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Una and Bramus recap the season! They share some new updates and re-visit some of their favorite tips and tricks.Season 6 covered inline if() statements and custom functions, scroll state queries, carousel APIs, view transitions updates, anchor positioning, command invokers and interest invokers, customizable select, and a whole bunch of other CSS functions! Resources: Same-document view transitions have become Baseline Newly available → https://goo.gle/4nCyFSe  Solved by CSS Scroll State Queries: hide a header when scrolling down, show it again when scrolling up (scrolled state query) → https://goo.gle/49uQMpN  css-extras – A collection of useful CSS custom functions → https://goo.gle/4qFjIS5  CSS Mixins Specification (ED): Defining Mixins → ​​ https://goo.gle/3JpX4MZ  Invoker Commands: Scroll Commands (OpenUI Meeting Notes) → https://goo.gle/47onsQB  Anchored queries → https://goo.gle/4oMCvJT  Customizable select → https://goo.gle/4r9Xsjv Una Kravets (co-host) Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube | Website Making the web more colorful @googlechrome  Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; Scuba Diver 🤿

In this episode of The CSS Podcast, Una and Bramus cover a bunch of CSS functions from comparison functions to tree counting functions, the random function, and more. Resources: min(), max(), and clamp() Web Dev article → https://goo.gle/4nvMthu  Article by Ahmad Shadeed → https://goo.gle/3JvPznI  Comparison functions → https://goo.gle/3JmbJsx  sibling-count() and sibling-index() → https://goo.gle/3JCj33i  attr() CSS attr() gets an upgrade → https://goo.gle/3JCj33i  New capabilities for attr() → https://goo.gle/47inI3p  light-dark() → https://goo.gle/3X703wQ  shape() Use shape() for responsive clipping → https://goo.gle/47zSHH0  Better CSS Shapes Using shape() → https://goo.gle/47OZMop  ident() Article introducing ident() → https://goo.gle/4oHdYW9  ident() in the CSS Values and Units Specification →  https://goo.gle/3LgN8pK  random() Rolling the Dice with CSS random() → https://goo.gle/4oijnTO  Generating Random Values → https://goo.gle/4hFwj3K  CSS paint API: Being predictably random → https://goo.gle/3JEReau  Una Kravets (co-host) Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube | Website Making the web more colorful @googlechrome  Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; Scuba Diver 🤿

In this episode of The CSS Podcast, Una and Bramus cover building customizable select menus. Have you ever had to build a dropdown menu where you want to do something as simple as change the color, or add little flag icons? You know how hard it can be! Discover how the web platform is solving this once and for all with the new customizable select API. Resources: Customizable select demos → https://goo.gle/43G5ruv    Una Kravets (co-host) Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube | Website Making the web more colorful @googlechrome  Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; Scuba Diver 🤿

In this episode of The CSS Podcast, we're diving into the power of invoker commands! Discover how the command and commandfor attributes allow you to declaratively open dialogs and show popovers. We'll explore standard commands and then jump into creating your own custom commands for more complex interactions. To close off, we're covering the concept of "interest invokers" and how the new CSS properties and selectors they bring. Resources: Introducing command and commandfor blogpost → https://goo.gle/4ozmEy4  Authors Cards (Interest Invokers Demo) → https://goo.gle/42LU3x2  Invoker Commands Explainer → https://goo.gle/4o0DC8n  Interest Invokers Explainer → https://goo.gle/4nfyZGi    Una Kravets (co-host) Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube | Website Making the web more colorful @googlechrome  Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website

Welcome back to The CSS Podcast! Una and Bramus dive into CSS anchor positioning, a powerful new API that revolutionizes how developers handle dynamic UI element placement. Learn how to create interactive tooltips, popovers, and menus directly in CSS, eliminating the need for complex JavaScript.   Resources: CSS anchor positioning → https://goo.gle/3KvYYeZ  Anchor position tool → https://goo.gle/4gOYooL  Follow-the-leader pattern with CSS anchor positioning → https://goo.gle/46s0kQD  Anchor queries - Reposition tether arrow  → https://goo.gle/42fXtI1    Una Kravets (co-host) Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube | Website Making the web more colorful @googlechrome  Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; Scuba Diver 🤿

