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Two Circles, One Arrow, and Anchor Positioning Drawing an line with arrows pointing to the center of two arbitrary elements measuring and displaying the distance between them doesn't seem like it would be possible in CSS alone... but...

Two Circles, One Arrow, and Anchor Positioning, by @css@front-end.social (@frontendmasters.com):

frontendmasters.com/blog/two-circles-one-arr...

#css #anchorpositioning #math

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Building dynamic toggletips using anchored container queries Anchored container queries are only available in Chrome 143 upwards right now, but here’s Daniel Schwarz to show you how to use progressive enhancement to build up to using that new capability in the context of position-aware toggle tips.

Building Dynamic Toggletips Using Anchored Container Queries, by @dxnny.fun (@piccalil.li):

piccalil.li/blog/building-dynamic-to...

#css #anchorpositioning #containerqueries #toggles #tooltips

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The Big Gotcha of Anchor Positioning As it stands, you have to think about the layout engine and whether an element is

The Big Gotcha of Anchor Positioning, by @chriscoyier@front-end.social (@frontendmasters.com):

frontendmasters.com/blog/the-big-gotcha-of-a...

#css #anchorpositioning

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Building dynamic toggletips using anchored container queries Anchored container queries are only available in Chrome 143 upwards right now, but here’s Daniel Schwarz to show you how to use progressive enhancement to build up to using that new capability in the...

#Development #Techniques
Building dynamic toggletips · A prime example for anchored container queries ilo.im/16bc8d by Daniel Schwarz

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#ModernCSS #AnchorPositioning #ContainerQueries #Toggletips #Popover #ProgressiveEnhancement #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

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Anchored Menus and a Lesson in Scoping Turns out `anchor-scope` is pretty darn useful for button/menu setups that will appear multiple times on the same page.

Anchored Menus and a Lesson in Scoping, by @chriscoyier@front-end.social (@frontendmasters.com):

frontendmasters.com/blog/anchored-menus-and-...

#css #anchorpositioning #scope #lessons

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Why is Anchor Positioning not working? Learn the edge cases that prevent anchor positioning from working correctly

#Development #Pitfalls
CSS Anchor Positioning issues? · Edge cases where it doesn’t work ilo.im/16arjg by Temani Afif

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#ModernCSS #AnchorPositioning #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS

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Drawing Connections with CSS Anchor Positioning - Roland Franke A practical exploration of CSS Anchor Positioning and the anchor() function to visually connect related elements without extra markup.

Drawing Connections With CSS Anchor Positioning, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

rolandfranke.nl/frontend-stories/drawing...

#css #anchorpositioning

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Is it real life that an `anchor-name` element HAS to be before the element consuming it via `position-anchor` in the DOM!?!

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#CSS #CSSWG #webDev #anchorPositioning

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Today I've just used `--anchor-scope` as part of the CSS Anchor Positioning API for the first time...

Five stars, would use again!

Thanks #CSSWG!

#webDev #CSS #AnchorPositioning

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Popover Context Menus with Anchor Positioning A context menu is like a tooltip in that it opens right next to the the thing that opened it. Here, we animate the opening and ensure it opens somewhere where it doesn't get cut off.

Popover Context Menus With Anchor Positioning, by @chriscoyier@front-end.social (@frontendmasters.com):

frontendmasters.com/blog/popover-context-men...

#css #tooltips #popovers #anchorpositioning

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Anchor Interpolated Morph (AIM) · January 23, 2026 Morphing overlay elements from dynamic places

#Development #Techniques
Anchor interpolated morphing · A powerful new CSS transition technique ilo.im/16a2w9 by Adam Argyle

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#ModernCSS #Morphs #Transitions #Animations #AnchorPositioning #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS

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Better defaults for popovers - Manuel Matuzovic I recently added a rule to my reset style sheet UA+ that I wanted to share with you.

#Development #Techniques
Better defaults for popovers · A small anchor-repositioning with a big effect ilo.im/169wki by Manuel Matuzović

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#ModernCSS #Popover #Buttons #AnchorPositioning #HtmlDialog #ProgressiveEnhancement #WebDev #Frontend #CSS

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Getting a close button to hang off of a dialog - Darin Senneff Have you ever had to implement a modal dialog with a close button designed to hang off of the corner? While not a huge lift for most developers, there’s a few…

Getting a Close Button to Hang Off of a Dialog, by @darin@mas.to:

www.darins.page/articles/close-button-ha...

#modals #buttons #css #anchorpositioning

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Cross-Browser Anchor Positioning Anchor Positioning is available in all browsers. What's next, with Eric Meyer.

