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Re: Small, native web tricks worth remembering

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Post by i_am_a_peasant » Mon, Aug 24, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

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Message received loud and clear. Just to clarify why there aren’t any demos right now: I originally built the site mostly for myself, as a quick reminder for simple things whose syntax is easy to forget. The use case was simple: I have my editor open, quickly check the site, copy those 2 or 3 lines, and get back to work, already knowing exactly what they do. Sharing it publicly came later, so demos/screenshots weren’…

> ..even if I don’t always agree with the delivery :) Some people need pictures on a menu as well, and will leave 1 star food reviews because of it ;) Cool site!

I don't leave 1 star reviews in such places, because I don't sit down to eat there to begin with.

Re: Small, native web tricks worth remembering

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Post by archerx » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 8:22 AM UTC

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An online game for example.

You wouldn't want to hide scrollbars though. You'd want to make it so either: a) There is nothing to scroll in the first place, so you don't need a scrollbar b) Capture the pointer so all interaction only occurs within the game's area.

Sometimes things overflow and you don't want scrollbars popping in and out.

Re: Small, native web tricks worth remembering

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Post by HenriTEL » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 1:25 PM UTC

marcomezzavilla wrote: post #66

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I agree 100%. Pictures or any sort of visual representation of any kind would only diminish the quality of the whole experience. The fact is, if you're smart enough you can just eyeball raw css and just see it if you close your eyes. Oh you're not also gifted? Well I guess you're not special enough for this job then. Maybe you should be flipping burgers instead. /s

Message received loud and clear. Just to clarify why there aren’t any demos right now: I originally built the site mostly for myself, as a quick reminder for simple things whose syntax is easy to forget. The use case was simple: I have my editor open, quickly check the site, copy those 2 or 3 lines, and get back to work, already knowing exactly what they do. Sharing it publicly came later, so demos/screenshots weren’…

I thought the "Private Feedback" field was the demo when I checked the first example which was "Disable a subtree with inert". The css carousel sound very nice, I wish I could have played with an example directly. Thanks for sharing.