Initial prototype of a `<toolbar>` element is coming along. Largely piggybacks off the focusgroup code so it's actually quite simple to do.

Lots to discuss and tweak before it's finished but got to start somewhere.

Bramus van Damme on stage at State of the Browser 2026 presenting the talk “Anchors Aweigh!”; the slide reads “Anchors Aweigh! – Tethering Elements in Pure CSS with Anchor Positioning,” with a live captioning screen visible on the left.

Intro slide of Bramus van Damme during “Anchors Aweigh!” showing his photo, social media handles, and the URL bram.us at State of the Browser 2026.

Bramus van Damme explaining the “Position-Area Grid” feature on stage; the slide shows a diagram with anchor and tooltip elements alongside CSS code for anchor-name and position-area at State of the Browser 2026.

Slide showing a CSS example with container-type: anchored and tooltip positioning as Bramus van Damme looks toward the screen during “Anchors Aweigh!” at State of the Browser 2026.

First talk of #SotB26 by @bram.us van Damme: „ Anchors aweigh!“
CSS-anchor positioning. In depth. In real depth. #SotB

Chad Gowler | State of the Browser Chad is a user researcher and accessibility advocate based in Sheffield in the UK. They have been working in tech for over a decade as a developer, user researcher and accessibility consultant. They…

Chad Gowler is talking about the Plateau of Accessibility Compliance at State of the Browser this morning. 2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/chad... #SotB #SotB26 #accessibility

participating as every year online: State of the Browser 2026 #SotB26 #standards #WebStandards #browser

WCAG G65: Position eines Breadcrumb (AAA) Die WCAG Breadcrumb-Position wird aktualisiert. Erfahren Sie, warum die Platzierung am Seitenanfang entscheidend ist.

sprungmarker.de/wcag-positio...

German: WCAG - Breadcrumb sollte am Anfang der Seite integriert werden #wcag #breadcrumb #a11y #navigation

WCAG 1.3.1: HTML-Regionen nur noch Empfehlung? Erfahren Sie mehr über die Debatte zu HTML-Regionen und die Einstufung von WCAG-Techniken als Empfehlungen.

sprungmarker.de/wcag-html-re...

German: WCAG 1.3.1 - HTML-Regionen nur noch eine Empfehlung? #a11y #wcag #techniques #landmarks #standards #html

Custom Carets and Users: When The Caret Is No Longer a Stick (Yes, That’s a Poor Attempt at a Pun) Animated example First, let’s define caret. For the scope of this post, I am not talking about the ^ symbol, which evolved from the circumflex. I’m also not talking about the proofreader mark, sometim...

adrianroselli.com/2025/09/cust...

important #a11y post from @aardrian.bsky.social concerning the possibility to modify #cursor in #css - summary for authors - don‘t do it :)

Subgrid: how to line up elements to your heart’s content When Grid became widely available across browsers in 2017, it was an absolute game changer.

webkit.org/blog/17339/s...

oh yes - now I understand #css #subgrid better #webkit

well done #unboxing #TobiiDynavox a device for #a11y supported #communication

www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8-kqWD...

European Accessibility Act in Belgium In Belgium, accessibility compliance is regulated by multiple government agencies. This guide brings together, obligations, procedures, and enforcement measures

www.craftzing.com/what-we-thin...

interesting procedure #EAA #belgium
„The Belgian government(s) will not actively monitor and audit companies on accessibility“ #a11y

GitHub - LadybirdBrowser/ladybird: Truly independent web browser Truly independent web browser. Contribute to LadybirdBrowser/ladybird development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com/LadybirdBrow...

following the updates for the independent #WebBrowser #LadyBird coming summer 2026 supporting #WebStandards

The History of Themeable User Interfaces A full-ish history of user interfaces that can be themed to meet the opportunities and constraints of the time

bradfrost.com/blog/post/th...

don‘t know about #gui #XeroxAlto @bradfrost.com

W3C updates its Process Document The W3C Membership approved the 2025 W3C Process Document, which documents the organizational structure of W3C and processes, responsibilities and functions that enable W3C to accomplish its mission..

www.w3.org/news/2025/w3...

#w3c Proposed Recommendation is obsolete #recommendation

Web Components: Working With Shadow DOM — Smashing Magazine Web Components are more than just Custom Elements. Shadow DOM, HTML Templates, and Custom Elements each play a role. In this article, Russell Beswick demonstrates how Shadow DOM fits into the broader ...

www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/07/web-...

