A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.

It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛

bell.bz/its-been-a-v...

Design tokens app update: preview styleguide for all your tokens or select to filter any group.

How to have the browser pick a contrasting color in CSS Have you ever wished you could write simple CSS to declare a color, and then have the browser figure out whether black or white should be paired with that color?

Have you ever wished the browser would look at a background color and pick black or white for the text — whichever one provides more contrast?

Now, the `constrast-color()` function in CSS does just that.

webkit.org/blog/16929/c...

Gotta love the transparency of Open Source

Screenshot of adding a global variable named "year" in Webstudio

Screenshot of referencing our global variable "year" in a paragraph in Webstudio

Playing with the newly released global variables in @webstudio.is

🪄 Create on the Global Root
👀 Reference on all pages and inside Slots

Screenshot of the Webstudio code editor dialog, showing a JavaScript script that replaces the year placeholder text (a span with Id = year) with the current year

Simpler yet, use the getElementById() method in the script to target the placeholder.

4. Add an HTML Embed and enter the script code shown in the image.

See our year placeholder's ID (i.e., 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛) in the script? Make sure they match.

And presto 🐇! No more manual year updates or zombie site vibes.

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1. In your copyright text, include a placeholder for the year. Anything will do.
2. Wrap the year placeholder in a span.
3. Give the span an ID (e.g., 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛) so we can target it with a script... 👉

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That "2022" in a website's copyright credits? It says "zombie site." 🧟‍♂️

Bots to the rescue! 🤖

Let's make a dynamically updating year in @webstudio. 🧵👉

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The @webstudio.is style guide starts with a dark theme 🌙.

Been there, done that? 🕶️

Start with a light theme instead 🔆:

1. Add the Craft Style Guide
2. Copy the CSS variables for the light theme
3. Select the Global Root element
4. Paste the copied CSS variables

docs.webstudio.is/university/c...

Love how @webstudio.is now lets you easily edit long CSS values:

🚁 Hover to auto-scroll the value in the field
👆 Click to open a code editor dialog