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ziyan.wtf
For those curious, you can run the Powershell command

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Recall" -Remove

to remove this.

Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Recall"

lets you check the status of the feature on your computer.
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Recall" FeatureName : Recall DisplayName : Recall Description : Recall application. RestartRequired : Possible State : DisabledWithPayloadRemoved CustomProperties :
April 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
builderius.bsky.social
#builderius Style Guide in the making. Easy, single place to set and preview your global styles (#cssvariables, #customproperties #CSSClasses, #selectors). 🥳🎨🎉

#webdesign #webdevelopment #WordPress #NoCode
December 21, 2024 at 10:52 AM
frontenddogma.com
Controlling When CSS Custom Property Values Are Computed, by @jaffathecake@mastodon.social:

https://jakearchibald.com/2026/css-custom-property-compute-time/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#css #customproperties
Controlling when CSS custom property values are computed
The default might not be what you expect, and it has a big impact on your styles.
jakearchibald.com
September 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
pablolarah.bsky.social
🟣 Prop for that
by @nerdy.dev
what JS knows, now CSS knows
#javascript #css #customproperties #webdev

prop-for-that.netlify.app
Medium violet text on light violet graph paper: Prop for that what JS knows, now CSS knows
June 24, 2026 at 8:42 PM
pablolarah.bsky.social
🟢🔴 Limitation Breeds Creativity: A Study in Composition with Custom Properties
by Michelle Barker
@michelleb.bsky.social
#demo #css #webdev #CustomProperties

css-irl.info/limitation-b...
Green text on pink background with pink white duotone flower: Limitation Breeds Creativity: A Study in Composition with Custom Properties
December 17, 2024 at 1:15 AM
inautilo.bsky.social
#Development #Fun
Happy New Year! · Who said 2026 is only black and white? ilo.im/169j4x by Mark Boots

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#Animation #CssGrid #CssCalc #CustomProperties #Design #WebDesign #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS
Happy 2026
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ilo.im
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 AM
inautilo.bsky.social
#Development #Approaches
Automatic dark mode · A solid technique with web component support ilo.im/166xyi by Michael Warren

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#DarkMode #CSS #CustomProperties #JavaScript #WebComponents #ShadowDOM #DesignTokens #WebDev #Frontend
Automatic dark mode
The most straightforward way to implement automatic mode switching.
ilo.im
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
frontenddogma.com
Custom Property Fallbacks, by @matthewmorete.com (@frontendmasters.com):

https://frontendmasters.com/blog/custom-property-fallbacks/

#css #customproperties
Custom Property Fallbacks
frontendmasters.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
pablolarah.bsky.social
🟠 The surprising behavior of "important CSS custom properties"
by Stefan Judis @stefan@front-end.social @stefanjudis
#CSS #customproperties #ImportantFlag #specificity #webdev

www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-lear...
Orange text on light brownish background: The surprising behavior of "important CSS custom properties"
May 12, 2024 at 9:40 PM
inautilo.bsky.social
#Development #Pitfalls
CSS custom properties with !important · When you spot the declaration gets !important ilo.im/169jcs by Chris Coyier

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#CssDeclarations #Specificity #CustomProperties #WebDev #Frontend #CSS
!important and CSS Custom Properties
The `!important` part doesn't become part of the value, the whole declaration is treated as !important;
ilo.im
January 2, 2026 at 1:18 PM
inautilo.bsky.social
#Development #Guides
How I set up view transitions · A deep dive into the mechanics behind the transitions ilo.im/16eds9 by Cyd Stumpel

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#ModernCSS #ViewTransitions #Animations #CustomProperties #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #CSS
A deep dive into how I set up view transitions | Blog Cyd Stumpel
If you’ve seen any version of my You might not need JS talk, you know that I create a conference website to demo all the cool things CSS can do.
ilo.im
July 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
inautilo.bsky.social
#Development #Approaches
The double focus ring problem · A smart solution built with modern CSS ilo.im/166zfq by Eric Bailey

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#ModernCSS #Themes #Accessibility #Keyboard #FocusRing #CustomProperties #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS
Taking a shot at the double focus ring problem using modern CSS
A double focus ring is really useful in general but especially so with complex, themed systems. Eric Bailey shows us how to develop a really smart system, using modern CSS.
ilo.im
September 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
inautilo.bsky.social
#Development #Explorations
Thoughts on native CSS mixins · What they might mean for front-end developers ilo.im/1693wl by Chris Coyier

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#CssMixins #CssFunctions #CustomProperties #Sass #W3C #WebStandards #Browser #WebDev #Frontend #CSS
Thoughts on Native CSS Mixins
There are no browser implementations of mixins yet, nor a fleshed out spec. So perhaps now is the best time to try to understand and opine.
ilo.im
December 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
frontenddogma.com
Top 11 CSS Tricks Every Web Developer Should Know, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://archive.ph/JbGFA

#css #customproperties #layout #animations #selectors
Top 11 CSS Tricks Every Web Developer Should Know
archive.ph
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
frontenddogma.com
Smashing Animations: Magnificent SVGs With “” and CSS Custom Properties, by @malarkey@mastodon.social (@smashingmag@mastodon.social):

