Daniel Schwarz

The many ways to juggle line length when working with text... including two proposed properties that could make it easier in the future.

The CSS if() function enables us to use values conditionally, but what exactly does if() do? Let's look at a possible real-world use case.

The contrast-color() function doesn’t check color contrast, but rather it outright resolves to either black or white (whichever one contrasts the most with your chosen color). Safari Technology Preview recently implemented it and we explore its possible uses in this article.

The scroll-marker-group CSS property determines if the ::scroll-marker-group pseudo-element is generated within the scroll container that the property is set on, and where.

The ::scroll-marker-group pseudo-element holds the scroll markers generated by the ::scroll-marker pseudo-element. When clicked on, these scroll markers scroll users to a corresponding scroll target within a scroll container in a scroll-snapping fashion. All in all, scroll markers give users an additional way to navigate overflow content.

The reading-flow and reading-order proposed CSS properties are designed to specify the source order of HTML elements in the DOM tree, or in simpler terms, how accessibility tools deduce the order of elements. You’d use them to make the focus order of focusable elements match the visual order, as outlined in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2).

The :target-current CSS pseudo-class selects active scroll markers, meaning it’s only valid when used with the ::scroll-marker pseudo-element

The ::scroll-button() pseudo-element adds accessible scroll buttons to scroll containers, giving users an additional way to navigate overflow content. To create a scroll button, simply specify a scroll direction while using the pseudo-element, and then declare the button’s content using …

The ::scroll-marker pseudo-element adds accessible scroll markers to scroll containers.