Abusing Customizable Selects

97 points by speckx5 days ago

2 comments

love2read6 hours ago
The person who wrote this post is incredibly creative. Every one of these is more interesting than 10 google tools. I guess thus is the rule of industrial tools, that is, to minimize surprise.
- OuterVale4 hours ago
  Patrick is incredibly creative with CSS. Check out his lab on his website which is full of more wild stuff: <a href="https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/" rel="nofollow">https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/</a>
duskdozer2 hours ago
I admit this is neat tech but I am <i>not</i> looking forward to the monstrosities that are going to result. I'm hoping there will be (already is?) something that could translate anything into a stripped down minimal-effect version. Like reader mode but universal
- dqv2 hours ago
  That already exists because it's just a styled dropdown menu. If you remove the CSS, it reverts back to an unstyled dropdown menu like what is seen at the beginning of the article: <a href="https://i0.wp.com/css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-7.png?w=246&ssl=1" rel="nofollow">https://i0.wp.com/css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/...</a>