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Definition · Supertopics: standards, markup-languages · Subtopics: attributes, canvas, character-references, dhtml, disclosure-widgets, doctypes, dom, forms, frameworks, frames, hacks, headings, html-minifier, htmlnano, iframes, image-maps, lists, mathml, metadata, microdata, nesting, presentational-html, ruby-markup, semantics, skip-links, source-order, svg, tables, web-components, web-forms, xhtml (non-exhaustive) · “html” RSS feed (per email)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
On the Semantic Web2,168
semantics, buttons, forms
What’s !important #14: Gap Decorations, “random()”, “<select>” Field Sizing, and More (dxn/css)2,167
css, retrospectives, functions, theming, web-platform
Clickable Table Rows Are a Bad Idea (tem)2,166
tables, accessibility, keyboard-navigation
Modes and Themes That Stick—Building a Persistent Toggle Solution (stu)2,165
toggles, forms, dark-mode, theming, flash-of-x
Animating the “dialog” Element Using View Transitions (rik)2,164
modals, animations, view-transitions, javascript, css
I Stored a Website in a Favicon2,163
favicons, images, experiments
The Siren Song of “ariaNotify()” (wil/css)2,162
javascript, aria, notifications, attributes, jaws, nvda, voiceover, screen-readers, accessibility
“headingoffset” Is Not the Document Outline Algorithm (aar)2,161
attributes, headings
How Building an HTML-First Site Doubled Our Users Overnight (moh)2,160
web-components, validation, traffic, case-studies
WWDC26: Rediscover the HTML “select” Element2,159
videos, forms, css
WWDC26: Get Started With the HTML “model” Element2,158
videos, introductions, animations
Streaming HTML (oll)2,157
streaming, javascript
Another Stab at the Perfect CSS Pie Chart… Sans JavaScript (vil/css)2,156
css
Astro: HTML First, JavaScript When You Need It (jad)2,155
astro, javascript
Context-Aware Headings in HTML (mat)2,154
headings, attributes
Gary Illyes: The Web’s JavaScript Mess Is an AI Agent Nightmare (ppc)2,153
ai, ai-agents, javascript, rag, llmstxt
Re: Accessibility Question: Is Nesting Interactive Elements Bad? (aar)2,152
accessibility, nesting
Accessible (I Think) Split-Cell Table Headers (mey)2,151
css, tables
Managing Anchor Associations With Data Attributes and Advanced “attr()” (dxn/fro)2,150
anchor-positioning, custom-data, css, functions, attributes
Lost, Forgotten, and Unfamiliar HTML (tho)2,149
attributes
Not Every Form Field Needs to Be in a Fieldset (jea)2,148
forms, design-systems, accessibility
What’s New in Web UI (una+)2,147
videos, web-platform, user-experience, principles, canvas, css, google
Don’t Put “aria-label” on Generic Elements Like Divs (mat)2,146
attributes, aria, screen-readers, support, accessibility
Accessible by Design: HTML, CSS, Javascript, and ARIA Techniques That Scale2,145
videos, accessibility, css, javascript, aria
Declarative Partial Updates (tun+)2,144
apis, chrome, google, browsers
Introducing the HTML-in-Canvas API Origin Trial (nma)2,143
introductions, canvas, apis, origin-trials, chrome, google, browsers
A Few Ways of Specifying Per-Theme Colours in Only CSS2,142
css, dark-mode, colors, techniques
You Don’t Know HTML Lists2,141
lists, semantics
hihtml (j9t)2,140
packages, npm, conformance, links, link-rot, minification, html-minifier, optimization, quality
Install Web Apps With the New HTML “install” Element (pat)2,139
web-apps, installing, origin-trials, chromium
Not All Hidden Content Is Equal: How Different Hiding Methods Impact Accessibility2,138
accessibility, hiding, css, aria, attributes, techniques, comparisons
AI and HTML: Validating, Omitting Optional Code, and Minifying as Token Optimization (j9t)2,137
ai, token-optimization, conformance, minimalism, minification, optimization
In-n-Out-Styling With Chris Coyier (chr/sma)2,136
videos, css
The “<selectmenu>” Element: Stop Using JavaScript Dropdown Libraries2,135
forms, javascript, css
Out With the JS, in With the HTML (jim)2,134
javascript, refactoring
Using Claude Code: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML2,133
claude, anthropic, ai, efficiency
HTML.md (j9t)2,132
documentation, ai
What’s !important #10: HTML-in-Canvas, Hex Maps, E-Ink Optimization, and More (dxn/css)2,131
css, retrospectives, canvas, apis, images, web-platform
ARIA Roles and Web Accessibility: A Quick Guide (lev)2,130
guides, accessibility, aria, attributes
Hard to Read One-Liners (kri)2,129
css, collaboration
The End of Responsive Images (wil/pic)2,128
images, responsive-design
Visual Validation Feedback for Form Fields (aar)2,127
forms, validation, javascript
The Web Is Fun Again: First Experiments With HTML in Canvas (ami/fro)2,126
experiments, canvas, javascript
Multi-Level Navigation: The Challenge of Identifying Parent Sections for Screen Readers (ele)2,125
navigation, aria, screen-readers, accessibility
A11y 101: 3.1.1 Language of Page (nat)2,124
introductions, accessibility, wcag, localization
My Thoughts on the “focusgroup” Attribute Proposal (stv)2,123
forms, attributes
Video as Code: A Deep Dive Into HeyGen’s Hyperframes2,122
deep-dives, multimedia, css, tooling
The Radio State Machine (ami/css)2,121
css, state-management
The Community Has Spoken, Now We Need Browsers Vendors to Help: A “<rangegroup>” Update (uti)2,120
community, browsers
Why AI Sucks at Front End (arg)2,119
ai, css
How to Use Standard HTML Video and Audio Lazy-Loading on the Web Today (sco)2,118
how-tos, multimedia, lazy-loading, performance
