--- title: The results are in. Developer adoption across modern CSS... description: The State of CSS 2026 survey gathered responses from 4,902 developers between May and June 2026. Key findings: Anchor Positioning topped both the favorite new... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-results-are-in-developer-adoption-across-modern-css-features-empirical-data-on-layout-practices-sy0jhqpdu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The results are in. Developer adoption across modern CSS features—empirical data on layout practices and usage. | daily.dev og:description: The State of CSS 2026 survey gathered responses from 4,902 developers between May and June 2026. Key findings: Anchor Positioning topped both the favorite new... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-results-are-in-developer-adoption-across-modern-css-features-empirical-data-on-layout-practices-sy0jhqpdu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Sy0jhQPDu.png og:image:alt: The results are in. Developer adoption across modern CSS features—empirical data on layout practices and usage. 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. # The results are in. Developer adoption across modern CSS features—empirical data on layout practices and usage. **[All Frontend](https://daily.dev/sources/allfrontend)** · [@anjapcodes](https://daily.dev/anjapcodes) · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The State of CSS 2026 survey gathered responses from 4,902 developers between May and June 2026. Key findings: Anchor Positioning topped both the favorite new CSS feature list and the list of features developers want but can't use due to limited browser support. View Transitions and the new if() function face similar adoption barriers. Notably, CSS developers are bucking the AI trend — most respondents still write CSS manually, citing AI's poor quality output for CSS. The Interop 2026 initiative is expected to improve cross-browser support for many of these sought-after features. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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