97: Invokers and commands

97: Invokers and commands

From The CSS Podcast by The CSS Podcast

November 11, 2025 · 13 min

About this episode

This episode explores invoker commands in CSS, including how to create custom commands and the concept of interest invokers.

In this episode of The CSS Podcast, we're diving into the power of invoker commands! Discover how the command and commandfor attributes allow you to declaratively open dialogs and show popovers. We'll explore standard commands and then jump into creating your own custom commands for more complex interactions. To close off, we're covering the concept of "interest invokers" and how the new CSS properties and selectors they bring. Resources: Introducing command and commandfor blogpost → https://goo.gle/4ozmEy4 Authors Cards (Interest Invokers Demo) → https://goo.gle/42LU3x2 Invoker Commands Explainer → https://goo.gle/4o0DC8n Interest Invokers Explainer → https://goo.gle/4nfyZGi Una Kravets (co-host) Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube | Website Making the web more colorful @googlechrome Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website

People in this episode

Hosts: Una Kravets, Bramus Van Damme

Topics covered

  • invoker commands
  • custom commands
  • CSS properties
  • dialog opening
  • popovers
  • interest invokers

Keywords

  • invoker commands
  • commandfor
  • CSS properties
  • popovers
  • dialogs
  • custom commands
  • interest invokers

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