812: CSS 4, 5, and 6! With Google’s Una and Adam

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Una Kravetz and Adam Argyle from Google Chrome about the evolution of CSS, new features, and the push toward more advanced UI capabilities on the web. They discuss the introduction of CSS versioning, exciting new properties like text-box-trim, state queries, and scroll state functionalities, select, and more!

Show Notes

• 00:00 - Welcome to Syntax!.
• 01:43 - Brought to you by Sentry.io.
• 02:19 - The evolution of CSS.
• 04:07 - CSS versioning and spec levels.
  • CSS RFC.
• 17:49 - Use-cases for allow-discrete.
• 20:34 - State queries.
• 24:19 - Where does the baseline data come from?
• 25:17 - Will the RFC become official?
  • The latest in Web UI (Google I/O ‘24).
• 27:33 - New features Una is excited about.
• 29:44 - Select.
  • https://open-ui.org/components/customizableselect.
  • https://codepen.io/argyleink/pen/YzoEPOG.
• 38:31 - New features Adam is excited about.
• 39:24 - text-box-trim.
• 40:59 - State queries.
• 54:56 - Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

• Una: Logitech MX Master 3
• Adam: Teenage Engineering K.O. II

Shameless Plugs

• Una: Una.im
• Adam: The CSS Podcast

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