View Transitions have been around for a little while. This episode of The CSS Podcast covers some of the recent additions and changes since we last covered this in episode 89. Resources: What's new in view transitions (2025 update) → https://goo.gle/47k7RAb  Same-document view transitions have become Baseline Newly available → https://goo.gle/4otGpqx  Learn View Transitions → https://goo.gle/42dNH9l  View Transitions Demos → https://goo.gle/42dNH9l  Nested View Transition Groups → https://goo.gle/3KtoVfi  Scoped View Transitions → https://goo.gle/3VHdovd  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨  Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬  Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; Scuba Diver 🤿

Welcome back to The CSS Podcast! We're diving into a series of powerful scroll APIs that enable you to build custom, interactive carousels entirely with CSS, eliminating the need for JavaScript. These APIs, which also power customizable select elements, unlock even more innovative scroll-based experiences Resources: Carousels with CSS → https://goo.gle/46PES79 ::scroll-marker → https://goo.gle/4mEd3o8 CSS Carousel Gallery → https://goo.gle/46Odsyp Carousel Configurator → https://goo.gle/46KEir4  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨  Web DevRel @googlechrome Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; Scuba Diver 🤿

Una and Bramus dive into the latest advancements in CSS with state-based container queries. Learn how to create responsive and dynamic user experiences by querying the scroll state of UI elements, including 'stuck,' 'snapped,' and 'scrollable' states. Discover practical examples and techniques to replace complex JavaScript with declarative CSS, making your web development more efficient and powerful. Resources: Scroll state queries → https://goo.gle/4mQDQ0M Scroll-state-container →  https://goo.gle/487y4nI Anchor queries → https://goo.gle/3IBDVaw Episode 59 → https://goo.gle/3KB7M3z  Una Kravets (co-host) Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube | Website Making the web more colorful @googlechrome  Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; Scuba Diver 🤿

Welcome back to the new season of the CSS Podcast, where Una and Bramus are your guides, your cohosts, and your CSS best friends. In this episode we dig into two very powerful new CSS features: inline conditionals  with the if() function, and custom functions. Resources: CSS if() function specification → https://goo.gle/3IBChWo Article on if() by Una → https://goo.gle/4nUxIp2 Article on if() by Lea Verou → https://goo.gle/4nt2UvS CSS mixins specification →  https://goo.gle/48H8SEH Article on @function by Una → https://goo.gle/48H99rd Article on @function and if() by Bramus → https://goo.gle/46qPbzy The CSS Space Toggle by Chris Coyier → https://goo.gle/4874qio  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨  Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬  Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; Scuba Diver 🤿

Una and Adam recap the season! They share their favorite features, stories, and use cases. Season 5 covered popovers, dialogs, top layers, trig functions, color functions, :has() tricks, balanced text wrapping, linear() easing, nesting, anchoring, state queries, view transitions, and scroll driven animation. What a year for CSS! Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨  Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬  Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘

In this episode our esteemed guest returns! This time to help us grok Scroll Driven Animation. Learn all about scroll(), view(), animation-timeline, timeline-scope, animation-range, and more. Power those animations with off-the-main-thread CSS scroll animation powers.   Resources: Bramus's Demos: All mentioned Demos + Tools + Video Course + DevTools Extension link → https://goo.gle/3Uw31up  Video Course direct link: https://goo.gle/learn-scroll-driven-animations   Adam's Demos: scroll() the hue wheel → https://goo.gle/4emb3NO  CSS scroll() feature time warp → https://goo.gle/4exH3yv  view() long bento list → https://goo.gle/4gtcCLx  view() scrolly telling → https://goo.gle/3TAq2vA  view() iOS-like app switcher → https://goo.gle/4etvCI6  view() variable font animation → https://goo.gle/4e8eJmd    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨  Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬  Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘

