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A deep sniff of the new CSS Olfactive API, a set of proposed features for immersive user experiences using smell. Sniffing Out the CSS Olfactive API originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .

These are the historical pranks I consider the top 10 most noteworthy, rather than the “best.” You’ll see that some of them crossed the line and/or backfired. Front-End Fools: Top 10 April Fools’ UI Pranks of All Time originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .

Short n’ sweet but ever so neat, this issue covers light/dark favicons, @mixin, anchor-interpolated morphing, object-view-box, new web features, and more. What’s !important #8: Light/Dark Favicons, @mixin, object-view-box, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .

That gap between "the form works" and "the business works" is something we don't really tend to discuss much as front-enders. We focus a great deal on user experience, validation methods, and accessibility, yet we overlook what the data does once it leaves our control Form Automation Tips for Happier User and Clients originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. Y…

Looking at research and experiments that are designed to automatically generate user interfaces based on user preferences. Generative UI Notes originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .

The new CSS corner-shape() property is mathematical, so it’s easily animated. Author Daniel Schwarz pokes at animating the property for interesting UI effects. Experimenting With Scroll-Driven corner-shape Animations originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .

Mat Marquis and Andy Bell have released JavaScript for Everyone , an online course offered exclusively at Piccalilli. This post is an excerpt from the course taken specifically from a chapter all about JavaScript destructuring. JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .

For this issue of What’s !important, we have a healthy balance of old CSS that you might’ve missed and new CSS that you don’t want to miss. This includes random(), random-item(), folded corners using clip-path, backdrop-filter, font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums, the Popover API, anchored container queries, anchor positioning in general, DOOM in CSS, the customizable select element, :open, scroll…

Tailwind is really great for making layouts and there are many reasons why. Zell Liew looks at four specific examples of common use cases. 4 Reasons That Make Tailwind Great for Building Layouts originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .

Let’s go over a few demos using the new customizable feature that may be wild, but also give us a great chance to learn new things in CSS. Abusing Customizable Selects originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .

How we look at the stacking order of our projects, how we choose z-index values, and more importantly, the implications of those choices. The Value of z-index originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .

Sure, we can select the element in CSS with, you know, a simple element selector, html . But what other (trivial and perhaps useless) ways can we do it? The Different Ways to Select in CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .

Choosing between Popover API and Dialog API is difficult because they seem to do the same job, but they don’t! After a bit lots of research, I discovered that the Popover API and Dialog API are wildly different in terms of accessibility and we'll go over that in this article. Popover API or Dialog API: Which to Choose? originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family.…

Despite what’s been a sleepy couple of weeks for new Web Platform Features, we have an issue of What’s !important that’s prrrretty jam-packed. The web community had a lot to say, it seems, so fasten your seatbelts! What’s !important #6: :heading, border-shape, Truncating Text From the Middle, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get th…

TL;DR: We can center absolute-positioned elements in three lines of CSS. And it works on all browsers! Yet Another Way to Center an (Absolute) Element originally published on CSS-Tricks , which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter .