CSS-Tricks https://css-tricks.com A learning community for front-end designers and developers Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:08:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/star.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 CSS-Tricks https://css-tricks.com 32 32 45537868 pointer-events https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/p/pointer-events/ https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/p/pointer-events/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:57:51 +0000 http://css-tricks.com/?page_id=18170 The pointer-events property controls whether an element can become the target of pointer events like clicks, hover states, and other pointer-based events. In other words, it lets you decide whether the browser should treat an element as interactive when the …

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]]> https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-15/feed/ 0 396027 Get Ready For the Powerful CSS border-shape Property! https://css-tricks.com/get-ready-for-the-powerful-css-border-shape-property/ https://css-tricks.com/get-ready-for-the-powerful-css-border-shape-property/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:14:00 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=395508 We recently got the shape() function and corner-shape property. What else could we possibly need as far as making shapes in CSS? Let me tell you: the border-shape property!

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]]> https://css-tricks.com/get-ready-for-the-powerful-css-border-shape-property/feed/ 3 395508 What’s !important #14: Gap Decorations, random(), <select> field-sizing, and More https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-14/ https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-14/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:54:14 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=395894 I know you’re busy, so for What’s !important #14, I’ll be sprinting through what’s been a stacked couple of weeks despite few browser updates. From CSS Quake to CSS Gap Decorations, this isn’t one to miss!

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]]> 394786 translateY() https://css-tricks.com/almanac/functions/t/translatey/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:17:56 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?page_id=393249 The translateY() function shifts an element vertically by the specified amount.

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]]> 393249 translateX() https://css-tricks.com/almanac/functions/t/translatex/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:16:01 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?page_id=393255 The translateX() function shifts an element horizontally by the specified amount.

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]]> 393255 translate() https://css-tricks.com/almanac/functions/t/translate/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:15:05 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?page_id=393233 The CSS translate() function shifts an element from its default position on a 2-dimensional plane

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]]> 393233 Using Scroll-Driven Animations for Opposing Scroll Directions https://css-tricks.com/scroll-driven-animations-opposing-scroll-directions/ https://css-tricks.com/scroll-driven-animations-opposing-scroll-directions/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:39:13 +0000 https://css-tricks.com/?p=394890 Sometimes designers have silly ideas that eventually grow on you. That happened to me with this concept where I had to build columns of items moving in opposite directions when a user scrolls the page.

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