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/11/smashing-animations-part-6-svgs-css-custom-properties/

#animations #transforms #svg #css #customproperties
Smashing Animations Part 6: Magnificent SVGs With <use> And CSS Custom Properties — Smashing Magazine
SVG is one of those web technologies that’s both elegant and, at times, infuriating. In this article, pioneering author and web designer Andy Clarke explains his technique for animating SVG elements that are hidden in the Shadow DOM.
www.smashingmagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
frontenddogma.com
Public CSS Custom Properties in the Shadow DOM, by @michaelwarren.dev:

https://michaelwarren.dev/blog/css-variables-in-wc/

#css #customproperties #shadowdom #dom #animations
Public CSS Custom Properties in the Shadow DOM
The definitive guide to using public CSS Custom properties to configure web components externally. Surely no one will ever write about this topic again.
michaelwarren.dev
July 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
inautilo.bsky.social
#Development #Approaches
The best CSS unit for spacing · “We don’t have to choose between px and rem.” ilo.im/1673zo by Miriam Suzanne

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#CssUnits #CssClamp #CssCalc #CustomProperties #WebDev #Browser #Frontend #CSS
The Best CSS Unit Might Be a Combination
We don't have to choose between px and rem for spacing
ilo.im
September 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
meiert.com
From the archives:

Custom Properties: Questioning “:root”:

meiert.com/blog/questio...

#css #customproperties #selectors
Custom Properties: Questioning “:root” · Jens Oliver Meiert
For custom properties (aka CSS variables) we got into the habit of declaring variables in a rule with a <code>:root</code> selector. Yet unless you’re working in an environment in which style sheets s...
meiert.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:28 PM
inautilo.bsky.social
#Development #Techniques
The radio state machine · Turning radio inputs into pure CSS state engines ilo.im/16c62c by Amit Sheen

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#States #StateEngines #CustomProperties #Forms #Buttons #Accessibility #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS
The Radio State Machine | CSS-Tricks
One of the best-known examples of CSS state management is the checkbox hack. What if we want a component to be in one of three, four, or seven modes? That is where the Radio State Machine comes in.
ilo.im
April 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
pablolarah.bsky.social
🌒 Making Orbit Animations with CSS Custom Properties
by Will Boyd
@lonekorean@front-end.social
#animation #css #CustomProperties #webdev

codersblock.com/blog/making-...
Moon with dotted line around it in a circle rotating around Jupiter which is surrounded by the dotted line too. Blue background.
September 27, 2024 at 12:36 AM
frontenddogma.com
Making Context-Aware Components: How CSS “inherit()” Could Simplify Design Systems, by @sturobson@front-end.social:

https://www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/making-context-aware-components

#components #css #functions #customproperties
Making Context-Aware Components: How CSS inherit() Could Simplify Design Systems
Make your components context-aware with CSS inherit(): learn how the new inherit() function lets components derive spacing, colour and motion from their container, reduce token bloat, and implement robust fallbacks for browsers that don’t yet support the feature. Practical card examples included.
www.alwaystwisted.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
frontenddogma.com
It Is OK to Say “CSS Variables” Instead of (or Alongside) “Custom Properties”, by @kizu@front-end.social:

https://blog.kizu.dev/css-variables/

#css #variables #customproperties #terminology
It is OK to Say “CSS Variables” Instead of (or Alongside) “Custom Properties”
TPAC 2025 just ended, and I am positively tired. Attending it remotely, my sleep schedule is chaotic right now. I have many ideas for CSS-related posts in my list of ideas for November, but almost all of them require at least some amount of research and crafting demos. Well! I found one note that…
blog.kizu.dev
December 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
inautilo.bsky.social
#Development #Approaches
Container style queries and advanced attr() · What if components styled themselves in CSS? ilo.im/16fz65 by Brecht De Ruyte

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#HTML #CSS #Components #AttrFunction #ContainerQueries #CustomProperties #WebDev #Frontend
Container style queries and advanced attr(): rethinking how to wire up my components in CSS | utilitybend
Wiring HTML attributes into CSS with advanced typed attr(), and letting container style queries pass that state down to child components.
ilo.im
September 9, 2026 at 10:09 AM
frontenddogma.com
Shadow-Piercing Local Component Variables, by @davatron5000@mastodon.social:

https://daverupert.com/2026/08/how-to-pierce-your-shadow-belly-button/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#components #css #customproperties
Shadow-piercing local component variables
Edit (2026.08.24): Got feedback from the Web Components Community Group that I was mixing up inheritance, specificity, and the cascade and that * might be a better selector than :defined. I agree with both of those perspectives and I’ve updated this post.
daverupert.com
September 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
pablolarah.bsky.social
🟠🟡 Controlling when CSS custom properties are computed
by @jakearchibald.com

#css #webdev #CustomProperties

jakearchibald.com/2026/css-cus...
Black text on yellow background: Controlling when CSS custom properties are computed
August 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM