Jen SimmonsHave you been wishing masonry layouts would just hurry up and arrive in CSS?? Well, happy holidays!
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@jensimmons Amazing work! I followed along, with all the debates about naming and other details. The fact that you communicated so well all the challenges to the community is really appreciated. Happy holidays!
Safari 26.2 is here with 65 features + 165 bug fixes — including `field-sizing`, Navigation API, Largest Contentful Paint, `command` & `commandfor`, CHIPS opt-in partitioned cookies, `scrollend` event, `random()`, WebGPU in WebXR, `scrollbar-color`, `hidden=until-found` and *much* more! https://webkit.org/blog/17640/webkit-features-for-safari-26-2/
@jensimmons Sticky z-index is fixed at last! Great work 🎉🫡
@jensimmons Written or video explainers with interactive examples!
@jensimmons I think one I see often is trying to use the color picker input. The native MacOS color picker hides the hexadecimal code so far away most people won’t use it. It either needs to be reworked from the ground up on the OS level or overridden with a better UX in Safari.
Make websites? Are you reading webkit.org? We published 6 articles in the last 5 weeks — aiming for at least one a week from now on. Teaching you all about new technology, proposals for the future, and what’s coming in Safari.
• lh units
• shape()
• text-wrap: pretty
• Safari 18.4
• Item Flow
• Declarative Web Push
Plus release notes for Safari Technology Preview every other week.
What should we write about next?
Amazing read about vectorial blur and feathering from the Rive app team. https://rive.app/blog/how-rive-reinvented-feathering-for-the-vectorian-era
I’m super excited about `text-wrap: pretty`. It does a lot more to improve typography than you might expect — at least in Safari Technology Preview 216.
It improves all lines of text, not just the last 4. It enhances hyphenation & rag, not just avoiding short last lines.
https://webkit.org/blog/16547/better-typography-with-text-wrap-pretty/
@jensimmons I really enjoyed reading part 1 and the reasoning behind this potential new avenue - and I think it's definitely the better option over "just grid" and "masonry layout". I think most of my questions then would now be of higher level - about layout recalculations when items are moved or added, thrashing, animatability, overflow and (re)paint areas.