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Decoding CSS Selectors: :has(:not) vs :not(:has)
CSS functions like :is(), :not() and :has() are powerful tools that make it much easier to select elements specifically. We've written before about how ::where() :is() and :has() make your life easier , as well as how…
Polypane is hiring Igalia to work on Chromium
Polypane has hired Igalia to work on a number of bugs and features in Chromium directly. This work will enable improvements and new features to Polypane, as well as the wider Chromium community. What's Polypane…
Polypane 23.1
The elements panel now shows which elements have event listeners, the screenshot editor has a whole range of new shortcuts to make it even easier to use and we've made improvements to the JSON viewer. What's Polypane…
Polypane 23
Polypane 23 runs on Chromium 132 and includes a number of quality of life improvements and bug fixes. What's Polypane ? Polypane is the web browser for ambitious web developers. It's a stand-alone browser that shows…
Always open localhost in your development browser
Many development servers will automatically open their URL when you launch them, and without configuration that happens in your default browser. If you use a separate development browser, like Polypane, that can be…
Polypane 22.1: true browser tabs and a new split layout
In this last full release of 2024 we're shipping two big new features and a host of improvements and fixes. The biggest new feature is the introduction of true browser tabs that keep their state, and the second is the…
The devtools features you wish you had, available in Polypane
A while ago Adam Argyle of the Chrome Devtools team asked developers on X/Twitter a question: Adam got a ton of responses with many good suggestions and ideas. After reading through all of them, I realized many suggested…
Clever Polypane Debugging Features I'm Loving by Ryan Trimble
Over on CSS Tricks , Ryan Trimble recently wrote about a feature in Polypane that he just discovered: the different overlays that the Outline panel can show. He writes: "I’m working on a refresh of my personal website…
Polypane 22
In Polypane 22 we added the option to screenshot social media previews, the elements panel has been updated with new element-specific pseudo state options, we've added the latest iPhone and Pixel devices and updated to…
Polypane 21.1
Polypane 21.1 adds scroll syncing to all scrollable areas as well as various improvements and fixes. What's Polypane ? Polypane is the web browser for ambitious web developers. It's a stand-alone browser that shows…
Polypane on the ConTejas Code Podcast
I joined Tejas on the ConTejas Code Podcast to talk about running Polypane from both a technical and strategic/business perspective. We spoke about a lot of different challenges and the trade-offs you sometimes have to…
Polypane 21
This is a boring release, primarily to fix stability issues on some Apple Silicon devices. It's also based on the latest Chromium 128 so that's why it's a major version. Actual new features in the next proper release…