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An easy way to make your dropdowns feel better is to make them orig... - Emil Kowalski

Published by Emil Kowalski on August 15, 2025.

An easy way to make your dropdowns feel better is to make them origin-aware. They should scale in from the trigger. In this case, `transform-origin: top left`. The default is `center` which feels wrong, as it appears ou...

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An easy way to make your dropdowns feel better is to make them origin-aware. They should scale in from the trigger. In this case, `transform-origin: top left`. The default is `center` which feels wrong, as it appears out of nowhere.

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