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A Bare-Bones Approach to Versatile and Reusable Skeleton Loaders UI components like spinners and skeleton loaders make waiting for a page load less frustrating and might even affect how loading times are perceived when used correctly. They won’t completely prevent users from abandoning the website, but they might encourage … The post A Bare-Bones Approach to Versatile and Reusable Skeleton Loaders appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
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Refreshing indeed: CodePen Embed Fallback It’s not really the React that’s the hard part … The post React Without Build Tools appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
How to Animate the Details Element Here’s a nice simple demo from Moritz Giemann on animating the triangle of a The post How to Animate the Details Element appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
The Best Font Loading Strategies and How to Execute Them Zach Leatherman wrote up a comprehensive list of font loading strategies that have been widely shared in the web development field. I took a look at this list before, but got so scared (and confused), that I decided not to … The post The Best Font Loading Strategies and How to Execute Them appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
The “Gray Dead Zone” of Gradients Erik D. Kennedy notes an interesting phenomenon of color gradients. If you have a gradient between two colors where the line between them in the color space goes through the zero-saturation middle, you get this “gray dead zone” in … The post The “Gray Dead Zone” of Gradients appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
How to Map Mouse Position in CSS Let’s look at how to get the user’s mouse position and map it into CSS custom properties: We could do this in JavaScript. If we did, we could do things like make make an element … The post How to Map Mouse Position in CSS appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
CSS Border Font Every letter in this “font” by Davor Suljic is a single div and drawn only with The post CSS Border Font appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
Next.js on Netlify (This is a sponsored post.) If you want to put Next.js on Netlify, here’s a 5 minute tutorial. One of the many strengths of Next.js is that it can do server-side rendering (SSR) with a Node … The post Next.js on Netlify appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
Weekly Platform News: Reduced Motion, CORS, WhiteHouse.gov, popups, and 100vw In this week’s roundup, we highlight a proposal for a new The post Weekly Platform News: Reduced Motion, CORS, WhiteHouse.gov, popups, and 100vw appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
The Things I Add to Tailwind CSS Right Out of the Box In every project where I use Tailwind CSS, I end up adding something to it. Some of these things I add in every single project. I’ll share these with you, but I’m also curious what y’all are adding to … The post The Things I Add to Tailwind CSS Right Out of the Box appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
An Interactive Guide to CSS Transitions A wonderful post by Josh that both introduces CSS transitions and covers the nuances for using them effectively. I like the advice about transitioning the position of an element, leaving the original space it occupied alone so it doesn’t result … The post An Interactive Guide to CSS Transitions appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
Ensuring the correct vertical position of large text Tobi Reif notes how the position of custom fonts set at very large font sizes can be super different, even in the same browser across operating systems. The solution? Well, you know how there are certain CSS properties that only … The post Ensuring the correct vertical position of large text appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
How We Improved the Accessibility of Our Single Page App Menu I recently started working on a Progressive Web App (PWA) for a client with my team. We’re using React with client-side routing via React Router, and one of the first elements that we made was the main menu. Menus … The post How We Improved the Accessibility of Our Single Page App Menu appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
Boost app engagement with chat, voice, and video APIs Sendbird is a service for helping you add social features to your app. Wanna add in-app chat? Sendbird does that. Wanna add in-app voice or video calls? Sendbird does that. Here’s how I always think about stuff like this. Whatever … The post Boost app engagement with chat, voice, and video APIs appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |
Teaching Web Dev for Free is Good Business It feels like a trend (and a smart one) for tech platforms to invest in really high-quality learning material for their platform. Let’s have a gander. Surely Webflow is thinking: if people invest in learning Webflow, they’ll be … The post Teaching Web Dev for Free is Good Business appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter. |