In this episode Una and Adam bring on an esteemed guest Bramus, who brings us deep knowledge on View Transitions. These are easy to get started with but difficult to master, but not with Bramus here to teach us. He'll be covering introductory to advanced API features and a big bag of examples and demos.  Resources: Developer Documentation → https://goo.gle/4aHY7zo  Quick intro to View Transitions (Google I/O 2023 video) → https://goo.gle/3ZieRLp  What's new in View Transitions? (Google I/O 2024 video) → https://goo.gle/3zeYNj3  Misconceptions about View Transitions → https://goo.gle/3Tpsu7O  Bramus's Demos: Collection of various demos, both SPA and MPA → https://goo.gle/3B4edY8  Accordion → https://goo.gle/3B4egDi     Adam's Demos: Grid gallery → https://goo.gle/4giz0XV  Always great grid → https://goo.gle/3MH68Lu  Flexbox visualizer → https://goo.gle/47kmJOB  Editable tabs → https://goo.gle/4ghNfMx  Dollar number input → https://goo.gle/4e0FsBf  Stateful morphing button → https://goo.gle/4ebBNR2  Drag and Drop → https://goo.gle/3XlP2Yn  Isotope recreation → https://goo.gle/4dVX5lN  Local development animated → https://goo.gle/3XHjm17    Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter → https://goo.gle/452aBRb YouTube → https://goo.gle/457oMnS Making the web more colorful ✨🎨  Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face Host of Tools Today → https://goo.gle/4aI6JpC & Designing in the Browser 🎬  → https://goo.gle/4e4YTcM    Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter → https://goo.gle/3yFnHYu Instagram → https://goo.gle/3wUb6QJ YouTube → https://goo.gle/4dZNKK7 @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 CSSWG → https://goo.gle/4bFErxq VisBug → https://goo.gle/4bDcVQZ     The CSS Podcast  #CSSpodcast

In this episode, Una and Adam discuss a future web capability that builds on container queries: state queries. From CSS, this feature will be able to detect  if a container is overflowing, when an element is scroll snapped, and when an element is stuck from position: sticky. Resources: :stuck, :snapped, :on-screen, etc → https://goo.gle/3WVhSi6   state queries syntax → https://goo.gle/3T2gI33  explainer → https://goo.gle/3XevW7x  Intent To Prototype → https://goo.gle/3Au8rOY  Scroll Snap Events → https://goo.gle/47koXO1     Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter → https://goo.gle/452aBRb YouTube → https://goo.gle/457oMnS  Making the web more colorful ✨🎨  Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face Host of Tools Today → https://goo.gle/4aI6JpC & Designing in the Browser 🎬  → https://goo.gle/4e4YTcM  Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter → https://goo.gle/3yFnHYu Instagram → https://goo.gle/3wUb6QJ YouTube → https://goo.gle/4dZNKK7  @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘 CSSWG → https://goo.gle/4bFErxq VisBug → https://goo.gle/4bDcVQZ       The CSS Podcast #CSSpodcast   Watch more The CSS Podcast → https://goo.gle/CSSpodcast  Subscribe to Chrome for Developers → https://goo.gle/ChromeDevs  #CSSPodcast #ChromeForDevelopers #Chrome   Speaker: Una Kravets, Adam Argyle

In this episode Una and Adam explain anchor positioning and all its amazing features. Resources: Introducing the CSS anchor positioning API → https://goo.gle/3SWrvM5  CSS anchor positioning → https://goo.gle/4dwgmd9  Tab's talk from CSS Day → https://goo.gle/4ds8g5B  Una's Anchor Tool → https://goo.gle/3yDYDSd  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨  Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬  Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘

In this episode Una and Adam catch you up to the latest syntax features of CSS nesting. Resources: Episode 47 → https://goo.gle/3SvM9T4 Episode 65 → https://goo.gle/3ygA7X1 CSS Nesting Update → https://goo.gle/3WHCRpK  Una Kravets (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Making the web more colorful ✨🎨  Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬  Adam Argyle (co-host) Twitter | Instagram | YouTube @GoogleChrome CSS DevRel; @CSSWG; VisBug maker; punk; CSS/JS/UX addict; 💀🤘