Old Advice: Hiding Content Has No Effect on Accessible Name or Description Calculation (ste)2,117
accessibility, hiding, aria
Making Emojis and Icons Screen Reader Accessible (pop)2,116
emoji, icons, images, accessibility, screen-readers
Semantic HTML Just Might Make Your CSS Less Fragile (sch)2,115
css, semantics, resilience
There’s No Need to Include “Navigation” in Your Navigation Labels (tem)2,114
accessibility, labels, navigation
Mike Smith Fireside (ste)2,113
videos, interviews, standards, accessibility, community
Headings the Right Way: Site Building Tips for Accessible Page Content (dru)2,112
videos, headings, accessibility
Bad Example: Timesheet Submit Button (rac)2,111
buttons, accessibility
Tooltips That Work for Everyone (ele)2,110
tooltips, accessibility, aria, attributes, screen-readers, nvda, jaws
Quick Tip: Don’t Use “<abbr>” (nat)2,109
tips-and-tricks, screen-readers, support, accessibility
Astro: How to Set Up More Powerful HTML Minification (in 31 Seconds) (j9t)2,108
how-tos, astro, html-minifier, minification, optimization
New Bookmarklet—Structure Revealer (llo)2,107
bookmarklets, accessibility
Abusing Customizable Selects (pat/css)2,106
forms, css, functions
The Enforced Accessibility of the “geolocation” Element (chr/fro)2,105
geolocation, accessibility
Testing Browser Support for “focusgroup” (ada)2,104
attributes, focus, javascript
The Different Ways to Select “<html>” in CSS (dxn/css)2,103
css, selectors
You Don’t Know HTML Tables2,102
tables, javascript
Request for Developer Feedback: “focusgroup” (jac)2,101
attributes, chromium, browsers
Your Skip Link Targets May Not Need “tabindex=-1” to Work Properly (mat)2,100
skip-links, attributes, accessibility
1995: From Batman Forever’s Cinematic Design to HTML Tables (ric)2,099
web, history, design, netscape, mosaic, browsers, tables, layout, wysiwyg, code-editors
Figcaptions Versus Alt Text (tem)2,098
images, alt-text, accessibility, comparisons
You Can Use Newline Characters in URLs (lem)2,097
urls, data-urls, links, attributes
“role=presentation” Is No Alternative for “aria-hidden=true” (mat)2,096
accessibility, aria, attributes, comparisons
When Is a Link Not a Link? (dec)2,095
links, semantics, accessibility
Matt May Speaks (mat+)2,094
videos, interviews, accessibility, standards
“aria-haspopup” Might Not Do What You Think It Does (mat)2,093
aria, attributes, navigation, accessibility
Standard HTML Video and Audio Lazy-Loading Is Coming (sco)2,092
multimedia, lazy-loading, standards, performance
Native HTML Components Don’t Guarantee Good UX (ada)2,091
components, user-experience
The Problem With HTML Reset Buttons (ada)2,090
buttons, user-experience
An Official* Logo for HTML (zac)2,089
Everything You Never Wanted to Know About “visually-hidden” (dbu)2,088
css, hiding, accessibility
Notes on Relying on the ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (ste)2,087
aria, accessibility
Mastering Dialog Accessibility2,086
accessibility, modals, aria
You Might Not Need “role="presentation"” (stv/pic)2,085
aria, accessibility
Virtual Scrolling for Billions of Rows—Techniques From HighTable (sev)2,084
tables, scrolling, performance, react
You Know What? Just Don’t Split Words Into Letters (aar)2,083
accessibility, screen-readers, support
Trying to Make the Perfect Pie Chart in CSS (mon/css)2,082
css
How to Improve Your HTML Game (j9t)2,081
how-tos, conformance, learning, career
Introduction to the New HTML Element “<geolocation>” (mat)2,080
introductions, geolocation
Accessible Inline Collapsible (eri)2,079
accessibility, disclosure-widgets
Repeatable Form Fields Made Simple (aar)2,078
forms, web-components
More Invoker Commands, and More Reasons Not to Use JavaScript Please (paw)2,077
examples
SPAs Are a Performance Dead End (yeg)2,076
single-page-apps, performance
Barriers From Links With ARIA (aar)2,075
accessibility, links, aria
I Learned the First Rule of ARIA the Hard Way (css)2,074
accessibility, aria, semantics
Faking a Fieldset-Legend (tyl/clo)2,073
forms, css
SEO (htt)2,072
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, seo, robotstxt, llmstxt, links, content, structured-data, amp, internationalization
Accessible Faux-Nested Interactive Controls (eri/pic)2,071
accessibility, conformance, nesting
The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button (pau)2,070
forms, shadcn, complexity
EPUB and HTML—Survey Results and Next Steps (rei/w3c)2,069
surveys, epub
So You Think Your Website Is Doing Great (cit)2,068
javascript, css, quality
ARIA Roles Can Remove Their Children’s Semantics (ste)2,067
aria, semantics, accessibility
Introducing the “<geolocation>” HTML Element (tom+)2,066
introductions, geolocation, chrome, google, browsers
A Polyfill for the HTML “switch” Element (tom)2,065
forms, polyfills
What Is the Minimum Markup Needed to Create a Modal? (rus)2,064
modals, minimalism, css, accessibility
Very Good Components (bee)2,063
websites, components
How Browsers Work (dmy)2,062
websites, guides, browsers, urls, http, tcp, dom
How Can You Tell What’s Allowed Inside Each HTML Element? (rus)2,061
conformance
HTML Content Categories (rus)2,060
semantics
The Final Nail in the HTML5 Document Outline Coffin (tem)2,059
headings, accessibility
Opening and Closing Dialogs Without JavaScript Using HTML Invoker Commands (sch)2,058
modals
Revisiting HTML Streaming for Modern Web Performance (per)2,057
performance, streaming
The Three Semantics of HTML (mat)2,056
semantics
For the Love of “<details>” (dev/mat)2,055
disclosure-widgets
The HTML Elements Time Forgot (val/mat)2,054
