Trying AI autocomplete
I've used autocomplete before in coding - after all, why type more than you need to? But recently I downloaded Cursor and tried out the AI autocomplete, which can add many lines at a time. And did I f
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Moving elements with JavaScript
Recently I had a situation where there were two elements, A and B, each of which contained a whole load of things. On mobile A was at the top and B was below it. But on desktop B was on the left and A
Mar 2, 20262 min read6Transitioning display: none
I recently had cause to transition display: none. It’s not yet working in all browsers, but when I tried it I found the effect was so subtle that no one would notice the difference. In this example I had to change the transition time to 1 second in o...
Nov 22, 20252 min read1Styling sibling hover and none hover
I recently had some complicated CSS to get my head around. I have a list of links which I want to style when they’re being hovered/focus on. But, if none of them are being hovered or focused, then I want to style the first one in the list. The HTML <...
Sep 14, 20252 min read1The scripting media query
I know there are a lot more media queries out there than the ones I usually use, but this week I used one I’d never come across before. The scripting media query checks whether JavaScript is enabled. It has three keywords, although only two of them a...
Aug 31, 20251 min read2Using ChatGPT
This week I had a couple of things I got stuck on and googling/Stack Overflow weren’t helping me much. I know that people have said that AI can help you with programming and I thought I’d see how much help it was getting me unstuck. Problem 1 I went ...
May 23, 20252 min read4Select keyboard controls
I was recently given a design that included a customised select. Since that’s currently only available in the most recent version of Chrome, I went looking for libraries and instructions on how to create your own select. And I came across a problem: ...
Apr 18, 20252 min read9Accessible toggle
I recently got given a design that included a toggle. But I know they are not the most accessible of components, so I had to do some research on the best ways to create them. I started at https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/switch/. This site is...
Feb 12, 20254 min read40Review of 2024
2024 had a lot going on. Just not so much in anything I blogged about or side projects I created. I spent January looking for jobs. There was a surge in the number posted in comparison to December, and I had to do take-home tests, which took up time....
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