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 tool can excavate outdated CSS in your codebase that have modern CSS solutions.ReliCSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family.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.

Accessibility advice around modals have commonly taught us to trap focus within the modal. Upon further research, it seems like we no longer need to trap focus within the <dialog> (even in modal mode).There is No Need to Trap Focus on a Dialog Element originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

A while back, Temani tacked a repeating grid of hexagon shapes. Well, he's updated it with modern CSS features that result in fewer magic numbers. And it's impressive!Responsive Hexagon Grid Using Modern CSS originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

The @custom-media at-rule has landed in Firefox Nightly! I couldn’t find it in the release notes but Adam Argyle’s on the beat noting that it’s behind a flag for now.Look for layout.css.custom-media.enabledI often forget the exact name of …Open Props @custom-media Recipes originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Semantic HTML does a lot more accessibility work than we usually give it credit for already — and ARIA is simple to abuse when we use it both as a shortcut and as a supplement.I Learned The First Rule of ARIA the Hard Way originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

I love me some good web research reports. I’m a sucker for them. HTTP Archive’s Web Almanac is one report I look forward to every year, and I know I’m not alone there. It’s one of those highly-anticipated publications on …HTTP Archive 2025 Web Almanac originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

If you’re reading this, chances are you already have some sort of way that you’re following when we publish new content, whether that’s RSS, Bluesky, Mastodon, or what have you. But I know a lot of folks …“I Heart CSS” DailyDev Squad originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

The developer community hasn’t wasted any time kicking off 2026 with some really great articles, demos, and insights. Firefox 147 and Chrome 144 also shipped, and while they’re not jam-packed with features, the releases are still pretty exciting for what’s normally a slow time of year, so without further ado, here’s what’s important from the last couple of weeks (or should I say the first couple of weeks, of 2026?)…What’s !important #3: Popover Context Menus, @scope, New Web Platform Features, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Super cool new CodePen feature alert! You've probably seen a bunch of "interactive" demos that let you changed values on the fly from a UI panel embedded directly in the demo.Playing With CodePen slideVars originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Lee Meyer recently spoke at Web Directions Summit 2025. This is his experience, not only speaking at the event, but experiencing the event through the lens of anxiety and imposter syndrome.Postcard From Web Directions Dev Summit, 2025 originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

Have you ever struggled to style an element while it's being dragged? Sunkanmi explains some ways it could become easier in the future.Future CSS: :drag (and Maybe ::dragged-image?) originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

2026 is almost upon us. I know we’re all itching to see the clock strike midnight (cue The Final Countdown by Europe), but not without recapping the best CSS-related things that happened over the last two weeks!What’s !important #2: Conditional View Transitions, CSS/SVG Text Effects, the Best of CSS Bluesky, and More originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.

This is the best job I've had in my life and it's only possible because you keep showing up each day to read, learn, share, and discuss all-things-front-end (and a little CSS, of course) with us.Thank You (2025 Edition) originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the DigitalOcean family. You should get the newsletter.