Issue 122
News
Issue 122
I hope my American readers had a lovely Thanksgiving and are refreshed for the final weeks of 2017. My calendar is filling up with 2018 events already - so much to look forward to!
Later this week I'll be doing a webinar on CSS Grid Layout for Smashing Magazine, this is something new we are doing at Smashing, and it should be good fun. I'll be doing a one hour presentation and then we'll have a chat about Grid and layout.
This week the newsletter is sponsored by Smashing Conference - highlighting the San Francisco event next year. I'll be there, and having spoken at the venue last year the Palace of Fine Arts really is a very nice place to have a conference.
Have a great week!
Rachel Andrew, CSS Layout News
New in Firefox 58: Developer Edition – Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
Of interest to readers of this email is the CSS Shapes Highlighter now part of DevTools, which highlights elements with a clip-path property.
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Common Responsive Layouts with CSS Grid (and some without!)
A nice article full of code examples - I do love articles that include code examples - demonstrating some common responsive layouts using CSS Grid.
Advocating for Accessible UI Design | CSS-Tricks
An article that gives some tips to help designers and developers work together to create more accessible user interfaces.
Eric's Archived Thoughts: Generating Wireframe Boxes with CSS and HTML5
"I thought about taking screenshots and Photoshopping wireframe boxes over the various layout pieces, but then I wondered: could I overlay boxes on the live page with CSS? Or perhaps even create and overlay them with nothing but some declarations and a wanton disregard for the sensibilities of god or man? And that’s when I realized…I could."
CSS Grid Starter Layouts | CSS-Tricks
"This is a collection of starter templates for layouts and patterns using CSS Grid. The idea here is to show off what the technique is capable of doing and provide a starting point that can be re-purposed for other projects."
Interesting
Inspiration from Lauren Hallden - Travel Log
This is just lovely. It uses CSS Grid for the galleries and she includes the code at the end if you want to make your own. Perhaps a nice Christmas project!
Brenda Storer — Practical CSS Grids
On the Non Breaking Space podcast, Brenda Storer talks about CSS Grid.
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