history
2026 Predictions: The Next Big Shifts in Web Accessibility (web)2,053
accessibility, outlooks, ai, wcag
The Two Most Important Tools for HTML Developers2,052
tooling, conformance, minification, html-minifier, htmlnano, swc
Why “role="button"” on a “<button>” Does Nothing (rus)2,051
buttons, attributes, aria
Styling by Language: Using the “lang” Attribute for Multilingual Design (mat)2,050
internationalization, css
Did You Know Some ARIA Roles Remove Child Semantics? (rus)2,049
aria, semantics, accessibility
The Many Lives of the Page Title (kat/mat)2,048
user-experience, accessibility, wcag
Semantics Beyond the Tag Name (kno/mat)2,047
attributes, aria, semantics, accessibility
Targeting by Reference in the Shadow DOM (mey)2,046
shadow-dom, javascript
The Anatomy of an Accessible Text Field (ink)2,045
forms, accessibility, labels
Accessibility Is Personal (css)2,044
accessibility
Forms Are a Badly Designed Part of HTML (jen/mat)2,043
forms, standards
Don’t Leave the Screen Reader Hungry (ger/mat)2,042
emoji, screen-readers, accessibility
How “aria-labelledby” Really Works (rus)2,041
accessibility, aria, attributes
State of HTML 2025 [Results] (sac/dev)2,040
surveys, metrics
Giving Pages a Clear Shape by Using Headings (mat)2,039
headings
Does Chrome Get the “<header>” Element Wrong? (rus)2,038
aria, chrome, google, browsers
I Ported JustHTML From Python to JavaScript With Codex CLI and GPT-5.2 in 4.5 Hours (sim)2,037
migrating, ai, python, javascript, tooling, parsing
Them’s the Breaks (tyl/mat)2,036
The “<time>” Element Should Actually Do Something (nol)2,035
time, semantics
Hell Is Other People’s Markup (llo/mat)2,034
auditing, tooling
Changes in the World of HTML Minifiers (apo)2,033
tooling, minification, html-minifier
Why We Teach Our Students Progressive Enhancement (cyd)2,032
progressive-enhancement, css, javascript, training
How HTML Changes in EPUB (rob/mat)2,031
epub, standards
A11y Freedom Beaver (ste/mat)2,030
accessibility, aria
Useful Patterns for Building HTML Tools (sim)2,029
ai, tooling
Discover Dialog (sar/mat)2,028
modals, javascript, css
That Time I Tried Explaining HTML and CSS to My 5-Year Old Niece (css)2,027
css, learning
What’s Wrong With This HTML, and Is It Valid? (pat/mat)2,026
standards, conformance, web-platform
Comparing HTML Minifiers (j9t)2,025
minification, tooling, html-minifier, htmlnano, metrics, comparisons
Controlling Dialogs and Popovers With the Invoker Commands API (sta/mat)2,024
modals, pop-overs, apis, attributes
Accessible by Design: The Role of the “lang” Attribute (col/mat)2,023
accessibility, internationalization, attributes, metrics
NoLoJS: Reducing the JS Workload With HTML and CSS (aar/per)2,022
disclosure-widgets, forms, modals, pop-overs, navigation, scrolling, positioning
IDREFs: What They Are and How to Use Them (kil/mat)2,021
forms, aria, accessibility
Referencing HTML Elements Inside Shadow DOM (meh/mat)2,020
shadow-dom, web-components
HTML Semantics: The Short Descriptions of All 113 Elements (j9t)2,019
semantics, overviews
Using the Ancient Evils for Debugging (bol/mat)2,018
debugging
Exploring Large HTML Documents on the Web (per)2,017
performance, metrics
How Modern Browsers Work (add)2,016
browsers, chromium, network, parsing, painting, rendering, javascript-engines, v8, memory, modules, javascript, css
Eleventy: How to Set Up Effective HTML Minification (in 24 Seconds) (j9t)2,015
how-tos, eleventy, html-minifier, minification, optimization
What Are Invokers? Interactivity Without JavaScript (tol/syn)2,014
videos, javascript, pop-overs
Testing Methods: Page Titled (dec)2,013
accessibility, wcag, testing
A Complete Guide to the HTML Number Input (oll)2,012
guides, attributes, forms
“::details-content”: Style Expandable Content Without Wrapper Divs (tre)2,011
disclosure-widgets, css
Why Headings Are Important in HTML: Structure, Accessibility, and SEO2,010
headings, accessibility, seo
Headings: Semantics, Fluidity, and Styling—Oh My! (geo/css)2,009
headings, css
Link vs. Button: Choosing the Right Element for the Right Job (tpg)2,008
links, buttons, accessibility, wcag, comparisons
Tailwind CSS Won the War… but We’re the Losers2,007
tailwind, css, web-platform
Explaining the Accessible Benefits of Using Semantic HTML Elements (geo/css)2,006
semantics, accessibility
Now Available: “On Web Development II”! (j9t)2,005
books, css, engineering-management, maintainability, quality
Just Use a Button (cfe)2,004
buttons, semantics
HTML Minifier: A 12-Year Journey Building and Maintaining an Open Source Tool2,003
minification, tooling, windows, asp-net, retrospectives
Parenthetical Asidenotes (mey)2,002
css
ChatGPT Sez Build With Semantics First (ste)2,001
chatgpt, chatgpt-atlas, ai, openai, browsers, semantics, accessibility
Don’t Forget These Tags to Make HTML Work Like You Expect (jim)2,000
What’s an Interactive Element? (mat)1,999
focus, concepts
Challenging the Idea of “Optional HTML” (mar)1,998
guest-posts, minimalism
Links and Anchors: Ancient HTML and JS Magic in Your Browser (cod/wea)1,997
css, javascript, links
What State ARIA In? (tpg)1,996
aria, accessibility
Implicit Labels Aren’t (cfe)1,995
forms, labels
Headers, Headings, and Titles (tem)1,994
headings, comparisons, terminology
Page Headings Don’t Belong in the Header (tem)1,993
headings, skip-links, accessibility
A Look Into Customizable HTML “select” Elements1,992
forms, css
Tables: Beyond Rows and Columns (tpg)1,991
accessibility, wcag, tables, semantics, jaws, nvda, screen-readers
