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  CSS-Tricks is an independent site once again! https://css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner/

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  Some choice excerpts from @Wilto's "Google Prompt API" response https://css-tricks.com/googles-prompt-api/ > You now have an LLM running on your machine, and any website you visit can make use of it [...] Google has said not to worry about it. 😳

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  Managing two states in #CSS (a la the Checkbox Hack) is great and all, but using radio buttons for multiple states opens up a bunch more options. Oodles of examples from @amit_sheen https://css-tricks.com/the-radio-state-machine/

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  So, corner-shape can be animated. Notice the added sprinkle of color-contrast(). https://css-tricks.com/experimenting-with-scroll-driven-corner-shape-animations/

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  No spicy takes here, just genuine interest and notes on whatever the heck "Generative UI" is supposed to be. https://css-tricks.com/generative-ui-notes/

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  Contact forms and CRM integration is fairly easy, right? Capture data and send. It's not always as simple as that, though, especially when there are business requirements that rely on that data. https://css-tricks.com/form-automation-tips-for-happier-user-and-clients/

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  Short n’ sweet but ever so neat, this issue of What’s !important covers light/dark favicons, @mixin, anchor-interpolated morphing, object-view-box, new web features, and more. https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-8/

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  Introducing the CSS Olfactive API Something's s little... smelly about it. 👃 https://css-tricks.com/css-olfactive-api/

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  Front-End Fools: Top 10 April Fools’ UI Pranks of All Time A little trip down memory lane. :) https://css-tricks.com/front-end-april-fools-top-10/

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  A crap-ton of shape() inspiration from none other than @css to help burn your Thursday. https://css-tricks.com/complex-css-shapes-with-shape-function/

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  A couple new column-wrapping features shipped in Chrome 145, like `column-wrap` and `column-height`. Truly big upgrades for multi-column layouts — here's how you *might* use them... as well as when you might *not* use them. https://css-tricks.com/css-multi-column-layout-wrapping-features/

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  Pretty sure most of us avoid !important anyway, but it's always a good reminder to revisit the alternatives... and when it might actually be good to reach for it. https://css-tricks.com/alternatives-to-the-important-keyword/

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  Select multiple dates on a calendar where the :nth-child()'s “n of selector” syntax does all the heavy lifting. Perfect example of CSS and JS working together in harmony. https://css-tricks.com/selecting-a-date-range-in-css/

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  If you've been on the fence about @piccalilli's JavaScript for Everyone course, first off: be like Nike and just do it. We've published an excerpt from it about destructuring by none other than @wil.to to give you just a taste. https://css-tricks.com/javascript-for-everyone-destructuring/

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  The progress() function is sorta like clamp() but returns 1 or 0. Combine it with calc() and you can get weird with it.

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  Here's a math-y way to approximate the contrast-color() function from @khamer while we're waiting on full support. https://css-tricks.com/approximating-contrast-color-with-other-css-features/

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  Is it impossible for @css@font-end.social to NOT take something to the next level, even his own work. https://css-tricks.com/making-a-responsive-pyramidal-grid-with-modern-css/

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  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: https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-5/

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  Split the text, rotate and scale it, and translate the individual characters on scroll. Phew, definitely not for the faint of heart but it's a super cool effect! https://css-tricks.com/spiral-scrollytelling-in-css-with-sibling-index/

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  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! https://css-tricks.com/interop-2026/

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  Distinguishing “Components” and “Utilities” in Tailwind by Zell Liew https://css-tricks.com/distinguishing-components-and-utilities-in-tailwind/

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  Poking at a new proposal that would allow an element to match an element when the pointer gets :near() it by a certain amount. https://css-tricks.com/potentially-coming-to-a-browser-near-you/

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  SVG or raster? The short answer to that question is: there’s almost no difference at all if you are working on something very small and specific. But it's more nuanced than that, and Mariana Beldi has all the nerdy details. https://css-tricks.com/loading-smarter-svg-vs-raster-loaders-in-modern-web-design/

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  Lee Meyer's sane, thoroughly reported, and well-grokked explanation of the recent CVE-2026-2441 vulnerability that was labeled a "CSS exploit" that "allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page." https://css-tricks.com/an-exploit-in-css/

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  TIL: We can center an absolutely positioned element with justify-self: .element { position: absolute; place-self: center; inset: 0; } Juan Diego explains it nicely here: https://css-tricks.com/yet-another-way-to-center-an-absolute-element/

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  Despite what’s been a sleepy couple of weeks for new Web Platform Features, we have an issue of What’s !important that’s prrrretty jam-packed. The web community had a lot to say, it seems, so fasten your seatbelts! https://css-tricks.com/whats-important-6/

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  A really good look at the Popover and Dialog APIs... and what makes them different. https://css-tricks.com/popover-api-or-dialog-api-which-to-choose/

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  Aren't z-index values one of those things we all sorta struggle with? How we choose them, how we manage them, how we balance the stacking contexts, etc. @amit_sheen has a great way to approach it... all around tokens for intentional intentional layers. https://css-tricks.com/the-value-of-z-index/

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  A few wild examples of the customizable select have been floating around. Here are a few more from @patrickbrosset that push the envelope. https://css-tricks.com/abusing-customizable-selects/

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  For this issue of What’s !important, we have a healthy balance of old CSS that you might’ve missed and new CSS that you don’t want to miss. This includes random(), random-item(), folded corners using clip-path, backdrop-filter, font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums, the Popover API, anchored container queries, anchor positioning in general, DOOM in CSS, the customizable select element, :open, scroll-triggered animations, the toolbar element, and somehow, more. https://css-tricks.com/whats-importan...