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Direct link to the article Composition in CSS
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Composition in CSS

CSS is a composable language by nature. This composition nature is already built into the cascade. We simply don't talk about composition as a Big Thing because it's the nature of the language.
Zell Liew on Oct 14, 2025
Direct link to the article We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for “Base Elements”
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We Might Need Something Between Root and Relative CSS Units for “Base Elements”

I've come to realize that perhaps we need to have a unit between root and relative values. This would bring about a whole new possibility when creating reusable components.
Zell Liew on Aug 13, 2025
Direct link to the article The State of CSS 2025 Survey is out!
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The State of CSS 2025 Survey is out!

The State of CSS 2025 Survey dropped a few days ago, and besides anticipating the results, it's exciting to see a lot of the new things shipped to CSS reflected in the questions.
Juan Diego Rodríguez on Jun 5, 2025
Direct link to the article What ELSE is on your CSS wishlist?
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What ELSE is on your CSS wishlist?

What else do we want or need CSS to do? Chris kept a CSS wishlist, going back as far as 2013 and following back up on it in 2019. We all have things we'd like to see CSS do and we always will no matter how many sparkly new features we get. We'll round things up and put a list together — so let us know!
Geoff Graham on Dec 17, 2024
Direct link to the article Searching for a New CSS Logo
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Searching for a New CSS Logo

There is an amazing community effort happening in search of a new logo for CSS. I was a bit skeptical at first, as I never really considered CSS a “brand.” Why does it need a logo? For starters, the current …

Ryan Trimble on Oct 8, 2024
Direct link to the article Letter Spacing is Broken and There’s Nothing We Can Do About It… Maybe
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Letter Spacing is Broken and There’s Nothing We Can Do About It… Maybe

This post came up following a conversation I had with Emilio Cobos — a senior developer at Mozilla and member of the CSSWG — about the last CSSWG group meeting. I wanted to know what he thought were the …

Juan Diego Rodríguez on Jul 29, 2024
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Direct link to the article The Power of :has() in CSS
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The Power of :has() in CSS

Hey all you wonderful developers out there! In this post we are going to explore the use of :has() in your next web project. :has() is relatively newish but has gained popularity in the front end community by delivering control …

Chris DeMars on Apr 19, 2024
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Direct link to the article Accessible Forms with Pseudo Classes
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Accessible Forms with Pseudo Classes

In this post, I am going to take you through creating a simple contact form using semantic HTML and an awesome CSS pseudo-class known as :focus-within. The :focus-within pseudo-class allows for great control over focus and lets your users …

Chris DeMars on Sep 3, 2024
Direct link to the article Is There Too Much CSS Now?
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Is There Too Much CSS Now?

As front-end developers, we’ve wished for a lot of things over the years — ways to center things in CSS, encapsulate styles, set an element’s aspect ratio, get finer-grained control over our colors, select an element based on its children’s …

Sacha Greif on Oct 24, 2022
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