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box-shadow isn't the replacement for outline
box-shadow might be hard visible or even hidden for users in a lot of cases.
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Stas Melnikov
px doesn't respect browser font size settings
There is a dispute between px fans vs rem fans.
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Stas Melnikov
Please, support CSS isn't magic
Folks, I've made the opportunity to say "Thank you" for my work.
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Stas Melnikov
height 100dvh wins height 100vh
If we use vh units for the height property it won't consider mobile UI bar size changes.
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Stas Melnikov

December 2024

Cheating browsers with min-width
If the block, inline, inline-block, table or table-* value is defined for the element the computed min-width value of its child elements is 0.
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Stas Melnikov
Please, support CSS isn't magic
Folks, I've made the opportunity to say "Thank you" for my work.
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Stas Melnikov
A class selector is more priority than an id selector. How did this happen?
CSS layers have priority over selectors.
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Stas Melnikov
Please, support CSS isn't magic
Folks, I've made the opportunity to say "Thank you" for my work.
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Stas Melnikov
border helps users with photosensitivity to find element boundaries
background doesn't display with operating system contrast settings enabled.
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Stas Melnikov
Don't forget to stop page scrolling when creating a custom scrollbar
Do you make the widget with custom scrolling?
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Stas Melnikov
I turn 34 on December 3
3 December is my birthday.
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Stas Melnikov

November 2024

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