Archive of: 2021

• Fun with pseudo-elements

  February 26, 2021

  Today I learned a few more uses for the ::before and ::after pseudo-elements. I also learned more about what you can style within the ::selection pseudo-element.

• Wrong about CSS Variable fallbacks

  February 25, 2021

  I was doing it all wrong and thought the default you can provide when using CSS variables served as a fallback for older browsers. I'm glad I discovered the right way to do it, and boy do I feel silly for now realizing it earlier.

• Practice with the matchMedia method

  February 24, 2021

  Media queries in CSS are extremely handy and essential when building websites nowadays. I wondered if it was possible to make use of them in some way using JavaScript, and luckily the always handy MDN Web Docs introduced me to the matchMedia method.

• Style Customizer Prototype

  February 23, 2021

  A while back I saw Jason Pamental show off a style customizer or accessibility panel during one of his presentations. I really liked the idea and today I gave it shot. It's not nearly complete or in its ideal form, but I'm glad I was able to get it working to some extent.

• 100 Days of Code - Week 2

  February 23, 2021

  This past week I worked with things I haven’t spent much time with before.

• Working with prefers-reduced-motion

  February 22, 2021

  Having never worked with prefers-reduce-motion before, I wanted to make sure I familiarized myself with it. That way I can make safer versions of webpages with heavily animated elements.

• Dark Mode and CSS Variables

  February 21, 2021

  I haven't done a light and dark theme with CSS variables yet, so I thought I would give it a try.

• Clamp Wrapper

  February 20, 2021

  Read about using clamp to make a more robust wrapper class and thought I'd try it out. I'm not quite sure how to provide a fallback for older browsers just yet, but I probably won't put this to use on a client's site unless I can provide one. Now will I use it on personal projects? I'll certainly consider it.

• A Quick Test of Scroll Snap

  February 19, 2021

  After doing a bit of reading and watching a video on scroll-snap, I thought I'd try it out. I'm reusing 99% of yesterday's post, but somedays that may just be how things go.

• Trying Horizontal Scrolling

  February 18, 2021

  While working on the template for my code posts, I decided to get horizontal scrolling a try. I was surprised by how easily this worked. I know it's not ideal, but it's a good first attempt.