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CSS•Modern Layout

Responsive Web Design - Media Queries

Flash cards

Review the key moves

1/4

Core idea

What is the main idea behind Responsive Web Design - Media Queries?

Lesson checks

Practice each idea before moving on

Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.

1Quick choice

Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?

2Fill blank

Complete the missing token from the example code.

@___ (min-width: 600px) { .header {grid-area: 1 / span 6;} .menu {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .content {grid-area: 2 / span 4;} .facts {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .footer {grid-area: 3 / span 6;}

3Order

Put the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.

Typical Device Breakpoints

Another Breakpoint

Use Mediaqueries to Add a Breakpoint

CSS Media Queries

CSS media queries allow you to apply styles based on the characteristics of a device or the environment displaying the web page.

CSS media queries are essential for creating responsive web pages.

The CSS @media rule is used to add media queries to your style sheet.

Use Mediaqueries to Add a Breakpoint

On the earlier lesson we made a grid layout web page. Now we want to add a breakpoint with mediaqueries to rearrange the grid items on bigger screens.

Example

Formatted code

@media (min-width: 600px) { .header {grid-area: 1 / span 6;} .menu {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .content {grid-area: 2 / span 4;} .facts {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .footer {grid-area: 3 / span 6;}
}

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Another Breakpoint

You can add as many breakpoints as you like.

Example

Formatted code

@media (min-width: 600px) { .header {grid-area: 1 / span 6;} .menu {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .content {grid-area: 2 / span 4;} .facts {grid-area: 3 / span 6;} .footer {grid-area: 4 / span 6;}
}
@media (min-width: 768px) { .header {grid-area: 1 / span 6;} .menu {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .content {grid-area: 2 / span 4;} .facts {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .footer {grid-area: 3 / span 6;}
}

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Typical Device Breakpoints

There are tons of screens and devices with different heights and widths, so it is hard to create an exact breakpoint for each device. To keep things simple you could target five groups:

Example

Formatted code

/* Extra small devices (phones, 600px and down) */
@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {...}
/* Small devices (portrait tablets and large phones, 600px and up)
*/
@media only screen and (min-width: 600px) {...}
/* Medium devices (landscape tablets, 768px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {...}
/* Large devices (laptops/desktops, 992px and up)
*/
@media only screen and (min-width: 992px) {...}
/* Extra large devices (large
laptops and desktops, 1200px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 1200px) {...}

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Media Queries for Screen Orientation

Media queries can also be used to change the layout of a page depending on the orientation of the screen.

Here, we change the background-color of the body, if the screen orientation is in landscape mode:

Example

Formatted code

@media only screen and (orientation: landscape) {
  body {
    background-color: lightblue;
  }
}

Live preview

Hide Elements With Media Queries

Here, we use media queries to hide an element on small screens:

Example

Formatted code

/* Hide element if the viewport width is 600px or less */
@media
screen and (max-width: 600px) {
  #div1 {
    display: none;
  }
}

Live preview

Change Font Size With Media Queries

Here, we use media queries to change the font size of an element on different viewport widths:

Example

Formatted code

/* If viewport width is 600px or more, set font-size to 80px */
@media screen and (min-width: 600px) {
  #div1 {
    font-size: 80px;
  }
}

Live preview

Media Queries for User Preferences

Some users have motion sensitivity and prefer websites with less animation.

The prefers-reduced-motion media feature lets you check if a user has asked to reduce motion, such as animations or transitions. Use this feature to turn off animations and transitions for the users who has activated this setting on their computer:

Example

Formatted code

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  * {
    animation: none !important;
    transition: none !important;
  }
}

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CSS•Modern Layout

Responsive Web Design - Media Queries

Flash cards

Review the key moves

1/4

Core idea

What is the main idea behind Responsive Web Design - Media Queries?

Lesson checks

Practice each idea before moving on

Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.

1Quick choice

Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?

2Fill blank

Complete the missing token from the example code.

@___ (min-width: 600px) { .header {grid-area: 1 / span 6;} .menu {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .content {grid-area: 2 / span 4;} .facts {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .footer {grid-area: 3 / span 6;}

3Order

Put the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.

Typical Device Breakpoints

Another Breakpoint

Use Mediaqueries to Add a Breakpoint

CSS Media Queries

CSS media queries allow you to apply styles based on the characteristics of a device or the environment displaying the web page.

CSS media queries are essential for creating responsive web pages.

The CSS @media rule is used to add media queries to your style sheet.

Use Mediaqueries to Add a Breakpoint

On the earlier lesson we made a grid layout web page. Now we want to add a breakpoint with mediaqueries to rearrange the grid items on bigger screens.

Example

Formatted code

@media (min-width: 600px) { .header {grid-area: 1 / span 6;} .menu {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .content {grid-area: 2 / span 4;} .facts {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .footer {grid-area: 3 / span 6;}
}

Live preview

Another Breakpoint

You can add as many breakpoints as you like.

Example

Formatted code

@media (min-width: 600px) { .header {grid-area: 1 / span 6;} .menu {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .content {grid-area: 2 / span 4;} .facts {grid-area: 3 / span 6;} .footer {grid-area: 4 / span 6;}
}
@media (min-width: 768px) { .header {grid-area: 1 / span 6;} .menu {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .content {grid-area: 2 / span 4;} .facts {grid-area: 2 / span 1;} .footer {grid-area: 3 / span 6;}
}

Live preview

Typical Device Breakpoints

There are tons of screens and devices with different heights and widths, so it is hard to create an exact breakpoint for each device. To keep things simple you could target five groups:

Example

Formatted code

/* Extra small devices (phones, 600px and down) */
@media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {...}
/* Small devices (portrait tablets and large phones, 600px and up)
*/
@media only screen and (min-width: 600px) {...}
/* Medium devices (landscape tablets, 768px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {...}
/* Large devices (laptops/desktops, 992px and up)
*/
@media only screen and (min-width: 992px) {...}
/* Extra large devices (large
laptops and desktops, 1200px and up) */
@media only screen and (min-width: 1200px) {...}

Live preview

Media Queries for Screen Orientation

Media queries can also be used to change the layout of a page depending on the orientation of the screen.

Here, we change the background-color of the body, if the screen orientation is in landscape mode:

Example

Formatted code

@media only screen and (orientation: landscape) {
  body {
    background-color: lightblue;
  }
}

Live preview

Hide Elements With Media Queries

Here, we use media queries to hide an element on small screens:

Example

Formatted code

/* Hide element if the viewport width is 600px or less */
@media
screen and (max-width: 600px) {
  #div1 {
    display: none;
  }
}

Live preview

Change Font Size With Media Queries

Here, we use media queries to change the font size of an element on different viewport widths:

Example

Formatted code

/* If viewport width is 600px or more, set font-size to 80px */
@media screen and (min-width: 600px) {
  #div1 {
    font-size: 80px;
  }
}

Live preview

Media Queries for User Preferences

Some users have motion sensitivity and prefer websites with less animation.

Example

Formatted code

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  * {
    animation: none !important;
    transition: none !important;
  }
}

Live preview

CSS Grid Gap

CSS Flex Items