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@paulirish
paulirish / what-forces-layout.md
Last active March 4, 2026 05:36
What forces layout/reflow. The comprehensive list.

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics
  • elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent
@aarongustafson
aarongustafson / undoing-tables.html
Last active May 17, 2024 04:31
A Strategy for Undoing Tables
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Name</th>
<th scope="col">Email</th>
<th scope="col">Dept, Title</th>
<th scope="col">Phone</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
@media only screen and (min-width: 320px) {
/* Small screen, non-retina */
}
@media
only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 320px),
only screen and ( min--moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 320px),
only screen and ( -o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2/1) and (min-width: 320px),
@parrfolio
parrfolio / Wrapping Long URLs and Text Content with CSS
Created March 31, 2011 14:30
Wrapping Long URLs and Text Content with CSS
pre {
white-space: pre; /* CSS 2.0 */
white-space: pre-wrap; /* CSS 2.1 */
white-space: pre-line; /* CSS 3.0 */
white-space: -pre-wrap; /* Opera 4-6 */
white-space: -o-pre-wrap; /* Opera 7 */
white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; /* Mozilla */
white-space: -hp-pre-wrap; /* HP Printers */
word-wrap: break-word; /* IE 5+ */
}