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ContentEditable. The Sass Playground! Web Designers and Developers Daily Resource. Float Labels with CSS. You've probably seen this pattern going around.

Float Labels with CSS

It's an input that appears as if it has placeholder text in it, but when you click/tap into that input, that text moves out of the way and allows you to type there. It's rather clever, I think. Brad Frost has a really good post on it, detailing the pros and cons and such. Many of the demos I've seen involve JavaScript. The other day I was checking out at Nest.com, saw their technique for it, and I thought of a way I could pull that off without JavaScript. Here's how the Nest.com one looks: And here's my take: It's not quite as sexy as the Nest ones, where the text is fading out as the label is sliding up. Some Quick Reminders. Online Website Design Software. Tools for Managing Web Projects – Best Of. With the ever-growing market of tech startups, Web apps and in-browser tools have become extremely popular among developers, designers, freelancers, and project managers.

Tools for Managing Web Projects – Best Of

Over time these tools progressed and we now seen the release of desktop software, mobile apps, and even greater possibilities. For this article I have collected dozens of various online resources from different topics which are useful to creative professionals. The tools are geared towards website projects, but can certainly be applied into almost any technology-based field. You will find apps for e-mail marketing, task management, cloud IDEs, and so much more. The growth is practically endless and I would expect to see more evolution over the coming years.

Recommended Reading: Useful (Offline) Utensils and Toolkits for Designers Code Management In past releases of different open source projects the codes have been published on blogs and personal websites. Github. Notepad · HTML & CSS Code Snippet. Modal Box Contact Form · HTML & CSS Code Snippet. Task List · HTML & CSS Code Snippet.

A simple task list with custom checkboxes and pure CSS icons.

Task List · HTML & CSS Code Snippet

The custom checkboxes are created using a combination of the :checked and ~ adjacent sibling selectors. This allows us to dynamically style an element that comes after the checkbox, as if it were the checkbox itself. The native inputs can then be hidden from view while we keep the ability to click/toggle by wrapping everything in a label. The check marks use the same technique described in the check buttons snippet. The list/3-lines icon is made of a simple rectangle with two offset shadows. Original PSD by Wassim Bourguiba. Check out my new project: DevDocs is a web app that provides a fast, all-in-one interface for reading API docs such as HTML and CSS. CSS3 Family Tree. CSS: Elastic Videos. While I was coding the Elemin Theme (a responsive WordPress theme that I recently designed), one of the challenges that I faced was to make the embedded videos elastic.

CSS: Elastic Videos

Using the max-width:100% and height:auto trick works with native HTML5 video tag, but it doesn't work with embed code using iframe or object tag. After hours of experimenting and Googling, I finally found a trick on how to achieve this. If you are creating a responsive design, this simple CSS trick will come in handy. View the final demo and resize your browser window to see it in action. View Demo Elastic Videos Elastic HTML5 Videos (demo) Creating Reusable & Versatile Background Patterns. I haven't written any Photoshop tutorials for a while.

Creating Reusable & Versatile Background Patterns

Today I'm going to share a simple tutorial on how to create reusable background patterns with Photoshop and CSS. I learned this trick from designing WordPress themes. The trick is to create one reusable transparent PNG background and use CSS background-color property to create various color skins. It is particularly useful for creating customizable and dynamic templates (see demos). What is so cool about this? With transparent pattern image, users can easily customize the background color by altering the hex color. Photoshop Trick: Extracting Pattern. Perspective Page View Navigation. Building a Circular Navigation with CSS Transforms. A tutorial on how to create a circular navigation using CSS transforms.

Building a Circular Navigation with CSS Transforms

View demo Download source In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to create circular navigations using CSS transforms. I’m going to take you through the steps for creating these styles one by one, and explain the math (yikes!) And simple logic behind them so you get a clear understanding of the technique. Like I mentioned, there’s going to be some basic math involved, along with CSS transforms to create these styles. I also want to mention that credit for the original technique goes to Ana Tudor.

So, without further ado, let’s get started! The Markup. Creating a modal window with HTML5 & CSS3. Modal boxes are a frequently utilized tool in the web developer’s arsenal.

Creating a modal window with HTML5 & CSS3

Used for, amongst many things, login/register forms; advertisements; or just notifications to the user. However despite the fact that modal windows frequently contain mission critical information, they are routinely created with JavaScript, which does not sit well with the best-practices of progressive enhancement or graceful degration. This doesn’t need to be a problem, because HTML5 & CSS3 allow us to create modal windows with ease. Demo What we are going to do is use CSS3’s transition, opacity, pointer-event, and background gradient properties to create a very beautiful and functional modal box.