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Preserve whitespace while wrapping
Use CSS pre-wrap for multiline text that retains spaces.
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Prevent an item from shrinking
CSS: Flex-shrink zero preserves a required size even when the container overflows.
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Provide a concise page description
HTML: A description meta element summarizes a document for clients that use that metadata.
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Provide a fallback for an unset custom property
CSS: The second var argument supplies a value when the custom property is unavailable.
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Provide a list of selectable options
HTML: Learn how to provide a list of selectable options in a complete browser example.
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Provide a skip link
Let keyboard users jump directly to focusable main content.
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Push flex items to opposite ends
CSS: Space-between distributes free main-axis space between items.
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Push one flex item away from its siblings
CSS: An auto inline-start margin consumes remaining main-axis space.
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Remove a hidden element’s layout space
CSS: Display none removes a box from layout as well as hiding its contents.
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Remove an inactive section from keyboard navigation
HTML: Inert prevents interaction and accessibility exposure for an inactive subtree.
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Represent a hierarchy with nested lists
HTML: Place the nested list inside its parent list item to preserve the hierarchy.
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Represent progress whose total is unknown
HTML: Omit value to make a progress element indeterminate.
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