HTML “dialog”: Getting Accessibility and UX Right (jar)1,990
modals, scrolling, accessibility, user-experience
HTML—the Most Difficult Programming Language in the World (j9t)1,989
programming, conformance, professionalism
Numbers That Fall (Scroll-Driven Animations and Sibling Index) (chr/fro)1,988
css, animations, scrolling, effects
When to Use Modal vs. Dialog Components (a11)1,987
modals, aria, accessibility
Lowriders and Websites (aaa)1,986
css, craft
Rethinking Cookie Dialogs (nat)1,985
accessibility, disclosure-widgets, cookies, consent-management
A Progressive Enhancement Challenge (chr/fro)1,984
progressive-enhancement, javascript, feature-detection, support
How to Optimize Viewport for Mobile for Faster Interactions (deb)1,983
how-tos, viewport, mobile, performance, optimization
Understanding the Removal of 4.1.1 Parsing in WCAG 2.2 (tpg)1,982
accessibility, wcag, conformance
HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The “<output>” Tag (den)1,981
Let’s Play Accordion With the HTML “details” Element (ale)1,980
disclosure-widgets, accordions
Creating a Truly Accessible Flip Card (sib/tpg)1,979
css, javascript, accessibility
Web Development for Beginners: Creating Web Pages via HTML (rau)1,978
fundamentals, urls, servers, forms
The “picture” Element (kev)1,977
A Quick Primer on Accessible Pagination (kar)1,976
introductions, accessibility, pagination, css, assistive-tech
“aria-label” or “title”? Screen Reader Behaviour Explained (a11)1,975
attributes, accessibility, screen-readers
Navigating the World of Web Accessibility With Sara Soueidan (sar+)1,974
videos, interviews, accessibility, wcag, aria, css
2025: 0 of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)1,973
conformance, metrics, quality, craft
Just Use HTML (cfe)1,972
javascript
Baby Steps Accessibility—Page Titles (dec)1,971
microcontent, best-practices, accessibility
Why Moving Away From SPAs Improves Usability, Accessibility, and SEO (inn)1,970
single-page-apps, usability, accessibility, seo, semantics
Screen Reader HTML Support—Lookup (ste)1,969
screen-readers, accessibility, support, overviews
Your Images Are (Probably) Oversized1,968
images, pixel-density
Why Did I Ever Abandon HTML/CSS? (syl)1,967
css
Tricks to Write HTML and CSS 10× Faster (jay)1,966
css, efficiency, tips-and-tricks
You No Longer Need JavaScript (reb)1,965
javascript, css, examples
Opening a “details” Element From the URL (chr/fro)1,964
disclosure-widgets, urls
Hack to the Future—Frontend (the)1,963
history, css, javascript, design, layout, flash, image-replacement, libraries, frameworks, hacks, xhtml, tooling, testing, outlooks
How to Create an Accessible Table With Clickable Rows (ale)1,962
how-tos, tables, accessibility
Design Hacks From the Pre-CSS Era (den/hac)1,961
tables, layout, hacks, history
A Proposal for Inline LLM Instructions in HTML Based on llms.txt (ind)1,960
ai, llmstxt
The First Rule of ARIA (nat)1,959
accessibility, aria, principles
Covering “hidden=until-found” (geo/css)1,958
hiding
5 Heading Accessibility Issues to Avoid (pop)1,957
accessibility, headings
A Progressive Complexity Manifesto (che)1,956
manifestos, complexity, web-apps, htmx, javascript, web-components, frameworks, principles
HTML Popovers Shown on Interest Should Be Accessible on Mobile Devices (uti)1,955
pop-overs, mobile, usability
HTML Is Dead, Long Live HTML (unc)1,954
css, dom, standards, metrics
When HTML Speaks Clearly1,953
accessibility, conformance, semantics
A Few Things About the Anchor Element’s “href” You Might Not Have Known (jim)1,952
attributes, links, data-urls
More Than Just Text: The Real Power of Labels (tpg)1,951
accessibility, labels, forms
HTML-First, Framework-Second: Is JavaScript Finally Growing Up?1,950
javascript, frameworks
Web Components: Working With Shadow DOM (sma)1,949
web-components, shadow-dom, dom
The “figcaption” Problem (chr/fro)1,948
css
Why and How to Write Minimal and Valid HTML, a Link Guide (j9t)1,947
minimalism, conformance, how-tos, guides, link-lists
State of HTML 2025 Now Open (lea)1,946
surveys
How Semantics and ARIA Attributes Support Accessible Design (tpg)1,945
accessibility, semantics, aria, attributes
Super Short Note: Placeholder Perfidy (ste)1,944
accessibility, placeholders
Why Semantic HTML Still Matters (jon)1,943
semantics
A Label and a Name Walk Into a Bar (ste)1,942
accessibility, labels, concepts, examples
Why I’m Writing Pure HTML and CSS in 20251,941
css
Screen Reader HTML Support Tables (ste/tet)1,940
support, screen-readers, jaws, nvda
HTML Minifier Next (a Maintained Fork of HTML Minifier) (j9t)1,939
html-minifier, minification, optimization, tooling
HTML Day 2025 (htm)1,938
awareness-days
What Is “popover=hint”? (una)1,937
attributes, pop-overs
Shadow DOM: The Ultimate Solution for Embedding Third-Party HTML Without CSS Conflicts1,936
shadow-dom, dom, css
Custom Select (That Comes Up From the Bottom on Mobile) (chr/fro)1,935
forms, css, animations, progressive-enhancement, mobile
Tabindex: What It Is, How It Works, and When to Use It (pop)1,934
focus, keyboard-navigation, accessibility
Google: Many Top Sites Have Invalid HTML and Still Rank (mat/sea)1,933
google, conformance, quality, seo
A Step Into the Spatial Web: The HTML Model Element in Apple Vision Pro (zac/web)1,932
spatial-web, apple, xr
The Mythical Magical Button (cri)1,931
buttons, css, custom-properties, custom-data
Know Your HTML (Yes, TSX Included) (hel)1,930
semantics, accessibility
