--- title: CSS in 2026: The new features reshaping frontend development description: Modern CSS now handles complex interactions previously requiring JavaScript. New features like customizable select elements (appearance: base-select), scroll... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/css-in-2026-the-new-features-reshaping-frontend-development-rhaxhc6ob twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: CSS in 2026: The new features reshaping frontend development | daily.dev og:description: Modern CSS now handles complex interactions previously requiring JavaScript. New features like customizable select elements (appearance: base-select), scroll... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/css-in-2026-the-new-features-reshaping-frontend-development-rhaxhc6ob og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rHAXhC6ob.png og:image:alt: CSS in 2026: The new features reshaping frontend development og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # CSS in 2026: The new features reshaping frontend development **[LogRocket](https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket)** · [@jemimaabu](https://daily.dev/jemimaabu) · 9 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Modern CSS now handles complex interactions previously requiring JavaScript. New features like customizable select elements (appearance: base-select), scroll markers, tree counting functions (sibling-index, sibling-count), and typed attr() enable building interactive components with pure CSS. A practical example demonstrates replacing 150+ lines of JavaScript with CSS-only code for a fully styled, animated dropdown selector while maintaining native accessibility. These features are rolling out in Chrome 135+ but aren't production-ready yet across all browsers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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