Stop Reaching for JavaScript: Modern HTML and CSS Interactive Patterns
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- #HTML
- #Web Development
- #CSS
- Modern HTML & CSS can replace JavaScript for many interactive patterns like popovers, modals, carousels, and scroll-driven effects.
- Text Fragments allow deep-linking and highlighting text without JavaScript.
- Native lazy-loading for images and iframes improves performance.
- Anchor links can respect sticky headers using scroll-margin-top.
- Tooltips can be created with pure CSS using pseudo-elements.
- The <dialog> element provides accessible modals with minimal JavaScript.
- The Popover API enables menus, toasts, and light overlays without JavaScript.
- CSS Anchor Positioning allows elements to be positioned relative to others.
- CSS Scroll Snap can create lightweight carousels.
- Light/Dark themes can be implemented using light-dark() and color-scheme.