Issue 277
Conic gradients and not conic gradients, masonry, Firefox 83, logical shorthands.
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Issue 277
It's Tuesday again - they seem to be sneaking up on me. Time really has been very odd this year.
A whole load of interesting and useful stuff this week, although CSS gradients seem to feature in a lot of it! Enjoy, stay safe,
Rachel Andrew, CSS Layout News
Chrome Dev Summit 2020
Chrome Dev Summit is going online. I'm leading a workshop before the summit, although I believe workshops are already full. However the main Chrome Dev Summit sessions are open to all.
Firefox 83 for developers - Mozilla | MDN
Firefox 83 is out today, a notable CSS feature is support for conic gradients.
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Masonry Layout - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN
I've been documenting the Grid Level 3 masonry spec over at MDN. It's behind a flag in Firefox if you want to try it out.
A Complete Guide to CSS Gradients | CSS-Tricks
Here's a very thorough guide to gradients in CSS.
Logical layout enhancements with flow-relative shorthands
An article about the new flow relative shorthands that are shipping in Chrome.
Simple pie charts with fallback, today – Lea Verou
Given Firefox now implements conic gradients, this article from Lea Verou is very timely. A clever solution for a fallback when using conic gradients for pie charts.
Interesting
Web Platform Design Principles
The design principles for the web platform might be interesting to some of you, I've linked directly to the CSS section of the document.
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