyYD  New syntax for range media queries: https://goo.gle/3DQlHg0    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    062: Color functions: An update

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 13:14


    In this episode Una and Adam cover changes to the color level 5 and new color level 6 specs, so you can stay HD on the topic. Plus, a dive into CSS color functions for manipulating colors. Links CSS Color Module Level 5 → https://goo.gle/3f8BgpT  CSS Color Module Level 6 → https://goo.gle/3TIsPAI    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    061 :has()

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 23:06


    :has() is a new CSS selector which allows developers to query for the presence of a child or state. It has been called the “parent selector”, but it's much more than that! Using :has() you can style up and down a DOM tree, making this an incredible powerful feature. Learn how to take advantage of this new API with lots of examples in this episode. Links Blog → https://goo.gle/3CIs1EF  Selectors → https://goo.gle/3EQsPde  Pseudo-classes → https://goo.gle/3SgvH69  Creative CSS Layout → https://goo.gle/3yRv4sZ  Quantity Queries for CSS → https://goo.gle/3a4NPwT    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    060: Inert

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 7:31


    In this episode Una and Adam explain a non-CSS property, but very relevant front-end UI property, called inert. It's a way to have a visually guarded part of the UI also be guarded for keyboard and screen reader users. Links Inert spec - https://goo.gle/3SXid0C  MDN - https://goo.gle/3rK1Ybd  Chrome Developers: Introducing Inert - https://goo.gle/3CLygZE    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    059: Container queries

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 15:45


    Container queries (also known as @container) are a new entrypoint for truly component-based responsive design. In this episode, Adam and Una will walk you through how to use them, what browser support looks like, and upcoming features that will give you even more control over your responsive interfaces! Links CQ + :has() → https://goo.gle/3ymiwJS MDN Docs → https://goo.gle/3ogyIrp   Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    058: Cascade layers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 18:08


    In this episode Una and Adam cover Cascade Layers (aka @layer). It's a way for authors to control and orchestrate their own CSS layering which can help avoid specificity and asynchronous loading issues. Instead of styles taking the most recent style based on order of appearance, orchestrate layers and place styles inside them to control which overrides which. Links MDN - https://goo.gle/3UjB6vL  Smashing Magazine - https://goo.gle/3ByUT1u  Una on YouTube - https://goo.gle/3Sm2zLc  Bramus at CSS Day 2022 - https://goo.gle/3LtfxVg  Bramus's blog - https://goo.gle/3xEj2CM  Subscribe to Google Chrome Developers YouTube - https://goo.gle/ChromeDevs    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    057: DevTools Mini Series - Interaction

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 14:32


    DevTools Mini Series continues, this time on interactions. Una Kravets and Adam Argyle are joined by Jecelyn Yeen to discuss interaction, and interaction inspection/ debugging in DevTools.  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    056: DevTools Mini Series - Accessibility

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 13:49


    DevTools Mini Series continues, this time on accessibility tooling. Una Kravets and Adam Argyle are joined by Jecelyn Yeen to discuss how DevTools can help you discover and fix accessibility issues.   Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    055: DevTools Mini Series - Layout

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 17:10


    DevTools Mini Series continues, this time on layout. Una Kravets and Adam Argyle are joined by Jecelyn Yeen to discuss an overview of how DevTools can help you create and debug layouts.   Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    054: DevTools Mini Series - Color

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 14:20


    Welcome to the DevTools Mini Series for The CSS Podcast. On this episode, Una Kravets and Adam Argyle are joined by Jecelyn Yeen to discuss an overview of color and shared tips.   Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    053: Season 2 wrap up

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 35:45


    We've reached the end of season 2 of the CSS Podcast. In this closing episode, we recap every episode by sharing our favorite tips and learnings from the last few months! Episodes reminisced E30 → Lists E31 → @rules E32 → Page Media Queries E33 → Preference Media Queries E34 → Overflow E35 → Background E36 → Text & Typography E37 → Cursors & Pointers E38 → N-Match Notation E39 → Paths, Shapes, Clipping and Masking E40 → @font-face E41 → Transforms E42 → Snap Points E43 → Containment E44 → Transitions E45 → @scroll-timeline E46 → Custom Properties E47 → :is(), :where(), and @nest E48 → Touch Interaction E49 → Accessibility E50 → Inherit, initial, inset, and revert E51 → Styling SVG E52 → Counters & @counter-style Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    052: counters and @counter-style

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 26:48


    Count on The CSS Podcast to cover counters. Una and Adam teach all the ways to create, reset, and update counters. Use them for lists, games and more!   Links Counters Level 3 → https://goo.gle/3f2BP18  Pure CSS Games Collection → https://goo.gle/3l0wrQe    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    051: Styling SVG in CSS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 32:54


