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Modern CSS Layout: Container Queries, :has() and Subgrid Without Hacks

The CSS features that replace JavaScript layout code and media-query tangles.

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  1. Container queries style a component by the space it actually has.
  2. :has() selects a parent based on its children.
  3. Subgrid aligns nested content to the outer grid.

CSS caught up

For years, responsive components needed JavaScript resize observers or brittle media queries that guessed where a component would be placed. Modern CSS now answers those questions directly, in every evergreen browser.

Three features do most of the work: container queries, the :has() selector and subgrid.

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  1. Components that adapt to their container
  2. A card that adapts to its slot
  3. Adopting them safely
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