Marco Silva Hard cuts ruin good UI. If a shape or panel appears out of nowhere, users feel the jolt. By the end of this article you will build two production-ready patterns that animate clip-path with smooth, reliable transitions: a circular reveal that grows from the center of an image, and a polygon panel that morphs from … Read more
You will build a clean, memorable “play badge” logo with nothing but CSS shapes. The mark is a solid circular badge with a right-pointing triangle centered inside. No SVG, no images, and no icon fonts. By the end, you will own a tidy component that scales with a single custom property, themes in one place, … Read more
You want perfectly responsive shapes without hacks, spacer divs, or fragile padding tricks. The aspect-ratio property gives you a single, readable line that locks height to width, which means square avatars, circular badges, and media frames that scale cleanly with the layout. By the end of this article, you will build a small gallery of … Read more
Color that looks great and fails contrast checks is design debt. By the end of this guide, you will build a small, reusable palette system that exposes accessible color tokens, previews real contrast outcomes, and scales across themes. You will learn how to structure the HTML for swatches, declare tokens with OKLCH for predictable lightness, … Read more
You will build a glowing, animated light saber with pure CSS. The blade will expand from the hilt, project a bright core, and bloom with a colored aura that flickers like plasma. By the end, you will have a reusable component that you can recolor, resize, and animate without images or SVGs. The technique relies … Read more
A smooth, believable loader does more than fill time. It sets a tone for your UI. In this walkthrough you will build a polished “bouncing ball” loading animation with pure CSS, complete with a squish at impact and an animated shadow that sells the motion. By the end, you will have a compact component powered … Read more
Need fresh motion ideas for your next UI? This hands-on guide walks you through building a compact gallery of 10 inspirational CSS animations inspired by patterns you have probably seen on CodePen. You will learn how to assemble a single HTML page with a clean grid, then layer in modern, hardware-friendly animations that you can … Read more
Every tooltip needs a pointer that makes the connection between the label and the trigger crystal clear. Images and SVGs work, but they complicate theming and sizing. A CSS triangle gives you a crisp, scalable arrow with a single rule change. In this guide you will build a reusable tooltip arrow with pure CSS, cover … Read more
An accessible search bar does two jobs at once: it helps people find content fast and it behaves predictably for assistive tech. By the end of this article, you will have a polished search bar with clear visuals, keyboard-friendly focus, screen reader labels, a CSS-only clear button that appears when the field has text, and … Read more
A red dot that softly expands and fades is the fastest way to signal “this content is live.” In this tutorial you will build a pulsing Live indicator with pure CSS. The result is a tiny, reusable badge that drops into any header, player, or dashboard without JavaScript. You will get a clean HTML structure, … Read more