This is the second part of a series that dives deep into the CSS shape() command, continuing with a more detailed look at the arc command.
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 2: More on Arcs originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
The reading-flow and reading-order proposed CSS properties are designed to specify the source order of HTML elements in the DOM tree, or in simpler terms, how accessibility tools deduce the order of elements. You’d use them to make the focus order of focusable elements match the visual order, as outlined in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2).
What We Know (So Far) About CSS Reading Order originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
This is the first part of a series that dives deep into the shape function, starting with shapes that use lines and arcs.
Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 1: Lines and Arcs originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Clever, clever that Andy Bell. He shares a technique for displaying image alt text when the image fails to load. Well, more precisely, it's a technique to apply styles to the alt when the image doesn't load, offering a nice UI fallback for what would otherwise be a busted-looking error.
You can style alt text like any other text originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Shape master Temani Afif has what might be the largest collection of CSS shapes on the planet with all the tools to generate them on the fly. There’s a mix of clever techniques he’s typically used to make those shapes, …
SVG to CSS Shape Converter originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Answering a reader's question about how to create a complex numbering system with CSS list counters.
A Reader’s Question on Nested Lists originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Some weekend reading on the heels of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAADM), which took place yesterday. The Email Markup Consortium (EMC) released its 2025 study on the accessibility in HTML emails, and the TL;DR is …
HTML Email Accessibility Report 2025 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Hey, isn't there a fairly new CSS feature that works with scroll regions? Oh yes, that's Scroll-Driven Animations. Shouldn't that mean we can trigger an animation while scrolling through the items in a CSS carousel?
Scroll-Driven Animations Inside a CSS Carousel originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
What it looks like to troubleshoot one of those impossible issues that turns out to be something totally else you never thought of.
This Isn’t Supposed to Happen: Troubleshooting the Impossible originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
I know, I know: there are a ton of content management system options available, and while I've tested several, none have really been the one, y'know? Weird pricing models, difficult customization, some even end up becoming a whole 'nother thing to manage.
Using Pages CMS for Static Site Content Management originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
What does it look like to refactor your own code? John Rhea picks apart an old CSS animation he wrote and walks through the thought process of optimizing it.
Orbital Mechanics (or How I Optimized a CSS Keyframes Animation) originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Okay, nobody is an exaggeration, but have you seen the stats for hwb()? They show a steep decline, and after working a lot on color in the CSS-Tricks almanac, I’ve just been wondering why that is.
Why is Nobody Using the hwb() Color Function? originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Along with the version 3.13 release, GSAP, and all its awesome plugins, are now freely available to everyone.
GSAP is Now Completely Free, Even for Commercial Use! originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
Using scroll shadows, especially for mobile devices, is a subtle bit of UX that Chris has covered before. Geoff covered a newer approach that uses the animation-timeline property. Here’s yet another way.
Modern Scroll Shadows Using Scroll-Driven Animations originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.
The CSS shape() function recently gained support in both Chromium and WebKit browsers. It's a way of drawing complex shapes when clipping elements with the clip-path property.
CSS shape() Commands originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.