I learned about the connectivity issues in #webComponents and #shadowDom with #aria #aria-labelledby #a11y

HTML popovers shown on interest should be accessible on mobile devices | utilitybend A new HTML feature, popover=hint, lets developers create hover-triggered popovers. This article is all about the accessibility on touch devices.

utilitybend.com/blog/html-po...

yes this is no option at all: „Not showing it on mobile devices is one of the options - I am completely against that idea“ #popover #mobile #a11y
discussion(important content) in popovers is useless. who will define if content is „important“ enough to show on mobile?

The customizable select - Part one: history, trickery, and styling the select with CSS | utilitybend Exploring customizable select elements. This series explores styling possibilities. The first article covers the history and provides a guide to building a custom select as a progressive enhancement. ...

utilitybend.com/blog/the-cus...

we are just awaiting many new customized select fields with base-select #css #a11y #customized

Designing Scroll Behavior: When to Save a User’s Place Save scroll position when users are likely to compare content in a long static list.

www.nngroup.com/articles/sav...

#PogoSticking - not returing to the point a user left #ux #scrollBehavior

Introducing the Accessibility Design Toolkit for Figma The new Figma plugin from BrowserStack helps UI/ UX designers build accessible products right from the start.

www.browserstack.com/blog/introdu...

#DesignTookitForFigma from #BrowserStack is quite limited in free version, but you cannot pay for the plugin alone, you have to buy into the monthy / yearly testing plan ;) #a11y #figma #testing #ShiftLeft

Why Menus Are Disappearing In Modern UX - Raw.Studio Have you ever opened a new app or website and thought, “Wait… where’s the menu?” You’re not alone. Many people are noticing that the traditional way we move

raw.studio/blog/why-men...

what I learned today #menuFatigue #ux #menu

Designing for User Font-size and Zoom Using modern CSS units and math functions

www.oddbird.net/2025/07/22/s...

@oddbird.dev gets deeper into #userPreferences #a11y and default #fontSizes

Underlines and line height How to make the distance of link underlines proportional to the line height of the text.

adactio.com/journal/22085

so many things I still don‘t know #css #underline #lineheight #a11y

Able Player: version 4.7.0 beta 1 looking for testing! - Joe Dolson Web Accessibility Able Player version 4.7.0 beta 1 is now ready for testing - and your feedback is welcome! There are quite a few bug fixes in this release, a fair amount

www.joedolson.com/2025/08/able...

new #a11y #AblePlayer in beta is searching for #testing #video thx @joedolson.bsky.social

MDN Plus The MDN Web Docs site provides information about Open Web technologies including HTML, CSS, and APIs for both Web sites and progressive web apps.

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/plus

supporting #mozilla in this great #dev #documentation is a must :) #mdn #mdnplus

Baseline for CSS properties now in Chrome DevTools  |  Blog  |  web.dev Baseline information is now available for CSS properties in the Elements panel of Chrome DevTools!

web.dev/blog/baselin...

great addition to #chrome #console to check #baseline for #css properties

State of HTML 2025 Take the State of HTML survey

survey.devographics.com/en-US/survey...

will take the survey #stateOfHtml2025 cause I am working as web #dev again #a11y #partTime

Able Player for WordPress: version 2.0 - Joe Dolson Web Accessibility After taking over Able Player, I received feedback from various sources about the kinds of problems people are having with the accessible media player.

www.joedolson.com/2025/06/able...

thx to #JoeDolsen for supporting and optimizing #AblePlayer #video for #WordPress #a11y

Liquid Glass’ aesthetic entropy: your interface, your problem Apple’s Opinionated Design principles are a thing of the past. Enter the world of reckless customization.

uxdesign.cc/liquid-glass...

yes that‘s what I thought at #apple #presentation #LiquidGlass #a11y

Cyd Stumpel – Modern CSS for Creative Developers – beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 2025 YouTube video by beyond tellerrand

Good morning. For your weekend joy: the video of @cydstumpel.nl and her #btconf Düsseldorf talk titled “Modern CSS for Creative Developers” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq5G...

attending #online today #accessibility #summit 2025 #a11y @a11yclub

“I asked mastodon users who use assistive technology what gave them delight online, most answers were about functionality. People with disabilities are delighted when things just work - the bar is that low” - Sara Joy #SotB2025