Build it in HTML
One technique per guide, each with a live example you can try, edit and copy.
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range slider html
Range slider in HTML: value, styling and two thumbs
Build an HTML range slider: show its value as it moves, style the track and thumb with CSS, fill the track, add ticks, and make a two-thumb price filter.
abbr tag html
The HTML abbr tag: mark abbreviations people can understand
How the HTML abbr tag marks abbreviations, why its title tooltip misses phone and keyboard users, and how to style it and add a popup that works for everyone.
sup tag html
The sup and sub tags: superscript and subscript in HTML
Use <sup> and <sub> for exponents, chemical formulas, ordinals and footnotes. Live examples, the CSS that stops uneven line spacing, and linked footnotes.
code tag html
The HTML code tag, the pre tag, and how to build a code block
Use <code> for inline code and <pre><code> for code blocks. Live examples for whitespace, long lines and tab-size, plus a block with line numbers and a copy button.
em tag html
The HTML em tag: stress emphasis, not just italics
The em tag marks stress that changes what a sentence means. Live examples of em vs i vs cite, true and fake italics, and styling emphasis without italics.
font size css
Font size in CSS: px, em, rem, % and vw
What each font-size unit measures from, why em shrinks nested lists, why rem follows the reader's text setting, and fluid type with clamp(). Live examples.
addeventlistener
addEventListener in JavaScript, with live examples
How addEventListener works: vs onclick, target vs currentTarget, bubbling and capture, once, passive and signal, and why removeEventListener seems not to work.
meter html
The HTML meter element: a gauge for a known range
How the HTML meter tag shows a level in a known range, why its colour changes with low, high and optimum, meter vs progress, and how to style it. Live examples.
border radius css
CSS border-radius: rounded corners, circles, pills and blobs
How CSS border-radius works: one to four values, the slash syntax for oval corners, circles, pills, nested corners, clipping children, and blob shapes. Live demos.
css float
CSS float: wrap text around images, and the fixes that come with it
What CSS float is for, with live examples: wrap text around an image, clear: both, fix a parent with zero height, and wrap text around a circle with shape-outside.
mark tag html
The HTML mark tag: highlight text the right way
The mark tag highlights text that matters right now, such as search matches. Live examples of styling it, mark vs strong vs span, and a safe search-in-page box.
hamburger menu css
Build a hamburger menu with CSS and a little JavaScript
Build a hamburger menu with a real button, a CSS icon that turns into an X, a drop-down or drawer, and closing on Escape, link click and outside click.
center a div
How to center a div (and pick the right way)
How to center a div horizontally and vertically: flex, grid, margin auto, text-align and absolute positioning, tried live, plus why centering is not working.
setinterval javascript
setTimeout and setInterval in JavaScript
How setTimeout and setInterval work, how to stop them with clearInterval, why timers drift, and how to debounce input. Live examples to try and code to copy.
thead tbody html
thead, tbody and tfoot: the three parts of an HTML table
What thead, tbody and tfoot do, why the browser adds a tbody you never wrote, how to group rows with several tbody elements, and a live table with totals.
caption tag html
The caption tag, colgroup and col: title a table and style its columns
Give a table a real title with <caption>, move it with caption-side, and style whole columns with <colgroup> and <col>. Live demos show which CSS works on col.
td tag html
The td, th and tr tags: rows and cells in an HTML table
What the td, th and tr tags do, how th differs from td, when to add scope, and how to pad and align cells. Live examples to try, code to copy, and fixes.
dl dt dd html
dl, dt and dd in HTML: description lists for names and values
How the HTML dl, dt and dd tags work: several dd per dt, div groups, the default indent, a two-column CSS grid, and when to use dl instead of a table or ul.
ruby tag html
The HTML ruby tag: small readings above your text
Use the HTML ruby tag with rt and rp to put small readings above text: furigana for kanji, pinyin for Chinese. Live examples, CSS for rt, and fixes.
template tag html
The HTML template tag: write markup once, stamp it out with JavaScript
The HTML <template> tag holds markup that stays hidden until you clone template.content. Live examples for repeating rows, slots and a small custom element.
