alt.hn

3/18/2026 at 6:23:10 PM

Abusing Customizable Selects

https://css-tricks.com/abusing-customizable-selects/

by speckx

3/24/2026 at 1:28:44 AM

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.

by love2read

3/24/2026 at 3:44:11 AM

Patrick is incredibly creative with CSS. Check out his lab on his website which is full of more wild stuff: https://patrickbrosset.com/lab/

by OuterVale

3/24/2026 at 5:49:14 AM

I admit this is neat tech but I am not 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

by duskdozer

3/24/2026 at 6:03:57 AM

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: https://i0.wp.com/css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/...

by dqv

3/24/2026 at 8:19:00 AM

Yeah, and maybe I'm overcomplicating this in my head, but it's based on my difficult experience trying to reduce distracting/annoying styling ad-hoc. My ideal is something that's able to "universally" produce a barebones version of a page that matches its original layout as best it can, and otherwise leaves it semi functional/readable. Maybe I just haven't spent enough time sitting and thinking about how to do this generically and it's easier than I think.

by duskdozer

3/24/2026 at 10:20:42 AM

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by Nahid890

3/24/2026 at 10:21:47 AM

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