6: Color Part 1 - Usage

I can’t believe we’re already at the end of season 4! This season, we’ve been focusing on CSS gotchas and resolving these common CSS pitfalls. And alas, on our last episode of the season, we’re going to take a look back at all of those tips and tricks and pick some of our favorites to highlight in this recap episode.

Links:

Why isn’t percentage working → https://goo.gle/418EnBG 

Why isn’t my element stuck → https://goo.gle/3uSX7Jk 

Why isn’t my custom property the value I expect → https://goo.gle/47BcZPj 

How do I center a div → https://goo.gle/3RiOBLA  

Why isn’t my animation glitching → https://goo.gle/4a5fzPh 

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In this episode, Una and Adam talk about percentage resolution for various properties like font-size, padding height and width. They break down and explain why percentages may not work or may not be what you expected.

Links

→ https://goo.gle/47XtWU1 

Understanding CSS Percentage → https://goo.gle/3RhLJzG 

CSS Box Sizing Module Level 3 → https://goo.gle/46FRF9T 

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In this episode Una and Adam help you uncover moments where a sticky element isn't sticking. There are a couple of gotcha around implementing a sticky element and by the end of the show you'll know what they are and a few ways to work around them.

Links:

sticky stack - https://goo.gle/3QICxTz 

sticky desperado - https://goo.gle/3sC3OPj  

sticky slide - https://goo.gle/47bcRGb 

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In this episode, Una and Adam discuss common gotchas with custom properties, which often feel fully reactive during use, but their limits and implementation details can popup at unexpected times and create a headache. They'll cover these situations and their solutions!

Links:

Value stages → https://goo.gle/3FDo7yA 

How custom property values are computed →https://goo.gle/49cOUiQ 

A complete guide to custom properties → https://goo.gle/40gtVb8 

The big gotcha with custom properties → https://goo.gle/45VwUHe  

CodePen → https://goo.gle/3SdMnyY  

Una Kravets (co-host)

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Adam Argyle (co-host)

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In this episode we tackle one of the most asked questions of all CSS history.. how do I center this div? We'll cover multiple strategies that each have tradeoffs and super powers over each other. 

Links:

Centering in CSS → https://goo.gle/3RRki02 

Comparing grid and flex place-items and place-content → https://goo.gle/3ZE3NGM 

Centering in CSS: A Complete Guide → https://goo.gle/46xudw7 

Centering examples from Una → https://goo.gle/3rF7lvR 

Una Kravets (co-host)

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Adam Argyle (co-host)

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On this episode of the #CSSpodcast, we’re diving into how to deal with glitchy animations in your code base!

Links:

MDN transform-style - https://goo.gle/45YFu8B 

MDN backface-visibility - https://goo.gle/46mPvfE

Una Kravets (co-host)

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In this episode, we tackle the issues around getting undesirable gradient results. Sometimes it's you, sometimes it's the color space. We'll help you identify, assess and remedy muddy gradients.

Links:

HD color guide - https://goo.gle/3RhyvmP 

various gradients in color spaces - https://goo.gle/3Pc02TV 

modern css gradient tool - https://goo.gle/3P4KxNI 

try color mix - https://goo.gle/3r2toML 

color-mix() with white hover codepen - https://goo.gle/3Pw6mHm 

interpolation visualizer - https://goo.gle/45GwS6t 

Una Kravets (co-host)

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Adam Argyle (co-host)

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In this episode we're shifting the topic to layout shift, that moment where you watch the page adapt to something lazily loaded which has impacted the layout in some way where you see content shift around.

Links:

CLS - https://goo.gle/3kle3AW 

Optimizing CLS - https://goo.gle/3fxu6IE 

CSS for Web Vitals - https://goo.gle/3E98gY9 

Una Kravets (co-host)

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Making the web more colorful ✨🎨  Web DevRel @googlechrome Unicorn face host of @toolsday & Designing in the Browser 🎬 

Adam Argyle (co-host)

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Too small? Too big? Learn how to make your images just right and all the reasons they might be looking a little funky when you’re adding media to your interface.

Links:

CSS for Web Vitals → https://goo.gle/3E98gY9 

Learn Responsive Images  → https://goo.gle/45EFuds 

Aspect Ratio → https://goo.gle/3PdyjDS 

Demos → https://goo.gle/3qJuQ6z & https://goo.gle/45uDvZB 

Una Kravets (co-host)

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Adam Argyle (co-host)

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In this episode we're overjoyed to overexplain why you may be having overflow in your page. somewhere over the rainbow, an overheating developer overcooked the inline sizes and ended up oversleeping for work the next day. Now let's overanalyze and overshare about CSS overflow.

Links:

The rules of Margin Collapse → https://goo.gle/441OGaH  

Everything you need to know → https://goo.gle/4434Ctj 

Check out → https://goo.gle/3YrJDiw  

Una Kravets (co-host)

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Adam Argyle (co-host)

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