Keep selector conflicts to a minimum
The new @scope rule is here! It’s a better way to keep our component styles contained – without relying on third-party tools or extreme naming conventions.
Scoped styles have always been the primary goal of CSS.
Selectors scope declarations to matched elements.
Those selectors can be combined to create more specific scopes –
each modified by its relation to others.
But the @scope feature,
already available in Chromium browsers,
will make that functionality even more powerful.
So, you have a site that you want to build or redesign. Maybe you have a few core colors in mind, and you’re thinking about how to quickly implement a theme based on those colors. Baseline features can help!
<dialog> and popover
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