Demystifying CSS Container Queries
CSS Container Queries promise even more powerful styling approaches, but… what the heck are they? How do they actually work? Miriam joined Jason to teach and explore Container Queries in live code.
Allow us to be more explicit & expressive about layouts
The display
property has been in CSS from the beginning,
handling everything from block
and inline
boxes
to list-items
and full layout systems like flexbox
or grid
.
Now the display
syntax is getting an upgrade
to match it’s multiple uses.
display
propertyThe new display
spec adds flow and flow-root values,
and allows for setting inner layout (grid
, flex
, etc)
as well as outer box type (inline
, block
), and more.
It might not be something we use much right away – but it still helps me understand all the power inside this one property.
CSS Container Queries promise even more powerful styling approaches, but… what the heck are they? How do they actually work? Miriam joined Jason to teach and explore Container Queries in live code.
How can we write our styles in style?
A panel conversation with library and methodology authors and CSS aficionados about recent features added to CSS, developments in how to write more effective, maintainable CSS in small teams and at scale, and what libraries and trends to investigate.
CSS is evolving rapidly and new features come online all the time. Join Morten & Miriam to talk about what CSS layers and scope are all about and how they will change how we work with and think about the cascade in the future.