Issue 276

It's Tuesday again and I'm writing this before heading over to help out with the last SmashingConf of the year. I'll be speaking tomorrow on new things in CSS, after I've updated my slides as new things keep happening that I need to include or update! Not a bad problem to have.

Loads of useful ideas and tips this week, a really nice collection of layout-related stuff to look through. Thanks to sponsor An Event Apart!

Rachel Andrew, CSS Layout News

The Raven Technique: One Step Closer to Container Queries | CSS-Tricks

This is incredibly detailed and I will be giving it a second read. How to use math functions in CSS to create container-query like solutions.

css-tricks.com

How to Detect When a Sticky Element Gets Pinned

This is an answer to something I have been asked a few times. Use IntersectionObserver to know when an item has become sticky.

davidwalsh.name

Bidirectional scrolling: what’s not to like? by Adam Silver – Designer, London, UK.

An article about bidirectional scrolling patterns.

adamsilver.io

Designing User-Friendly Data Tables | UX Booth

Some tips for designing attractive and user-friendly data tables.

uxbooth.com

Grab your user's attention with the :focus-within CSS selector - DEV

A useful tip, demonstrating how to use :focus-within to highlight an element when any field in the form inside it is focused.

dev.to

Chasing the Pixel-Perfect Dream · Josh W Comeau

An article about why spacing and consistency matters in design, and why designers sometimes get annoyed with developers who don't seem to care about this stuff. We've got so many more tools today to get this stuff right in CSS than we did in the past too.

joshwcomeau.com

Effective Skeleton Screens - Web Performance Consulting | TimKadlec.com

Some good thinking on the subject of skeleton screens, and how to use them well.

timkadlec.com

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