CSS Cascade Layers vs. BEM vs. Utility Classes: Specificity Control (sma)1,929
css, cascade, bem, presentational-html
Selfish Reasons for Building Accessible Uis (nol)1,928
accessibility, debugging, testing
What I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was Getting Into ARIA (eri/sma)1,927
accessibility, aria, assistive-tech, support
Having “figure” Match Width of Contained Image (jef)1,926
css, images
Escaping “<” and “>” in Attributes—How It Helps Protect Against Mutation XSS (sec)1,925
attributes, security, xss, escaping, chrome, google, browsers
Why Visual Website Builders Didn’t Take Off (whi)1,924
videos, code-editors, wysiwyg, history
HTML Spec Change: Escaping “<” and “>” in Attributes (sec)1,923
attributes, escaping, security, xss
Is HTML Not a Programming Language?1,922
programming
Creating an Auto-Closing Notification With an HTML Popover (pre/css)1,921
notifications, pop-overs
ARIA/HTML Relationship Severance (ste)1,920
accessibility, aria
The “<output>” Element (kev)1,919
“aria-selected”: Practical Examples and Use Cases (flo/a11)1,918
accessibility, aria, examples
HTML-Native Accordions (cfe)1,917
accordions
How to Use ARIA Roles and Properties Effectively1,916
how-tos, aria, accessibility
Getting Creative With HTML Dialog (mal/css)1,915
modals
HTML Only Experiments (ala)1,914
websites, experiments
Up and Coming ARIA (web)1,913
accessibility, aria
The “col” Element (hey)1,912
tables, semantics
The Magic of the Most Minimal HTML Possible (and Why We Don’t Make Use of It) (j9t)1,911
minimalism, maintainability
What I Learnt About Making Websites by Reading Two Thousand Web Pages (ale)1,910
css, conditional-comments, lessons
Decorative Text Within HTML (ede)1,909
attributes, css, formatting
Making Scannable Web Pages for Assistive Technology (jar)1,908
accessibility, assistive-tech, design, headings, semantics
The “datalist” Element (kev)1,907
forms
Styling the Icon for HTML Date and Time Types (cas)1,906
forms, css, time
The “caption” Element (hey)1,905
tables, semantics
Expanding/Collapsing With “details” (ons/oze)1,904
accessibility, disclosure-widgets
Is There a Correct Answer? Flipping Layouts When Google Translate Swaps Between a Left-to-Right Language and a Right-to-Left Language (chr/fro)1,903
internationalization, localization, conversion
How Often Should We Speak About HTML Conformance? (j9t)1,902
conformance, metrics
Just Fucking Use HTML (kyr)1,901
websites
Enhancements to the Proposed “<permission>” Element (tom)1,900
Foundations: Keyboard Accessibility (tet)1,899
fundamentals, accessibility, keyboard-navigation, focus
The True Path to Garbage Code: Figma Sites (joe)1,898
figma, quality, semantics, accessibility
The Hidden Gold of Web Accessibility: Everything About ARIA Labels (flo/a11)1,897
accessibility, aria, best-practices
K.I.S.S. ARIA (nat)1,896
aria, accessibility
The “code” Element (hey)1,895
markdown
Revisiting Image Maps (mal/css)1,894
images, image-maps, techniques
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semantics
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maintainability
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css, anchor-positioning, source-order
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foss, hosting, javascript
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navigation, pagination, aria, accessibility
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canvas, semantics
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accessibility, semantics, community
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attributes, css, selectors
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forms, colors
The Problem(s) With Image Accessibility1,884
accessibility, images, alt-text
Mastering HTML: The Art of Minimal and Valid Code in Professional Web Development (AI Edition) (j9t)1,883
guest-posts, minimalism, conformance, semantics, interoperability, accessibility, standards
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lists, semantics
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accessibility, lists, accordions
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performance, optimization
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css, headings, browsers
5 Ways to Reduce HTML File Size on Your Website (deb)1,878
minification, compression, performance, optimization
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)1,877
standards, accessibility, aria
Milana Cap on the Interactivity and HTML APIs, and Their Enormous Potential (mil+)1,876
podcasts, interviews, wordpress, apis, dom
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strings
Hiding Elements That Require JavaScript Without JavaScript (0xd)1,874
javascript, css
Tweaking Text Level Styles, Reprised (aar)1,873
css, accessibility, support, browsers, screen-readers
CSS-Only Glitch Effect1,872
css, effects
Markup Languages (j9t)1,871
overviews, link-lists, sgml, xml, xhtml, hdml, dhtml, mathml, wml, chtml
“input type="number"” (kev)1,870
forms
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accessibility, aria, labels
Create an HTML Dialog When You Click an Image (cas)1,868
images, modals
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attributes, browsers, support, web-platform
Quick Accessibility Wins That Are Easy to Implement (kev)1,866
videos, accessibility, semantics, alt-text, images, contrast, colors, keyboard-navigation, focus, skip-links
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css, view-transitions, minimalism
