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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/

Generative UI Notes | CSS-Tricks

Looking at research and experiments that are designed to automatically generate user interfaces based on user preferences.

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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/

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/

JavaScript for Everyone: Destructuring | CSS-Tricks

Mat Marquis and Andy Bell have released JavaScript for Everyone, an online course offered exclusively at Piccalilli. This post is an excerpt from the course taken specifically from a chapter all about JavaScript destructuring.

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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-important-7/

What’s !important #7: random(), Folded Corners, Anchored Container Queries, and More | CSS-Tricks

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, customizable , :open, scroll-triggered animations, , and somehow, more.

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Curious about custom <select>?

I wrote about some of my recent demos over at @csstricks!

Take a look ✨ https://css-tricks.com/abusing-customizable-selects/

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/

Abusing Customizable Selects | CSS-Tricks

Let’s go over a few demos using the new customizable <select> feature that may be wild, but also give us a great chance to learn new things in CSS.

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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/

The Value of z-index | CSS-Tricks

How we look at the stacking order of our projects, how we choose z-index values, and more importantly, the implications of those choices.

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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/

Popover API or Dialog API: Which to Choose? | CSS-Tricks

Choosing between Popover API and Dialog API is difficult because they seem to do the same job, but they don’t! After a bit lots of research, I discovered that the Popover API and Dialog API are wildly different in terms of accessibility and we'll go over that in this article.

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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/

What’s !important #6: :heading, border-shape, Truncating Text From the Middle, and More | CSS-Tricks

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!

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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/

Yet Another Way to Center an (Absolute) Element | CSS-Tricks

TL;DR: We can center absolute-positioned elements in three lines of CSS. And it works on all browsers!

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