April 15th, 2026 × #CSS#HTML#Canvas#Web Platform
10 New CSS and HTML APIs
CSS finally gets masonry with display: grid-lanes, HTML can now live inside a canvas, and CSS can roll its own dice. Scott and Wes tear through a pile of new web platform goodies you can use today and some you can only drool over behind a flag.
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Wes and Scott talk about the latest CSS and browser features, including the Grid Lines API for masonry layouts, HTML in Canvas, name-only container queries, CSS random, search-text styling, and more.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:57 Grid Lines API for masonry-style layouts
- 03:25 HTML in canvas and next-gen UI effects
- 11:30 Name-only container queries for scoped styles
- 14:37 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 15:34 Safari removes haptic feedback workaround
- 17:38 CSS random for dynamic values
- 18:49 Styling find-in-page with ::search-text
- 21:44 Sticky positioning now works in both axes
- 22:43 Multi-column CSS finally gets usable fixes
- 24:41 Border shape improvements and new design options
- 27:09 Why MDN demos need to be better
- 28:24 Element-scoped view transitions for cleaner animations
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