Is React Accessible? That’s the Wrong Question1,864
accessibility, react, jsx, semantics
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web-components, components, frameworks, comparisons
A Review of HTML Linters1,862
overviews, linting, conformance, tooling, link-lists, comparisons
Popping Preconceived Popover Ponderings (sco)1,861
accessibility, pop-overs
Future of CSS: “select” Styling Without the Hacks1,860
css, selectors, forms
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css, disclosure-widgets, accordions, animations, transitions
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accessibility, aria, forms, labels
Page Speed: Avoid Large Base64 Data URLs in HTML and CSS (deb)1,857
performance, css, data-urls, compression, base64
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introductions, attributes
DeepSeek and HTML (j9t)1,855
ai, deepseek, minimalism, conformance
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modals, disclosure-widgets, forms, progress-indicators
Grouping Selection List Items Together With CSS Grid (pre/css)1,853
lists, forms, css, grids, layout
Building Websites With LLMS (jim)1,852
css, view-transitions
Using and Styling the “details” Element (geo/css)1,851
css, disclosure-widgets, examples
The Professional Standing of Frontend Developers (mar)1,850
guest-posts, career, learning, css, javascript, communication, collaboration, community, ai
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apis
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css, art
There’s No Such Thing as “Menubar Navigation” (tem)1,847
accessibility, navigation
When to Use Lists for Better Accessibility1,846
accessibility, lists
Fixing “rowspan=0” on Tables on WebKit (kar)1,845
tables, webkit, browser-engines, browsers
“ruby-align” Is Baseline Newly Available1,844
ruby-markup, css, browsers, support, web-platform
Everything You Need to Know About Invoker Commands (kei/web)1,843
videos, pop-overs
Introduction to Frontend Development1,842
introductions, css, javascript, frameworks, libraries, tooling, career, trends
Rethinking Find-in-Page Accessibility: Making Hidden Text Work for Everyone (sch)1,841
accessibility, search, hiding, browsers
It’s Right There in the Back of the Book (hom)1,840
accessibility, semantics
Using the “step” and “pattern” Attributes to Make Number Inputs More Useful (cas/pic)1,839
forms
Which HTML Element Are You?1,838
quizzes
Testing 10 JavaScript Frameworks on Their HTML Defaults (j9t)1,837
frameworks, javascript, conformance, comparisons, link-lists
Optimizing Images for Web Performance (tod/fro)1,836
images, performance, optimization, jpeg, png, webp, avif, caching
Taking RWD to the Extreme (sma)1,835
responsive-design, intrinsic-design, css
How to Declare Your Page’s Language (pop)1,834
how-tos, internationalization
HTML and CSS for a One-Time Password Input (chr/fro)1,833
css, forms, passwords
A Content List With Bulk Actions Using Ancient HTML and Modern CSS (tyl/clo)1,832
forms, lists, css
Using Padding to Space an Input and Label (dar)1,831
forms, labels, spacing, css
Foundations: Grouping Forms With “<fieldset>” and “<legend>” (tet)1,830
fundamentals, forms, aria
How to Set Up an Accessible Page Structure and Navigation (pop)1,829
how-tos, accessibility, navigation
XHTML in Modern Web Development (mar)1,828
guest-posts, xhtml
What Text Area Popovers Taught Me About Browser APIs (bla)1,827
forms, apis, javascript
Only One “<details>” Open at a Time (osv)1,826
disclosure-widgets
Creating an Angled Slider (zac/fro)1,825
sliders, css, effects
Don’t Wrap Figure in a Link (aar)1,824
links, screen-readers, accessibility
23 HTML Cheat Sheets, for a Different Look at HTML (fro)1,823
cheat-sheets, link-lists
Learning HTML Is the Best Investment I Ever Did (cod)1,822
learning, career
HTML Developers: Please Consider—in the Year of 2025 (ste)1,821
aria, accessibility
Clean Up HTML Content for Retrieval-Augmented Generation With Readability.js (phi/dat)1,820
scraping, tooling, nodejs, rag
Lesser Known Uses of Better Known Attributes (sma)1,819
attributes
Sharing a Variable Across HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (chr/fro)1,818
variables, css, javascript
Accessibility Essentials Every Front-End Developer Should Know (mar)1,817
accessibility, fundamentals, semantics, forms, keyboard-navigation, modals, alt-text, focus, responsive-design, reduced-motion, aria
Brief Note on Figure and Figcaption Support (aar)1,816
accessibility, screen-readers, support
How to Order Attributes on HTML Elements1,815
how-tos, attributes, sorting, conventions
Relatively New Things You Should Know About HTML Heading Into 2025 (chr/fro)1,814
forms, toggles, pop-overs, javascript, import-maps, css, transitions
The Difference Between HTML Attributes and Properties (pau/clo)1,813
attributes, javascript, terminology
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localization
HTML Is Actually a Programming Language—Fight Me (tim/wir)1,811
programming
Updated Brief Note on Description List Support (aar)1,810
lists, semantics, accessibility, screen-readers, support
Datalists Are More Powerful Than You Think (two/mat)1,809
Media (ste+/htt)1,808
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, multimedia, images
Misleading Icons: Icon-Only-Buttons and Their Impact on Screen Readers (ale/mat)1,807
buttons, icons, images, accessibility, screen-readers
Why Heading Order Matters in HTML (gra)1,806
headings, accessibility
The Underrated “<dl>” Element (luh/mat)1,805
lists
