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Debugging CSS Anchor Positioning
With special guest Tab Atkins-Bittner
It is frustrating to track down why an anchor isn’t being found. James and Miriam talk with Tab Atkins-Bittner about ways to troubleshoot CSS Anchor Positioning issues, and dive into the details to get a better understanding of how Anchor Positioning works.
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Winging It episode 8: CSS Anchor Positioning in Practice
What we cover:
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- What are containing blocks?
- Pseudo elements that can be anchors
- DOM order matters for absolute positioned anchors
- Anchoring dialogs and popovers
- Anchors in the Shadow DOM
- Inline styles in browsers that don’t support a declaration
anchor-scope- Recommendation for success
- Ways to improve users’ understanding of containing blocks rules
- Coming soon for Anchor Positioning
Links:
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- Anchor Positioning presentation - Tab Atkins-Bittner
Demos:
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