Cross-Browser Anchor Positioning, by @meyerweb@mastodon.social and @jamessw.com and others (@oddbird@front-end.social):

https://www.oddbird.net/2025/11/20/winging-it-26/

#videos #interviews #css #anchorpositioning

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Anchor Positioning and the Inset-Modified Containing Block (IMCB) If you kinda understand Anchor Positioning, but it still surprises you from time to time, then most likely this is the missing piece of information: the Inset-Modified Containing Block (or IMCB for short).

Anchor Positioning and the Inset-Modified Containing Block (IMCB), by @bramus@front-end.social:

www.bram.us/2025/12/02/anchor-positi...

#css #anchorpositioning #concepts

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Today’s Readings The latest installment in my "Today's Readings" series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web, including #ai, #anchorpositioning, #animation, #css, #devtools, #grid, #performance and more. Happy reading!

The latest installment in my "Today's Readings" series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web, including #ai, #anchorpositioning, #animation, #css, #devtools, #grid, #performance and more. Happy reading!

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Flexible Menu Animation with Anchored Container Queries We can query the currently active fallback position and apply different styles with CSS only.

Chrome 143 adds support for CSS anchored fallback container queries. With this new feature, I was able to animate my custom menu with CSS only for different anchor positions. Suck it, JavaScript! 😜
#css #anchorPositioning #popover #animation #webdev

www.oidaisdes.org/anchored-con...

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Anchoring to a Containing Block Today I stumbled upon a CSS issue that I and some others had in the past: an inability to use an anchored element’s containing block with anchor positioning. At least — to do so easily. This post is about how we can actually do so with just a few small changes to your usual anchor positioning setup.

Anchoring to a Containing Block, by @kizu@front-end.social:

https://blog.kizu.dev/anchoring-to-a-containing-block/

#css #anchorpositioning

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Bramus Van Damme | State of the Browser Bramus is a web developer from Belgium. He’s part of the Chrome Developer Relations team at Google, focusing on CSS, Web UI, and DevTools. From the moment he discovered view-source at the age of 14 (w...

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/bram...

#CSS #AnchorPositioning

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Perfectly Pointed Tooltips: A Foundation The Anchor Positioning API in CSS is very powerful. This is the beginning of a series where we understand it through the perfect use-case: tooltips.

Perfectly Pointed Tooltips: A Foundation, by @css@front-end.social (@frontendmasters.com):

frontendmasters.com/blog/perfectly-pointed-t...

#tooltips #css #anchorpositioning

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Anchor Positioning Updates for Fall 2025 Overflowing content, browser support, and polyfill updates

Anchor Positioning Updates for Fall 2025, by @jamessw@front-end.social (@oddbird@front-end.social):

www.oddbird.net/2025/10/13/anchor-positi...

#css #anchorpositioning

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una.im | Follow-the-leader pattern with CSS anchor positioning Learn how to create a dynamically re-anchored pointer element.

Follow-the-Leader Pattern With CSS Anchor Positioning, by @una@front-end.social:

https://una.im/follow-the-anchor/

#css #anchorpositioning #effects

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The Basics of Anchor Positioning Learn the basics of Anchor Positioning in CSS

The Basics of Anchor Positioning, by @shadeed9@front-end.social:

https://ishadeed.com/article/anchor-positioning/

#fundamentals #css #anchorpositioning

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A gentle introduction to anchor positioning Anchor positioning allows you to place an element on the page based on where another element is.

A Gentle Introduction to Anchor Positioning, by @saron.bsky.social (@webkit@front-end.social):

webkit.org/blog/17240/a-gentle-intr...

#introductions #anchorpositioning #css

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Update on CSS Anchor Positioning

Update on CSS Anchor Positioning, by @fantasai@w3c.social (@w3c@w3c.social):

www.w3.org/blog/CSS/2025/05/12/upda...

#css #standards #anchorpositioning

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Anchor Positioning Just Don’t Care About Source Order

Anchor Positioning Just Don’t Care About Source Order, by @geoff@front-end.social (@csstricks@mastodon.social):

css-tricks.com/anchor-positioning-just-...

#css #anchorpositioning #html

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Updates to Popover and CSS Anchor Positioning Polyfills

Updates to Popover and CSS Anchor Positioning Polyfills, by @jamessw@front-end.social (@oddbird@front-end.social):

https://www.oddbird.net/2025/05/06/polyfill-updates/

#css #polyfills #popovers #anchorpositioning

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Tool: CSS Anchor Positioning Helper

Tool: CSS Anchor Positioning Helper, by (not found on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://anchor-tool.com/

#tools #exploration #codegeneration #css #anchorpositioning

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Better Anchor Positioning With “position-area”

Better Anchor Positioning With “position-area”, by @jamessw@front-end.social (@oddbird@front-end.social):

www.oddbird.net/2025/02/25/anchor-positi...

#css #anchorpositioning

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