Preloading Fonts for Web Performance With “link rel=preload” (acc/mat)1,804
performance, preloading, fonts, hints
The Search Input: They Almost Got It Right (stv/mat)1,803
forms, labels, screen-readers, assistive-tech, accessibility
The Devil Is in the “<details>” (mat)1,802
disclosure-widgets
Please Keep Your HTML Tables Clean and Lean, if You Really Need to Use Them (cer)1,801
accessibility, tables
PSA: Stop Using the “title” Attribute as Tooltip (dni/mat)1,800
attributes, tooltips, toggles, accessibility
Accessibility First: How to Design Inclusive Frontend Experiences1,799
how-tos, design, accessibility, semantics, alt-text, keyboard-navigation, aria, contrast, forms, focus
Grouping Form Fields (mat)1,798
forms
My Favourite Colour Is Chuck Norris Red (val/mat)1,797
colors
No ARIA Is Better Than Bad ARIA (kar)1,796
videos, accessibility, aria
Getting Oriented With HTML Video (sco/mat)1,795
multimedia, web-components
Microdata for Books (ala/mat)1,794
microdata
HTML Conformance: A Comparison of 6.5 npm Validator Packages (With 1.5 Recommendations) (j9t)1,793
conformance, tooling, npm, comparisons
You Don’t Need the “isOpen” Class (mau/mat)1,792
aria, accessibility
HTML “inert” Attribute (stv/5t3)1,791
attributes
The Gift You Do Not Want: A Div in a Button’s Clothing (mat)1,790
buttons, accessibility
Page by Page: How Pagination Makes the Web Accessible (mat)1,789
accessibility, pagination, css, svg
ARIA in HTML (sco+/w3c)1,788
standards, accessibility, aria
Improving User Experience for Multilingual Web Browsing (mat)1,787
user-experience, internationalization
HTML and CSS I Didn’t Even Know About Before I Started Creating Content in Japanese (mat)1,786
ruby-markup, css, internationalization
Makeshift Hot Reload (eva/mat)1,785
metadata
On-Page SEO Checklist: The Complete Task List for 2025 (sem)1,784
seo, checklists, semantics
Submit to the Quirks of HTML (fel/mat)1,783
forms
Native HTML Light and Dark Color Scheme Switching (pep/mat)1,782
dark-mode, css, javascript, functionality
Past HTML, Future HTML? (j9t/mat)1,781
Almost, but Not Quite, Entirely Unlike… (tin/mat)1,780
accessibility, buttons, ai
What Do the State of CSS and HTML Surveys Tell Us? (rac)1,779
web-platform, css, community
What Is HTML Optimization? What Is It Not? (j9t)1,778
optimization, terminology
Control the Viewport Resize Behavior on Mobile With “interactive-widget” (bra/mat)1,777
css, units, viewport, resizing, mobile, metadata
Creating an Effective Multistep Form for Better User Experience (sma)1,776
forms, javascript, user-experience
Starting Off Right: Where Autofocus Shines (kil/mat)1,775
forms, focus
The HTML Native Search Element (tre)1,774
semantics
Character-Based Alignment (css)1,773
css, alignment
Preloading Responsive Images (tre)1,772
images, hints, performance, preloading
A Button Is Not a Link (mor/mat)1,771
buttons, links
Language of Parts Bookmarklet (bea)1,770
bookmarklets, metadata, accessibility
Old Alt Text Advice (ste)1,769
accessibility, images, alt-text, microcontent, best-practices
Avoid Read-Only Controls (aar)1,768
forms, accessibility
Where Has All the Valid HTML Gone (j9t)1,767
conformance, quality
My 3 Most-Wanted CSS Table Features (dar)1,766
css, tables, wish-lists
Importing a Frontend JavaScript Library Without a Build System (b0r)1,765
javascript, libraries, commonjs, esm, nodejs
Native Dual-Range Input1,764
forms, css
State of HTML 2024 [Results] (sac/dev)1,763
surveys, metrics
The “br” Element (hey)1,762
semantics
Markup (gua/htt)1,761
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
State of CSS and State of HTML 2024 (pat)1,760
css
The Path to Learn Web Development (fla)1,759
learning, http, css, tooling, git, javascript, typescript, databases, frameworks
How to Identify Decorative Images and Boost Accessibility (a11)1,758
how-tos, images, decoration, accessibility, aria
The Lowdown on Dropdowns in HTML and CSS (zer)1,757
css
More Options for Styling “<details>” (bra)1,756
disclosure-widgets, css
How Do HTML Event Handlers Work? (tbr)1,755
javascript, events
Disabled and Obscured (ste)1,754
accessibility, forms, wcag, standards
The “button” Element (hey)1,753
semantics, buttons, links
HTML Cheat Sheet1,752
semantics, examples, cheat-sheets
Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy (men)1,751
career, eleventy
20 HTML Tips You Must Know in 2024 (xiu)1,750
tips-and-tricks
The “<details>” and “<summary>” Elements Are Getting an Upgrade (sea)1,749
disclosure-widgets
25 Accessibility Tips to Celebrate 25 Years (jar/web)1,748
accessibility, tips-and-tricks, aria
The “body” Element (hey)1,747
semantics
Clarifying the Relationship Between Popovers and Dialogs (zel/css)1,746
pop-overs, modals, comparisons, accessibility
Come to the “light-dark()” Side (sar/css)1,745
dark-mode, css, colors
HTML Form Validation Is Heavily Underused1,744
forms, validation, react
Talkin’ Tables (aar/web)1,743
videos, accessibility, tables
Why Does “target="_blank"” Have an Underscore in Front? (kyr)1,742
frames, links
My Top 5 Most Popular Front-End Tips (kev)1,741
videos, css, forms, tips-and-tricks
How Should “<selectedoption>” Work? (jaf)1,740
forms
An HTML Email Template With Basic Typography and Dark/light Modes (chr/fro)1,739
templates, email, typography, dark-mode
Using Static Websites for Tiny Archives1,738
css
I’ve Been Doing Blockquotes Wrong (mic)1,737
The “blockquote” Element (hey)1,736
semantics
My Eulogy for the Open Web and Old Google1,735
open-web, google
HTML/CSS Frameworks, in Their Own Words (by Word Cloud) (j9t)1,734
