CSS Technique for True Shrinkwrapping Using Anchor Positioning and Scroll-Driven Animations
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Summary
The article presents an innovative CSS technique for achieving true shrinkwrapping of elements with auto-wrapped content, which was previously considered impossible. The author demonstrates how to use anchor positioning and scroll-driven animations to adjust an element's outer dimensions by measuring its inner contents. The technique shows that this functionality can already work in many cases and may pave the way for future native CSS features.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledtrue shrinkwrapping of an element with auto-wrapped content
By using anchor positioning and scroll-driven animations, we can adjust our element's outer dimensions by measuring its inner contents
demonstrating that for many cases this can already work and might unlock a future native feature
Since anchor positioning and scroll-driven animations appeared on my radar, I knew they would unlock things that were not possible before
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