Media queries

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Media queries let you adapt your site or app depending on the presence or value of various device characteristics and parameters.

They are a key component of responsive design. For example, a media query can shrink the font size on small devices, increase the padding between paragraphs when a page is viewed in portrait mode, or bump up the size of buttons on touchscreens.

In CSS, use the @media at-rule to conditionally apply part of a style sheet based on the result of a media query. Use @import to conditionally apply an entire style sheet.

Using media queries

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/* Set the background color of body to tan */
body {
  background-color: tan;
}

/* On screens that are 992px or less, set the background color to blue */
@media screen and (max-width: 992px) {
  body {
    background-color: blue;
  }
}

/* On screens that are 600px or less, set the background color to olive */
@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
  body {
    background-color: olive;
  }
}

Media types

  • all
    Suitable for all devices.
  • print
    Intended for paged material and documents viewed on a screen in print preview mode. (Please see paged media for information about formatting issues that are specific to these formats.)
  • screen
    Intended primarily for screens.
  • speech
    Intended for speech synthesizers.

Media features

width, height and etc.

Logical operators

  • and
  • not
  • only
  • ,