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offset-path can do more than I realized

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Hello Reader,

The shorter summer edition of the newsletter continues as I’m in the middle of some travels with my family.

Still have some content being put out, though!

🙋‍♂️ What I’ve been up to this week

The most fun I’ve had with CSS in a while thanks to offset-path

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Eric Meyer’s talk at CSS Day was about offset-path, and it made me realize that I didn’t realize how easy it was to use! I thought we had to use it with SVGs, but it turns out, it can work with any element, which opens up some fun possibilities.

You can find the finished version of my button from the video here.

⚡ Easily transition to and from display: none

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In my last two Shorts, I’ve looked at the dialog element, so this time I look at how we can create entry and exit transitions.

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Have a fantastic week!
Kevin

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