A senior WordPress developer explains how to choose between combobox, multiselect, and listbox. Learn why your choice of UI selection components impacts accessibility, performance, and conversion rates. Includes a Gutenberg ComboboxControl refactoring example and best practices for managing large data sets in custom WordPress dashboards.
Learn how to build a Hand Gesture Mouse Control system in just 60 lines of Python. This guide uses OpenCV and MediaPipe to create a virtual interface, complete with a professional jitter-fix strategy. Ideal for accessibility projects and developers looking to refactor human-computer interaction models without expensive hardware.
While browser vendors are taking a breather, the community is shipping massive updates for Modern CSS Layouts. From Chris Coyier’s video state persistence with View Transitions to the arrival of native Masonry as ‘grid-lanes’, Ahmad Wael breaks down the technical shifts and hacks you need to know for 2026 development.
Stop over-engineering your modals with manual focus traps. Modern accessibility standards for the HTML Dialog element have changed. By using the native showModal() method, you can provide a better user experience that allows keyboard users to interact with the browser chrome while keeping your code clean and maintenance-free.
Chrome 144 recently introduced the ::search-text pseudo-element, giving developers programmatic control over find-in-page highlights. This update is a huge win for accessibility, allowing us to use CSS relative color syntax to ensure search matches remain readable and high-contrast across any background color or dark-mode theme.
Stay ahead of the curve with the official WordPress 7.0 Bug Scrub schedule. From Alpha triage to Release Candidate fixes, learn when and where the core team meets on Slack to ensure the next major release is stable. Join the #core channel and help identify regressions before they impact your production sites.
WordPress 7.0 introduces Customizable Navigation Overlays, moving mobile menus from hardcoded containers to block-based template parts. Senior developer Ahmad Wael breaks down why this shift matters for performance and design, explores the ongoing debate regarding markup placement, and explains how to test these new responsive features before the feature freeze.
Stop chasing pixels in 2026. Rigid “Pixel Perfect” design is a toxic holdover from print that creates brittle, inaccessible codebases. Learn how Ahmad Wael shifts the focus to Design Intent, fluid systems, and CSS tokens to build robust WordPress sites that adapt to any viewport without breaking.
I shipped a component that felt perfect, but a screen reader user couldn’t trigger it. I’d violated the first rule of ARIA by being too clever. Learn why semantic HTML beats custom roles every time and how to avoid the common mistakes that break accessibility in modern WordPress development.
Our Web Almanac 2025 Analysis dives into the data of 17.2 million websites. While CSS features like text-wrap and variable fonts are gaining traction, accessibility and performance are regressing. Mobile page weights have exploded by 200%, and focus styles are being removed at an epidemic rate. Learn how to refactor for a faster web.