Let’s get nuanced in this article and discuss the capabilities of both SVG and raster imaged so that you can make informed decisions in your own work.Loading Smarter: SVG vs. Raster Loaders in Modern Web Design originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Danny has several ideas for how we could use :near(), a proposed pseudo-class that detects when the pointer is near an element. Potentially Coming to a Browser :near() You originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

The distinction between "components" and "utilities" seems clear at first glance, but gets a little blurred when working with them in Tailwind.Distinguishing “Components” and “Utilities” in Tailwind originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Lee accepts a challenge: arranging text in a spiral that animates as a vortex on scroll... all in CSS.Spiral Scrollytelling in CSS With sibling-index() originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Interop 2026 is officially a thing and there's plenty of new (and even old) CSS features that we can look forward to being cross-browser compatible and consistent!Interop 2026 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

This issue of What’s !important is dedicated to our friends in the UK, who are currently experiencing a very miserable 43-day rain streak. Presenting: the five most interesting things to read about CSS from the last couple of weeks. Plus, the latest features from Chrome 145, and anything else you might’ve missed. TL;DR: lots of content, but also lots of rain.What’s !important #5: Lazy-loading iframes, Repeating corner-shape Backgrounds, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

This is the second part of a small two-part series. In this article, we will explore another type of grid: a pyramidal one. We are still working with hexagon shapes, but a different organization of the elements., while exploring other different shapes.Making a Responsive Pyramidal Grid With Modern CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

The new contrast-color() function is not fully supported yet. But can we still implement it in a cross-browser friendly way using other new CSS features?Approximating contrast-color() With Other CSS Features originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Can we make pie chart that's semantic, with flexible markup, and avoids using a JavaScript library? Here's how I tackled it.Trying to Make the Perfect Pie Chart in CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

CSS-only bar charts are one of those things we've tackled a bunch of times in different ways. But how can modern CSS features finally make it not only trivial, but fun?CSS Bar Charts Using Modern Functions originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

You’d think that publishing a VS Code extension is an easy process, but it’s not. You have to publish your theme in at least two places.No Hassle Visual Code Theming: Publishing an Extension originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

I've always thought that creating a VS Code theme was a lot of work. But lo and behold, it took less than six hours to get it working, then a day or two to polish up my final tweaks.No-Hassle Visual Studio Code Theming: Building an Extension originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Neither Chrome, Safari, nor Firefox have shipped new features in the last couple of weeks, but fear not because leading this issue of What’s !important is some of the web development industry’s best educators with, frankly, some killer content.What’s !important #4: Videos & View Transitions, Named Media Queries, How Browsers Work, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

The new ::search-text pseudo (Chrome 144) matches are yellow while the current target (::search-text:current) is orange, but ::search-text enables us to change that.Styling ::search-text and Other Highlight-y Pseudo-Elements originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Stu Robson's ReliCSS (clever name!) tool can excavate outdated CSS in your codebase that have modern CSS solutions.ReliCSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.