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7 New CSS Features You Don’t Know About

PRADIP KAITY
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5 min readNov 30, 2024

7 New CSS Features You Don’t Know About
New CSS Features

CSS never stopped evolving.

With the latest updates, CSS just become more powerful, easier to use, and a lot more fun.

Let’s dive into what’s new and why these updates are game-changers for developers like you.

Ever noticed the distinct purple in CSS’s new logo?

That’s Rebecca Purple, a tribute to Rebecca Meyer, the late daughter of web developer and advocate Eric Meyer.

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1. Centering Without Flexbox or Grid

Remember the struggle of centering elements with CSS?

You’d reach for flexbox or grid just to center one thing.

Not anymore!

The new align-content property makes centering elements —no extra containers.

.my-element {
display: block;
align-content: center;
}

Simple, right?

2. Variables Get Smarter with property

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