The "Most Hated" CSS Feature: asin(), acos(), atan() and atan2()
If we have a ratio that represents the sine, cosine or tangent of an angle, how can we get the original angle? This is where inverse trigonometric functions come in!
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The “Most Hated” CSS Feature: tan()
Last time, we discussed that, sadly, according to the State of CSS 2025 survey, trigonometric functions are deemed the “Most Hated” […]
CSS Masonry shaping up now that the CSSWG has landed on display: grid-lanes to trigger the layout switch.
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Bramus shares that Chrome Canary no longer forces CSS animations using width and height properties to run on the main thread.
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Alignment might be one of the more confusing (or misunderstood) parts of CSS. I love having a thorough explanation from someone like Temani Afif who has it mastered.
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A working draft for CSS Environment Variables is posted. Same concept as var(), but env() is a "global" variable at the document level for values the user agent is privy to.
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