Ep. #55: CSS is getting a boost in 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses upcoming CSS features expected to be available in 2026.

We discuss a bunch of new CSS features you should know in 2026. Not all of them are baseline available but we should be ready for when they are. Here are the new things we talk about: corner-shape: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/corner-shape Custom Select: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Extensions/Forms/Customizable_select Scroll State: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Conditional_rules/Container_scroll-state_queries Text Box: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/text-box Sibling Index: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/sibling-index Sibling Count: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/sibling-count if() functions: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/if Custom Functions: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Custom_functions_and_mixins/Using_custom_functions width, height: stretch https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/width#stretch shape function…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chucho Castañeda, Ricard Torres

Topics covered

• CSS
• web development
• new features
• frontend
• technology

Keywords

• CSS features
• corner-shape
• Custom Select
• Scroll State
• Text Box
• Sibling Index
• Custom Functions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mozilla

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