--- title: CSS Infinity Use Cases · July 25, 2026 | daily.dev description: CSS supports the `infinity` (and `-infinity`) keyword inside `calc()` and related math functions. Eight practical and creative use cases are explored: creating... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/css-infinity-use-cases-july-25-2026-wwuly17lm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: CSS Infinity Use Cases · July 25, 2026 | daily.dev og:description: CSS supports the `infinity` (and `-infinity`) keyword inside `calc()` and related math functions. Eight practical and creative use cases are explored: creating... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/css-infinity-use-cases-july-25-2026-wwuly17lm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WWulY17lm.png og:image:alt: CSS Infinity Use Cases · July 25, 2026 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 Infinity Use Cases · July 25, 2026 **[Adam Argyle](https://daily.dev/sources/nerdydev)** · 3 min read · 10 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary CSS supports the `infinity` (and `-infinity`) keyword inside `calc()` and related math functions. Eight practical and creative use cases are explored: creating perfect circles/pills with border-radius, freezing animation states with infinite duration, maxing out z-index, removing clamp floors/ceilings, freezing view transitions for DevTools inspection, implementing boolean-style CSS variables, painting a non-interactive backdrop with box-shadow spread, and triggering one-way scroll-driven transitions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [CSS Infinity Use Cases – Master.dev Blog](https://daily.dev/posts/css-infinity-use-cases-master-dev-blog-6sp5h7gcq) · Frontend Masters · 65 upvotes · 7 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#view-transitions](https://daily.dev/tags/view-transitions) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/css-infinity-use-cases-july-25-2026-wwuly17lm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"CSS Infinity Use Cases · July 25, 2026","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/css-infinity-use-cases-july-25-2026-wwuly17lm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/css-infinity-use-cases-july-25-2026-wwuly17lm"},"datePublished":"2026-07-25T20:18:48.512Z","dateModified":"2026-07-26T10:17:27.261Z","description":"CSS supports the `infinity` (and `-infinity`) keyword inside `calc()` and related math functions. Eight practical and creative use cases are explored: creating...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d409a26b4b76bd36b4f20aee31fe312f?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d409a26b4b76bd36b4f20aee31fe312f?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Adam Argyle","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Adam Argyle","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/80a9109f59234cfbaf0480333e876653","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/nerdydev"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/css-infinity-use-cases-july-25-2026-wwuly17lm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":10},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"css,view-transitions","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Adam Argyle","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/nerdydev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"CSS Infinity Use Cases · July 25, 2026"}]} ```