Geoff Graham

There’s a bit of a blind spot when working with CSS logical properties concerning shorthands.

I’ve seen a handful of recent posts talking about the utility of the :is() relational pseudo-selector. No need to delve into the details other than to say it can help make compound selectors a lot more readable.

:is(section, article, aside, 

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Ooo, look at that: Safari Technology Preview 215 adds support for scroll-driven animations, anchor positioning, and text-wrap: pretty. That’s a good sign that other versions of Safari are on the horizon!…

Smashing Magazine is hosting a free online event discussing modern CSS goodness with the likes of Adam Argyle, Julia Miocene, and Miriam Suzanne this — no joke! — April 1. Get yer tickets!…

The CSSWG has voted to add a size keyword that’s shorthand for the width and height properties.…

Scott Jehl released a course called Web Components Demystified. This is my full set of notes from Scott's course. You'll still want to take the course on your own, and I encourage you to because Scott is an excellent teacher who makes all of this stuff extremely accessible, even to noobs like me.

The videos from Smashing Magazine's recent event on accessibility were just posted the other day. I was invited to host the panel discussion with the speakers, including a couple of personal heroes of mine, Stéphanie Walter and Sarah Fossheim. But I was just as stoked to meet Kardo Ayoub who shared his deeply personal story as a designer with a major visual impairment.

The very first public draft of the CSS Form Control Styling Module Level 1 specification has been published as of yesterday. Still a work-in-progress but what a win for the future of consistent form styling!…

This easily qualifies as a "gotcha" in CSS and is a good reminder that the cascade doesn't know everything all at the same time. If a custom property is invalid, the cascade won't ignore it, and it gets evaluated, which invalidates the declaration.