This would be such a great addition to CSS—a parent/ancestor selector!
With the combined might of :has(), :not(), nth-child(), and calc(), CSS has become a powerful language for specifying rules to account for all kinds of situations.
This is an excellent one-stop shop of interface patterns:
This is an organic collection of common JS patterns that can be replaced with just HTML, CSS, and no, or very low, JS. As HTML and CSS continue to mature, this collection should expand.
Some neat CSS from Tess that’s a great example of progressive enhancement; these book covers look good in all browsers, but they look even better in some.
This episode of the Shop Talk Show is the dictionary definition of “rambling” but I had a lot of fun rambling with Chris and Dave!
This is clever, and seems obvious in hindsight: use an anonymous @layer for your CSS reset rules!
Progressive enhancement is about building something robust, that works everywhere, and then making it better where possible.
Reminding myself just how much you can do with CSS these days.
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How to make the distance of link underlines proportional to the line height of the text.
Make your links beautiful and accessible.