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CSS · Filed August 7, 2026 · 4 min read
Drive CSS animations with scroll position instead of time. A practical guide to scroll() and view() timelines, animation-range, and graceful fallback — no JavaScript.
An accessible modal holds focus while open and hands it back on close. The full native dialog sequence: showModal(), autofocus, aria-labelledby, focus return.
Subgrid lets a nested grid inherit its parent's tracks, so card internals align across independent containers. The before/after, the syntax, and the fallback.
@starting-style gives you CSS entry animations, but the exit vanishes because display: none snaps. The two-line fix with allow-discrete and overlay, explained.
Selectors that look up, queries that ask the container. :has() ranked both most used and most loved in the State of CSS 2025 survey.
Real physics without JavaScript. Scroll-driven animations sit near 83% global support in mid-2026.
Read the thread →Tokens are the contract between design and engineering. 41% of surveyed developers have used container size queries in production.
Read the thread →83.9% of the top million home pages failed contrast checks in the 2026 WebAIM audit. The fixes are known.
Read the thread →Vector graphics have been native to the web for over two decades. Resolution independence is free if you take it.
Read the thread →"Good design is as little design as possible." Rams' tenth principle, applied to interfaces one decision at a time.
Read the thread →of the top 1,000,000 home pages had low-contrast text failures in WebAIM's February 2026 audit.
The WebAIM Millionof State of CSS 2025 respondents have used container size queries at least once.
State of CSS 2025global browser support for scroll-driven animations as of mid-2026, with Firefox still behind a flag.
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