style tag html
The HTML style tag: CSS inside the page
The HTML style tag puts CSS inside the page. Where it goes, why order and specificity decide the winner, the media attribute, and swapping themes with JavaScript.
toggle switch css
Build a toggle switch with HTML and CSS
Build a toggle switch in HTML and CSS on a real checkbox: track, knob, keyboard focus, disabled state, sizes, iOS look, a button version, and fixes when it breaks.
popover html
The HTML popover attribute: menus and panels without the z-index fight
Open menus and panels with the HTML popover attribute and a button, no JavaScript needed. Auto vs manual, styling, positioning and popover vs dialog, live.
fullscreen html
Make an element fullscreen in HTML with the Fullscreen API
Make any element fullscreen with one JavaScript call: a fullscreen button, exit detection, :fullscreen styling, iframe permission, and fixes when it is refused.
blob url javascript
Blob URLs in JavaScript: make a file in the browser and give it an address
Make a file in the browser with new Blob(), give it a blob: URL with createObjectURL, and use it for downloads and previews. Live examples, code, and fixes.
classlist javascript
classList in JavaScript: switch CSS classes without touching the rest
How element.classList adds, removes, toggles and checks CSS classes, why className = wipes the others, and how class toggles drive tabs, accordions and transitions.
css text overflow ellipsis
CSS text-overflow: ellipsis, and why it sometimes does nothing
Cut long text with "..." in CSS: the three properties for one line, line-clamp for several lines, and fixes for when the ellipsis will not show in flexbox or tables.
css align items
CSS align-items: line items up across the row
align-items places flex and grid items across the main axis. Try stretch, center and baseline live, compare it with align-content, and fix it when nothing moves.
css text shadow
CSS text-shadow, from a soft lift to neon
How text-shadow works value by value, with a live generator, glow, neon, outline and letterpress examples to copy, and a fix for hard-to-read text over images.
scrollbar css
Style a scrollbar with CSS
Style scrollbars with scrollbar-color, scrollbar-width and ::-webkit-scrollbar. Which one the browser uses, how to hide a bar safely, and scrollbar-gutter.
loading spinner css
Make a loading spinner with CSS
A CSS loading spinner from one div and a keyframe: ring, dots, bars, pulse and skeletons, sized in em, read by screen readers, and shown only after a delay.
css flex wrap
CSS flex-wrap: let a row of items break onto new lines
flex-wrap lets flex items move onto a new line instead of shrinking or overflowing. Try it live, set how many fit per row with gap, and fix a stretched last row.
css grid template columns
CSS grid-template-columns and grid-template-rows, value by value
Every value grid-template-columns accepts, with a live builder that shows the column sizes in px. fr math, minmax(0, 1fr), auto-fill vs auto-fit, rows and areas.
checkbox html
The HTML checkbox: checked, value, select all and styling
How the HTML checkbox works: checked attribute vs .checked, what a form sends, select all with indeterminate, accent-color and custom CSS boxes, with live demos.
radio button html
Radio buttons in HTML: groups, values and styling
How HTML radio buttons work: grouping by name, the default checked one, reading the value in JavaScript, keyboard use, and card-style radios in CSS. Live examples.
css pointer events
CSS pointer-events: let clicks pass through
pointer-events: none lets clicks, taps and hover go to whatever is underneath. Live examples, the child-with-auto trick, SVG values, and what it does not block.
css letter spacing
Letter spacing in CSS: letter-spacing and word-spacing
Set letter-spacing and word-spacing in CSS, and why em beats px. Live sliders, the off-centre button fix, ligatures, and a WCAG text spacing test to try.
star rating html
Build a star rating in HTML, CSS and a little JavaScript
Build a star rating from radio buttons: CSS-only hover, half stars, a read-only 4.3 display with partial fill, and an average screen readers can read. Live code.
box model css
The CSS box model: content, padding, border and margin
The CSS box model with live demos: how width adds padding and border, why vertical margins collapse, and how to read box sizes in DevTools and JavaScript.
css flex grow
CSS flex-grow, flex-shrink and flex-basis, worked out
How flex-grow shares free space, how flex-shrink removes overflow, and what flex: 1, flex: auto and flex: none really mean. Live calculator, layouts and fixes.
