Customizing the structure
The way we write CSS is also evolving. Recent advancements, such as cascade layers, scoped styles, nesting, and the powerful :has()
selector, have significantly transformed how CSS is managed. These features empower developers to create more modular, maintainable, and intuitive styles, enabling greater control over specificity, context, and element relationships. In this section, we explore these innovative CSS capabilities, demonstrating how they streamline the styling process and open up new possibilities for crafting sophisticated and efficient web designs. Let’s explore them together!
Cascade layers
CSS layers introduce a solution to the specificity problem. CSS specificity determines which styles are applied to elements by evaluating the specificity of selectors. Basic elements have lower specificity compared to classes or attributes, and IDs have the highest specificity. As you may already know, maintaining organized styles is challenging...