--- title: Random Post Button Followup – Master.dev Blog | daily.dev description: A followup on building a random post button using only HTML and CSS. The post explores several simpler alternatives to the original approach: using flexbox for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/random-post-button-followup-master-dev-blog-wbgcaq5bu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Random Post Button Followup – Master.dev Blog | daily.dev og:description: A followup on building a random post button using only HTML and CSS. The post explores several simpler alternatives to the original approach: using flexbox for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/random-post-button-followup-master-dev-blog-wbgcaq5bu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wbgCaQ5bU.png og:image:alt: Random Post Button Followup – Master.dev Blog 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. # Random Post Button Followup – Master.dev Blog **[Frontend Masters](https://daily.dev/sources/frontendmasters)** · 1 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A followup on building a random post button using only HTML and CSS. The post explores several simpler alternatives to the original approach: using flexbox for uni-directional slices, stacking all links and showing one randomly via CSS random(), using CSS animations instead of random() for better browser support, and experimenting with if() and style queries (which turn out not to work with random()). ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Can CSS style queries be combined with the random() function? No, style queries do not currently work together with the random() function in CSS. Developers experimenting with this combination for randomized UI elements, such as picking which stacked link displays on top, found the approach fails, despite alternative approaches using if() or animation properties working as substitutes. _Developers testing new CSS features like random() and style queries follow these edge cases on daily.dev._ ### How can I create a CSS-only randomized link button without JavaScript? Stack multiple links on top of each other using CSS and use the random() function to determine which one displays after each page refresh, giving essentially infinite random options. Alternatives include slicing links into vertical flexbox columns for randomness, or using CSS animation instead of random() for broader browser support. _Anyone pushing CSS-only interactivity tricks can track evolving techniques like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A Button That Links to a Random Post in HTML & CSS Only – Master.dev Blog](https://daily.dev/posts/a-button-that-links-to-a-random-post-in-html-css-only-master-dev-blog-gzrkkvvhg) · Frontend Masters · 3 upvotes · 1 comments - [More CSS random\(\) Learning Through Experiments – Frontend Masters Blog](https://daily.dev/posts/more-css-random-learning-through-experiments-frontend-masters-blog-74bldwjii) · Frontend Masters · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Randomly Place an Element Along Edge of Another Element – Master.dev Blog](https://daily.dev/posts/randomly-place-an-element-along-edge-of-another-element-master-dev-blog-s8zowbf9a) · Frontend Masters · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Let’s Use the Emergent CSS random\(\) Function in all the Browsers](https://daily.dev/posts/let-s-use-the-emergent-css-random-function-in-all-the-browsers-yi8ggjuka) · CSS-Tricks · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Experimenting with random\(\) in CSS](https://daily.dev/posts/experimenting-with-random-in-css-ouj2w2eta) · Polypane · 15 upvotes · 6 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#html](https://daily.dev/tags/html) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/random-post-button-followup-master-dev-blog-wbgcaq5bu) ```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":"Random Post Button Followup – Master.dev Blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/random-post-button-followup-master-dev-blog-wbgcaq5bu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/random-post-button-followup-master-dev-blog-wbgcaq5bu"},"datePublished":"2026-08-06T22:44:31.609Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T08:32:06.013Z","description":"A followup on building a random post button using only HTML and CSS. 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