97: Invokers and commands

In this episode of The CSS Podcast, we're diving into the power of invoker commands! Discover how the command and commandfor attributes allow you to declaratively open dialogs and show popovers. We'll explore standard commands and then jump into creating your own custom commands for more complex interactions. To close off, we're covering the concept of "interest invokers" and how the new CSS properties and selectors they bring. Resources: Introducing command and commandfor blogpost → Authors Cards (Interest Invokers Demo) → Invoker Commands Explainer → Interest Invokers Explainer → Una Kravets (co-host) Bluesky | Twitter | YouTube | Website Making the web more colorful @googlechrome Bramus Van Damme (co-host) Bluesky | Mastodon | YouTube | Website

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97: Invokers and commands is an episode from The CSS Podcast by Google Developer Studio.

This episode is 13:23 long.

This episode was published on Nov 11, 2025.

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