    CSS and SVG are very intertwined, and you can create a lot of unique effects by combining the two. This episode dives into a few CSS + SVG tips and tricks, including where and how to use SVG on your page, icon systems, color theming, adding animations, filter effects, and more!   Links Solved with CSS: Colorizing SVG → https://goo.gle/3x0Uilb SVGOMG  → https://goo.gle/3hS6ksJ SVG spec  → https://goo.gle/3wVgRYe   Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    050: inherit, initial, unset, and revert

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 11:31


    This episode is about the very available CSS values inherit, initial, unset and revert. We'll help explain what they are, what they do and when to use them.   Links CSS Tricks Article → https://goo.gle/2U5PxJw  Quirksmode Article → https://goo.gle/2TY80rz    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    049: Accessibility

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 31:38


    Today we are breaking down accessibility related styling choices to ensure a better user experience for all of your users. These include focus visibility, keyboard navigation, and more!  Links #lintHTMLwithCSS - https://goo.gle/3dSMIlU  CSS Speech Level 1 - https://goo.gle/3xrg3vc  Media Queries Level 5 - https://goo.gle/3qUcBXz   Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    048: Touch interaction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 25:54


    Today we touch on touch interaction. Covering CSS's ability to change a user's touch experience with properties like touch-action, scroll-behavior, user-select and more.   Links MDN - https://goo.gle/3y8My14  Spec - https://goo.gle/3dm4opF    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    047: :is(), :where(), & nesting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 33:04


    In this episode, Adam and Una explore some CSS syntactic sugar! They discuss the :is and :where functions, how they differ, and how they're paving the way for nesting.    Links Adam's post on web.dev → https://goo.gle/3qhYifl  MDN :is() → https://goo.gle/3qgU0Vf  Forgiving selector parsing → https://goo.gle/3xLTYHL    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    046: Custom properties

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 27:29


    Custom properties, aka CSS variables, are runtime dynamic variables which allow you to store loose or typed values. They're free, super fast, improve code legibility, unlock powers, are reachable with JavaScript, animateable, overall super fun and, well, kind of complex.   Links Module Level 1 → https://goo.gle/3wtADL1  82% of developers get this 3 line CSS quiz wrong → https://goo.gle/2U8oTPR  A user's guide to CSS variables → https://goo.gle/3zlmscV  Locally Scoped CSS Variables: What, How, and Why → https://goo.gle/2KGESwR  GitHub → https://goo.gle/3iOiVOa    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    045: Scroll timeline

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 22:26


    In this episode we deep dive the experimental Scroll Animations spec to bring you the breakdown on @scroll-timeline powered CSS animation. Learn about scroll-linked animations vs scroll-triggered animations and how to orchestrate scroll interactions with elements of the page.    Links Scroll animations level 1 draft →https://goo.gle/3pvWX49  Polyfill → https://goo.gle/3x8CQvw  GUI Challenges - Tabs → https://goo.gle/34YYl5J  Bramus's talk → https://goo.gle/2TPs7HU    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    044: Transitions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 26:18


    In this episode it's all about transitions. What you can and can't transition, it's limits, and it's super powers. We'll finish up with ways to trigger transitions and a few tips and tricks.   Links CSS Transitions https://goo.gle/3vIDi31  Cont. https://goo.gle/3pcpueY    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    043: Containment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 14:51


    The CSS contain property can give you some serious performance gains by adjusting how and when the browser renders elements. In this episode, we go over all the different types of containment, and where you might use them.   Links MDN doc on containment → https://goo.gle/3fRejEd  Content-visibility → https://goo.gle/3wBMB52    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    042: Snap points

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 16:49


    In this episode we're guiding scroll areas into their peaceful resting places, maintaining alignment, keeping visual harmony, and improving the overall experience with the content.   Links Scroll Snap Level 1 draft → https://goo.gle/2R9hUow  overscroll-behavior → https://goo.gle/3o7vLYE  scroll-behavior → https://goo.gle/3uKvkWU    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

    041: Transforms

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 30:24


    In this episode we enter the 3rd dimension with CSS, placing and manipulating objects in 3D space with the transform property. 2D and 3D transforms are spectacular ways to animate and create a sense of depth in a design, follow along for how it all works.   Links CSS Transforms Module Level 1 → https://goo.gle/2RsETdW  CSS Transforms Module Level 2 → https://goo.gle/3tdGeCF  Chaining transforms → https://goo.gle/3nKMKQp    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨

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