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Review CSS loading that delays a page’s first visible content. Help inline essential styles and defer other stylesheets, using preload and media conditions, while checking rendered layouts at different screen widths and interaction states.

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Use when reviewing stylesheets, component styles, and responsive behavior related to Load CSS without blocking render. Check the rendered layout across breakpoints and interaction states before proposing a fix.

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Good for

  • Investigating CSS that delays initial page display
  • Separating essential styles from styles loaded later
  • Reviewing preload and media-based stylesheet loading
  • Checking layouts across screen widths and interaction states

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SKILL.md (original)

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Load CSS without blocking render

Render-blocking CSS delays First Contentful Paint—users see a blank screen while waiting for stylesheets to download and parse.

Quick Reference

  • Use <link rel="preload" as="style"> with onload handler
  • Inline critical CSS, defer non-critical styles
  • Use media queries to split CSS by viewport/feature
  • Modern: Next.js/Vite handle this automatically

Check

Analyze this CSS loading implementation to ensure stylesheets are loaded without blocking the DOM parsing and rendering process.

Fix

Implement non-blocking CSS loading using the preload technique with media attributes and loadCSS polyfill for better performance.

Explain

Explain how non-blocking CSS loading improves page performance by preventing render-blocking resources from delaying the initial paint.

Code Review

Review stylesheets, component styles, and responsive states related to Load CSS without blocking render. Flag exact selectors, declarations, or breakpoints that violate the rule in the rendered UI.


For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/css/css-non-blocking

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