frameworks, css, bootstrap, tailwind, foundation, bulma, milligram, pure, uikit, comparisons
HTML for People (bw)1,733
books, websites, examples
The New Stylable “<select>” Element (jaf+)1,732
podcasts, css, apis, forms
No Industry for Old Men (ste/web)1,731
videos, retrospectives, aria, browsers, screen-readers, accessibility, w3c
The Popover API: Your New Best Friend for Tooltips (dev)1,730
pop-overs, apis, tooltips, css, javascript
Web Components: Little Bits (web)1,729
videos, web-components
Practical Accessibility Tips You Can Apply Today (pic)1,728
accessibility, tips-and-tricks
An Interesting HTML Parser Conundrum (dbu)1,727
parsing
The “bdi” Element (hey)1,726
semantics, internationalization
What’s the Difference Between HTML’s Dialog Element and Popovers? (chr/fro)1,725
modals, pop-overs, comparisons
How to Learn HTML: 46 Great Sites, Courses, and Books (All Free)1,724
how-tos, learning, courses, books, link-lists
The “b” Element (hey)1,723
semantics
“img sizes=auto” for Native Lazy Loading (ste)1,722
code-pens, images, lazy-loading, performance
Hire HTML and CSS People (fon)1,721
css, hiring, engineering-management
Why HTML Has Both “<b/i>” and “<strong/em>”?1,720
semantics
The Importance of Title Tags: Tips and Tricks to Optimize for SEO (web)1,719
seo, optimization, tips-and-tricks
State of HTML 2024 (sac/dev)1,718
surveys
Request for Developer Feedback: Customizable Select (una)1,717
forms
2024: 0.5% of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)1,716
conformance, metrics, quality, craft
What Does Hydration Mean? (chr/fro)1,715
hydration, concepts, javascript, dom
Going Buildless (mxb)1,714
building, components
The HTML History and Optimization Cheat Sheet (j9t)1,713
history, optimization, cheat-sheets
Should Form Labels Be Wrapped or Separate? (sib/tpg)1,712
forms, labels, accessibility, browsers, assistive-tech
HTML Whitespace Is Broken (dev)1,711
whitespace
Semi-Annual Reminder to Learn and Hire for Web Standards (aar)1,710
learning, fundamentals, standards, css
Headings (web)1,709
headings, accessibility
Paragraphs (sco)1,708
accessibility
What the Heck Is ARIA? A Beginner’s Guide to ARIA for Accessibility (a11)1,707
videos, guides, aria, accessibility
The “aside” Element (hey)1,706
semantics, accessibility
The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes1,705
databases, community
What’s Missing From HTML and CSS? (rac)1,704
css
Make Me One (Input) With Everything (mor/mat)1,703
forms, accessibility, simplicity
How to Easily Add Dark Mode to Your Website1,702
how-tos, dark-mode, css, javascript, functionality
What Skills Should You Focus on as Junior Web Developer in 2024? (fro)1,701
career, fundamentals, css, javascript, frameworks, tooling, learning, link-lists
Is Using “aria-label” to Add Alternative Text but No “alt” Attribute Still a WCAG Fail?1,700
discussions, accessibility, attributes, forms, labels, aria, alt-text, images
Raw-Dogging Websites (bra)1,699
css, javascript, tech-stacks
Spoiler Alert: It Needs to Be Accessible (sco)1,698
accessibility, web-components, aria
The Top Programming Languages 2024 (iee)1,697
programming, comparisons, python, java, javascript, typescript, sql, go, php, lua
Foundations: Labelling Text Fields With Input and Label (tet)1,696
accessibility, fundamentals, forms, labels
Expert Guide: Writing HTML for Screen Reader Users (flo/a11)1,695
guides, accessibility, aria, alt-text, writing, screen-readers
Top 5 HTML Features You’re Not Using (but Should Be)1,694
How Are the “colspan” and “rowspan” Attributes Different? (geo/css)1,693
attributes, tables
How Does the Browser Render HTML? (and)1,692
browsers, browser-engines, rendering, dom, css, cssom, painting
“blocking=render”: Why Would You Do That?! (css)1,691
performance, rendering
Rote Learning HTML & CSS (j9t/fro)1,690
books, frontend-dogma, css, learning
The “address” Element (hey)1,689
semantics
Action Web Components Which Span the Server-Client Divide (jar)1,688
web-components, apis
ObsoHTML, the Obsolete HTML Checker (j9t)1,687
packages, npm, quality
The “abbr” Element (hey)1,686
semantics, accessibility
HTML Web Components Can Have a Little Shadow DOM, as a Treat (sco)1,685
web-components, shadow-dom, dom
The Anchor Element (hey)1,684
links, semantics, terminology, usability
HTML Web Components Make Progressive Enhancement and CSS Encapsulation Easier (css)1,683
web-components, principles, solid, progressive-enhancement, examples
The Anatomy of Accessible Forms: Best Practices (deq)1,682
accessibility, forms, best-practices
Replacing jQuery UI Datepicker With HTML Date Input (chr)1,681
jquery
Pop(over) the Balloons (css)1,680
disclosure-widgets, pop-overs, css
Learn Web Components (and)1,679
websites, courses, web-components, css, dom, javascript
Don’t Use JS for That: Moving Features to CSS and HTML (kil/jsc)1,678
videos, javascript, css
Named Alternates for WordPress (ede)1,677
wordpress
What ARIA Still Does Not Do (ste)1,676
aria, accessibility, standards
An Update on Invokers: Invoker Commands in HTML (uti)1,675
modals, pop-overs
How to Parse HTML in JavaScript (api)1,674
how-tos, parsing, javascript
Mythbusting DOM: Was DOM Invented Alongside HTML?1,673
myths, dom, history
Are Web Components Worth It?1,672
podcasts, web-components, dom, shadow-dom
A Rant About Front-End Development1,671
content, css, javascript, preprocessors, frameworks, complexity
Know the “search” Element (j9t)1,670
semantics
HTML Markup Explained: Building Blocks of Modern Web Pages1,669
fundamentals