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This custom property trick solves a common CSS problem
Having to worry about browser support stinks, but thanks to a simple custom property trick, there’s a really easy way to create fallbacks for older browsers.
🔗 Links
✅ Josh’s website: https://www.joshwcomeau.com/
✅ Josh’s Bluesky Post that I mention: https://bsky.app/profile/joshwcomeau.com/post/3li3r6i7dac2w
✅ Easing Wizard: https://easingwizard.com/
✅ Final Code from this video: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/vEYvBJd
✅ Animating/Transitioning to and from height auto:
✅ I’ve got free and premium courses: https://kevinpowell.co/courses
⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - What we’re starting with
00:40 - Using the cascade to our advantage
03:00 - You can’t have a fallback to the custom property as a fallback behaviour
05:33 - Josh’s post
05:08 - Using custom properties to make this much easier
07:18 - Different transitions in different directions
08:12 - Other use cases for this
#css
✉ Keep up to date with everything I'm up to https://www.kevinpowell.co/newsletter
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⭐ Are you a beginner? HTML & CSS for absolute beginners is for you: https://learn.kevinpowell.co
🎓 Start writing CSS with confidence with CSS Demystified: https://cssdemystified.com
🚀 Already mastered CSS? Check out my advanced course, Beyond CSS: https://www.beyondcss.dev/
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🧑💻 My editor: VS Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/
🌈 My theme: One Dark Pro Var Night
🔤 My font: Cascadia Code
I'm on some other places on the internet too!
If you'd like a behind the scenes and previews of what's coming up on my YouTube channel:
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kevinpowell.co
Codepen: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/
Github: https://github.com/kevin-powell
And whatever you do, don't forget to keep on making your corner of the internet just a little bit more awesome!
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By Having to worry about browser support stinks, but thanks to a simple custom property trick, there’s a really easy way to create fallbacks for older browsers.
🔗 Links
✅ Josh’s website: https://www.joshwcomeau.com/
✅ Josh’s Bluesky Post that I mention: https://bsky.app/profile/joshwcomeau.com/post/3li3r6i7dac2w
✅ Easing Wizard: https://easingwizard.com/
✅ Final Code from this video: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/vEYvBJd
✅ Animating/Transitioning to and from height auto:
✅ I’ve got free and premium courses: https://kevinpowell.co/courses
⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - What we’re starting with
00:40 - Using the cascade to our advantage
03:00 - You can’t have a fallback to the custom property as a fallback behaviour
05:33 - Josh’s post
05:08 - Using custom properties to make this much easier
07:18 - Different transitions in different directions
08:12 - Other use cases for this
#css
✉ Keep up to date with everything I'm up to https://www.kevinpowell.co/newsletter
💬 Come hang out with other devs in my Discord Community https://discord.gg/nTYCvrK
⭐ Are you a beginner? HTML & CSS for absolute beginners is for you: https://learn.kevinpowell.co
🎓 Start writing CSS with confidence with CSS Demystified: https://cssdemystified.com
🚀 Already mastered CSS? Check out my advanced course, Beyond CSS: https://www.beyondcss.dev/
Help support my channel
👨🎓 Get a course: https://www.kevinpowell.co/courses
👕 Buy a shirt: https://cottonbureau.com/people/kevin-powell
💖 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kevinpowell or through YT memberships: https://youtube.com/@KevinPowell/join
🧑💻 My editor: VS Code - https://code.visualstudio.com/
🌈 My theme: One Dark Pro Var Night
🔤 My font: Cascadia Code
I'm on some other places on the internet too!
If you'd like a behind the scenes and previews of what's coming up on my YouTube channel:
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kevinpowell.co
Codepen: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/
Github: https://github.com/kevin-powell
And whatever you do, don't forget to keep on making your corner of the internet just a little bit more awesome!