New magic for animations in CSS | Chase McCoy

Hallelujah! We’re finally getting our two wishes for CSS animations and transitions:

  1. Animating to and from display: none; for the sake of enter/exit animations.
  2. Animating to and from the intrinsic size of an element (such as height: auto;).

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The idea of progressive enhancement is that everyone gets the perfect experience for them, rather than a pre-determined “perfect” experience from a design and development team.

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An Interactive Guide to CSS Container Queries

Another terrific interactive tutorial from Ahmad, this time on container queries.

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Here’s a taste of what Rich will be delivering at Patterns Day on Thursday—can’t wait!

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