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What'd I miss? components know: - user stuff - device stuff - app stuff - design stuff - what stuff is in them - what stuff they're inside - etc It's amazing how much a component can know on the web, and I'm going to try and list it all out. Help me 🤓 #CSS nerdy.dev/components-c...

nerdy.devWeb components know about the user, device, variables, layout and more · October 30, 2025As Miriam Suzanne says "components know stuff," but like, how much stuff?

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throw in a browserhack or two and it knows which browser it's in 🏃‍♂️💨

@troutgirl.bsky.social

📌

Should @if() go in here? Pixel density?

p.s. i dont specifically mean web components i just mean any web element, component, thing… aka; CSS can know

whether they are on a printed page, on what kind of page (left, right etc.) and of they have enough space to fit on the page (css fragmentation).

Anthony Frehner

If they’ve moved to an iframe!

@gordon.bsky.social

wait... you can use CSS vars in container queries now?

not exactly… but you can calc()! nerdy.dev/carousel-ada...?

nerdy.devA powerful container query · December 19, 2024How to automatically adapt scroll buttons to the inside or outside based on available space.

Can we get a codepen example.???

@georgesboris.com

they can know about accessible focus intent through :focus-visible :)