css overflow
CSS overflow: what happens to content that does not fit
What each CSS overflow value does, why overflow-x: hidden turns y into auto, hidden vs clip for sticky, and how to find what scrolls a phone page sideways.
select tag html
The HTML select tag: options, groups and reading the value
How the HTML select tag works: option value vs text, optgroup, a placeholder that cannot be submitted, multiple select, reading values in JavaScript, and styling.
geolocation html
Get the user's location in HTML with the Geolocation API
Get the user's location with navigator.geolocation: the permission prompt, HTTPS, options, error codes 1-3, iframe permission, and haversine distance.
intersectionobserver javascript
IntersectionObserver in JavaScript, with live examples
How IntersectionObserver works in JavaScript: threshold, rootMargin and root, with live examples for scroll reveal, infinite scroll and seen tracking, plus fixes.
parallax html
Parallax scrolling in HTML: four ways to build it
Parallax scrolling in HTML: background-attachment: fixed, CSS perspective, a JavaScript layer effect and scroll-driven animations. Live examples and phone fixes.
glassmorphism css
Glassmorphism in CSS: build a frosted glass card
Make a frosted glass card with CSS: a see-through background, backdrop-filter blur, light border and shadow. Live generator, readable text, fallbacks and dark mode.
css perspective
CSS perspective: make 3D transforms actually look 3D
How CSS perspective adds real depth to rotateX, rotateY and translateZ. Parent property vs perspective(), preserve-3d, backface-visibility, a cube and a tilt card.
css animation keyframes
CSS animation keyframes, property by property
How @keyframes and the animation properties work: from, to and percentages, duration, delay, fill-mode, steps() and the shorthand order, with live examples to copy.
css order flex
Reorder flex and grid items with the CSS order property
How the CSS order property reorders flex and grid items: default 0, negative values, ties, moving a sidebar on phones, and why Tab still follows the HTML.
gap css
CSS gap: space between items without margins
How the CSS gap property spaces items in flexbox, grid and multi-column layouts, why it beats margins, and what to check when gap does nothing.
video tag html
The HTML video tag: attributes, captions and background video
How the HTML video tag works: controls, poster, source formats, muted autoplay, a CSS-style background video, WebVTT captions and a custom player to copy.
section tag html
The section tag in HTML: section vs article vs div
When to use the HTML section tag, and when article or a div fits better. How a section becomes a region landmark, heading levels, and a blog page example.
text decoration css
Text decoration in CSS: every line, style and offset
Style underlines and strikethroughs with text-decoration: style, colour, thickness and offset. A live builder, the child-underline trap and link styles to copy.
html dir rtl
Right-to-left pages with dir="rtl", <bdi> and logical CSS
Set dir="rtl" for Arabic and Hebrew, isolate user names with <bdi>, and write CSS that flips on its own. Live examples, code to copy, and fixes for jumbled text.
print css
Print CSS: style a page for paper with @media print
Style a web page for printing with @media print: hide menus, print link addresses, keep background colours, set @page margins and add a Print button. Live examples.
text to speech javascript
Text to speech in JavaScript with speechSynthesis
Make a web page read text aloud with the Web Speech API: speak, pause and stop, pick a voice, fix an empty getVoices() list, and highlight words as they are read.
svg tag html
The SVG tag in HTML, from viewBox to paths
How the svg tag in HTML works: the viewBox coordinate system, rect, circle, line, polygon and path, fill and stroke, groups, text, CSS styling and accessibility.
drag and drop list html
Build a drag and drop sortable list in HTML
Build a drag-to-reorder list in plain HTML and JavaScript: the Drag and Drop API, a pointer version that works with touch, keyboard moves and reading the new order.
css min height
CSS min-height: a floor that lets content grow
How CSS min-height differs from height, why 100vh is too tall on phones and what dvh fixes, why flex children need min-height: 0 to scroll, and when % is ignored.
css columns
CSS columns: flow text and cards into columns
Flow text into newspaper columns with CSS columns. Live examples for column-count, column-width, column-span and break-inside, plus a masonry-style card wall.