TIPS, TRICKS & BOOKMARKSChanging Display Resets Scroll Offset
In Chrome 5, Safari 4, Opera 10.53 and sometimes Firefox (although I was unable to reproduce it in this test case), changing the visibility of the element by toggling display:none will cause the scroll offset to reset to zero. Toggling visibility:hidden does not seem to trigger the same problem. Scroll the container and then toggle the classes applied. #a { position:relative; ...
Handling Active State for jQuery Animated Backgrounds
Awhile back, I wrote an article on how to animate background images with jQuery to create some nifty effects. One of the most common questions I receive on that article is, "How do I handle active states?" It is time to answer that question. There are two ways in which you can handle the active state: Create a different animation for active elements; or Change the background ima...
Filling in the Gaps
HTML started as a very simple language. By many accounts, it's still very simple. You create some text and you wrap some tags around it. The tags provide a small measure of meaning and allow user agents—aka browsers—to present the content in a meaningful way. In the early days of the web, browser developers quickly added features that helped web developers build more exciting sites ...
Vendors using Competing Prefixes
IE Mobile for Windows Phone 7 has decided to implement support for -webkit-text-size-adjust. They'll also be adding their own duplicate vendor-specific prefix, -ms-text-size-adjust. That's right, Microsoft will be adding support for another vendor's non-standard implementation. Is this good or bad? The general consensus on Twitter would indicate that this is a bad thing but while there is a scena...
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