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My HTML boilerplate in 2026
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Every element I use for the basic structure of a HTML document, with explanations why.
Progressively enhancing Grid Lanes
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This post is a follow-up on my previous post. I was wondering whether it's safe to use Grid Lanes today. I came up with a solution I find okay, but there is a caveat.
Your Grid Lanes will likely fail WCAG 2.4.3
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I saw a great introduction to CSS Grid Lanes, aka Masonry Layouts, by Patrick Brosset at CSS Day 2026. I liked the versatility of its use cases, but I was also concerned that it's inaccessible by default.
More posts
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Setting the width of selects to the width of the selected option
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Zen, Zed, and Zits
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Context-aware headings in HTML
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Don't put aria-label on generic elements like divs
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box-shadow is no alternative to outline
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The geolocation element is odd
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Your skip link targets may not need tabindex=-1 to work properly
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role=presentation is no alternative for aria-hidden=true
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Put aria-hidden=true on decorative SVGs
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aria-haspopup might not do what you think it does
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A new meta tag for respecting text scaling on mobile
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Introduction to the new HTML element <geolocation>
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Lowering the specificity of multiple rules at once
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My favourite front-end and web development conferences
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Better defaults for popovers
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Workshop: Deep Dive on Accessibility Testing