An in-depth guide to customising lists with CSS - Piccalilli
Think you know about styling lists with CSS? Think again!
This is just a taste of the kind of in-depth knowledge that Rich will be beaming directly into our brains at Web Day Out…
“Content & Display Patterns,” an article by Dan Mall
A really terrific article from Dan on building pattern libraries. In summary:
- Naming things is hard,
- Separation of content and presentation is A Good Thing.
There are some really good insights here into getting just the right level of abstraction for a component—not too tightly tied to a specific visual display, but also not too tightly tied to a specific kind of content type:
When thinking about patterns, content strategists are primarily thinking about Content patterns, designers are primarily thinking about Display patterns, and front-end developers are responsible for bringing the two together.
(And it’s great to see Charlotte’s excellent article get a shout-out in the “Related reading” section at the end,)
Related links
CSS in 2026: The new features reshaping frontend development - LogRocket Blog
Jemima runs through just some of the exciting new additions to CSS:
Replacing 150+ lines of JavaScript with just a few CSS features is genuinely wild. We’re able to achieve the same amount of complexity that we’ve always had, but now it’s a lot less work to do so.
And Jemima will be opening the show at Web Day Out in Brighton on the 12th of March if you want to hear more of this!
Lowering the specificity of multiple rules at once - Manuel Matuzovic
This is clever, and seems obvious in hindsight: use an anonymous @layer for your CSS reset rules!
The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button
Well, this is horrifying.
Dynamic Datalist: Autocomplete from an API :: Aaron Gustafson
Great minds think alike! I have a very similar HTML web component on the front page of The Session called input-autosuggest.
Related posts
The datalist element on iOS 26
Once again, Safari has fucked up its implementation.
Installing web apps
Here’s an HTML web component you can use if you’re participating in the origin trial for the Web Install API.
Manuel Matuzovič is speaking at Web Day Out
The line-up is now complete and you don’t want to miss this!
Simplify
Reminding myself just how much you can do with CSS these days.
Streamlining HTML web components
Some handy tips courtesy of Chris Ferdinandi.