New Front-End Features For Designers In 2025 — Smashing Magazine
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New front-end technologies are simplifying web design by enabling previously complex tasks through easy-to-use HTML and CSS features. These include component-specific styling, relative colors, seamless visual transitions, and container queries. These innovations promise to enhance user interfaces and reduce dependence on JavaScript, making modern web development more streamlined and efficient.
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CSS Container Queries And Style QueriesNo More Typographic Orphans And WidowsAuto Field-Sizing For FormsMaking Hidden Content SearchableStyling Groups Within Select MenusSimpler Snapping For Scrollable ContainersAnchor Positioning For Tooltips And PopoversHigh-Definition Colors With OKLCH And OKLABRelative Colors In CSSSmooth Transitions With The View Transitions APIExclusive AccordionsLive And Late ValidationSmooth Scrolling BehaviorMaking Focus VisibleStyling Parents Based On ChildrenInterpolate Between Values For Type And SpacingReliable Dialog And PopoverResponsive HTML Video And AudioThe Right Virtual Keyboard On MobileA Look Into The FutureSmashing Weekly NewsletterSort: