The Future of CSS

 (joshwcomeau.com)

43 points | by soheilpro 1 hour ago

6 comments

  • CharlesW 26 minutes ago
    Since I’m in before the negativity: I love CSS! For whatever reason, it’s always made sense to me. I have great respect for everyone with the tenacity to push on improvements that might take 5-10 years to be in common use, if at all.
  • lioeters 5 minutes ago
    Do we really want functions in CSS? I guess that ship has sailed a while ago, since CSS reached Turing completeness.

      /* Define a function: */
  @function --gradient-to-transparent(--color, --direction: bottom) {
    result: linear-gradient(
      to var(--direction),
      var(--color),
      transparent;
    );
  }
    Why not provide better integration with JavaScript, to make this kind of acrobatics unnecessary.
  • lopsotronic 6 minutes ago
    Been waiting a long time for CSS inherit() . . . although I freely admit that (and CSS Functions) open a respectable-sized can of worms. Sort of like what transclusion and conditionals do for document markup.

    Anchor Positioning would be sweet and doesn't feel like it's got so much baggage.

  • jamienk 11 minutes ago
    Still can't tree shake. It's what makes my old css files grow into monsters. I feel like everyone has given up on this.
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    • afavour 7 minutes ago
      CSS modules ought to make it possible. But it’s more or less impossible with regular CSS, you have no idea when a class/ID might be used.
  • derekhong 51 minutes ago
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  • FDEUp 38 minutes ago
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