Una and Bramus recap the season! They share some new updates and re-visit some of their favorite tips and tricks.Season 6 covered inline if() statements and custom functions, scroll state queries, carousel APIs, view transitions updates, anchor positioning, command invokers and interest invokers, customizable select, and a whole bunch of other CSS functions!
Resources:
Same-document view transitions have become Baseline Newly available → https://goo.gle/4nCyFSe
Solved by CSS Scroll State Queries: hide a header when scrolling down, show it again when scrolling up (scrolled state query) → https://goo.gle/49uQMpN
css-extras – A collection of useful CSS custom functions → https://goo.gle/4qFjIS5
CSS Mixins Specification (ED): Defining Mixins → https://goo.gle/3JpX4MZ
Invoker Commands: Scroll Commands (OpenUI Meeting Notes) → https://goo.gle/47onsQB
Anchored queries → https://goo.gle/4oMCvJT
Customizable select → https://goo.gle/4r9Xsjv
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In this episode of The CSS Podcast, Una and Bramus cover a bunch of CSS functions from comparison functions to tree counting functions, the random function, and more.
Resources: min(), max(), and clamp() Web Dev article → https://goo.gle/4nvMthu Article by Ahmad Shadeed → https://goo.gle/3JvPznI Comparison functions → https://goo.gle/3JmbJsx
sibling-count() and sibling-index() → https://goo.gle/3JCj33i
attr() CSS attr() gets an upgrade → https://goo.gle/3JCj33i New capabilities for attr() → https://goo.gle/47inI3p
light-dark() → https://goo.gle/3X703wQ
shape() Use shape() for responsive clipping → https://goo.gle/47zSHH0 Better CSS Shapes Using shape() → https://goo.gle/47OZMop
ident() Article introducing ident() → https://goo.gle/4oHdYW9 ident() in the CSS Values and Units Specification → https://goo.gle/3LgN8pK
random() Rolling the Dice with CSS random() → https://goo.gle/4oijnTO Generating Random Values → https://goo.gle/4hFwj3K CSS paint API: Being predictably random → https://goo.gle/3JEReau
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In this episode of The CSS Podcast, Una and Bramus cover building customizable select menus. Have you ever had to build a dropdown menu where you want to do something as simple as change the color, or add little flag icons? You know how hard it can be! Discover how the web platform is solving this once and for all with the new customizable select API.
Resources: Customizable select demos → https://goo.gle/43G5ruv Una Kravets (co-host) Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube | Website Making the web more colorful @googlechrome Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; Scuba Diver 🤿
In this episode of The CSS Podcast, we're diving into the power of invoker commands! Discover how the command and commandfor attributes allow you to declaratively open dialogs and show popovers. We'll explore standard commands and then jump into creating your own custom commands for more complex interactions. To close off, we're covering the concept of "interest invokers" and how the new CSS properties and selectors they bring.
Resources:
Introducing command and commandfor blogpost → https://goo.gle/4ozmEy4
Authors Cards (Interest Invokers Demo) → https://goo.gle/42LU3x2
Invoker Commands Explainer → https://goo.gle/4o0DC8n
Interest Invokers Explainer → https://goo.gle/4nfyZGi
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Welcome back to The CSS Podcast! Una and Bramus dive into CSS anchor positioning, a powerful new API that revolutionizes how developers handle dynamic UI element placement. Learn how to create interactive tooltips, popovers, and menus directly in CSS, eliminating the need for complex JavaScript.
Resources:
CSS anchor positioning → https://goo.gle/3KvYYeZ
Anchor position tool → https://goo.gle/4gOYooL
Follow-the-leader pattern with CSS anchor positioning → https://goo.gle/46s0kQD
Anchor queries - Reposition tether arrow → https://goo.gle/42fXtI1
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View Transitions have been around for a little while. This episode of The CSS Podcast covers some of the recent additions and changes since we last covered this in episode 89.
Resources: What's new in view transitions (2025 update) → https://goo.gle/47k7RAb
Same-document view transitions have become Baseline Newly available → https://goo.gle/4otGpqx
Learn View Transitions → https://goo.gle/42dNH9l
View Transitions Demos → https://goo.gle/42dNH9l
Nested View Transition Groups → https://goo.gle/3KtoVfi
Scoped View Transitions → https://goo.gle/3VHdovd
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Welcome back to The CSS Podcast! We're diving into a series of powerful scroll APIs that enable you to build custom, interactive carousels entirely with CSS, eliminating the need for JavaScript. These APIs, which also power customizable select elements, unlock even more innovative scroll-based experiences
Resources: Carousels with CSS → https://goo.gle/46PES79 ::scroll-marker → https://goo.gle/4mEd3o8 CSS Carousel Gallery → https://goo.gle/46Odsyp Carousel Configurator → https://goo.gle/46KEir4
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Una and Bramus dive into the latest advancements in CSS with state-based container queries. Learn how to create responsive and dynamic user experiences by querying the scroll state of UI elements, including 'stuck,' 'snapped,' and 'scrollable' states. Discover practical examples and techniques to replace complex JavaScript with declarative CSS, making your web development more efficient and powerful.
Resources: Scroll state queries → https://goo.gle/4mQDQ0M Scroll-state-container → https://goo.gle/487y4nI Anchor queries → https://goo.gle/3IBDVaw Episode 59 → https://goo.gle/3KB7M3z
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Welcome back to the new season of the CSS Podcast, where Una and Bramus are your guides, your cohosts, and your CSS best friends. In this episode we dig into two very powerful new CSS features: inline conditionals with the if() function, and custom functions.
Resources: CSS if() function specification → https://goo.gle/3IBChWo Article on if() by Una → https://goo.gle/4nUxIp2 Article on if() by Lea Verou → https://goo.gle/4nt2UvS CSS mixins specification → https://goo.gle/48H8SEH Article on @function by Una → https://goo.gle/48H99rd Article on @function and if() by Bramus → https://goo.gle/46qPbzy The CSS Space Toggle by Chris Coyier → https://goo.gle/4874qio
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Una and Adam recap the season! They share their favorite features, stories, and use cases. Season 5 covered popovers, dialogs, top layers, trig functions, color functions, :has() tricks, balanced text wrapping, linear() easing, nesting, anchoring, state queries, view transitions, and scroll driven animation. What a year for CSS!
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In this episode our esteemed guest returns! This time to help us grok Scroll Driven Animation. Learn all about scroll(), view(), animation-timeline, timeline-scope, animation-range, and more. Power those animations with off-the-main-thread CSS scroll animation powers.
Resources:
Bramus's Demos:
All mentioned Demos + Tools + Video Course + DevTools Extension link → https://goo.gle/3Uw31up
Video Course direct link: https://goo.gle/learn-scroll-driven-animations
Adam's Demos:
scroll() the hue wheel → https://goo.gle/4emb3NO
CSS scroll() feature time warp → https://goo.gle/4exH3yv
view() long bento list → https://goo.gle/4gtcCLx
view() scrolly telling → https://goo.gle/3TAq2vA
view() iOS-like app switcher → https://goo.gle/4etvCI6
view() variable font animation → https://goo.gle/4e8eJmd
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Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