Media Queries in Responsive Web Design
For those who wonder what media queries is, media query is a CSS technique that can be used to include a block of CSS properties only if a condition is true. Media queries are heavily used when making our web application responsive. When we make our web application responsive, but it did not look good on a small screen media queries comes to our rescue.
Example:
@media only screen and (max-width: 480px) {
.column {
width: lightblue;
}
}
.column {
width: lightblue;
}
}
The above media query change the width of the elements that has a class name of '.column' when browser window is smaller than 480px.
A very good beginner tutorials to media quires are,
The main goal of this post is to let readers know about the best width ranges for detecting media queries in a responsive design. After doing a small research I found out that following media queries are used a lot for mobile screen sizes.
For Twitter's Bootstrap 2:
/* Landscape phones and down */
@media (max-width: 480px) { ... }
/* Landscape phone to portrait tablet */
@media (max-width: 767px) { ... }
/* Portrait tablet to landscape and desktop */
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 979px) { ... }
/* Large desktop */
@media (min-width: 1200px) { ... }For Twitter's Bootstrap 3:
/* Extra small devices (phones, less than 768px) */
/* No media query since this is the default in Bootstrap */
/* Small devices (tablets, 768px and up) */
@media (min-width: 768px) { ... }
/* Medium devices (desktops, 992px and up) */
@media (min-width: 992px) { ... }
/* Large devices (large desktops, 1200px and up) */
@media (min-width: 1200px) { ... }
There is no explicit query for devices smaller than 768px.
And if you want a more harder approach, but good to know, you can accommodate all of following media queries when designing a responsive mobile site
/* Smartphones (portrait and landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (max-device-width: 480px) {
/* Styles */
}
/* Smartphones (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-width: 321px) {
/* Styles */
}
/* Smartphones (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen and (max-width: 320px) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPads (portrait and landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPads (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation: landscape) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPads (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation: portrait) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPad 3 (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation: landscape) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPad 3 (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation: portrait) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* Desktops and laptops ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-width: 1224px) {
/* Styles */
}
/* Large screens ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-width: 1824px) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPhone 4 (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (max-device-width: 480px) and (orientation: landscape) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPhone 4 (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (max-device-width: 480px) and (orientation: portrait) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPhone 5 (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (max-device-height: 568px) and (orientation: landscape) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPhone 5 (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (max-device-height: 568px) and (orientation: portrait) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPhone 6 (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 375px) and (max-device-height: 667px) and (orientation: landscape) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPhone 6 (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 375px) and (max-device-height: 667px) and (orientation: portrait) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPhone 6+ (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 414px) and (max-device-height: 736px) and (orientation: landscape) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* iPhone 6+ (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 414px) and (max-device-height: 736px) and (orientation: portrait) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* Samsung Galaxy S3 (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (max-device-height: 640px) and (orientation: landscape) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* Samsung Galaxy S3 (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (max-device-height: 640px) and (orientation: portrait) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* Styles */
}
/* Samsung Galaxy S4 (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (max-device-height: 640px) and (orientation: landscape) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) {
/* Styles */
}
/* Samsung Galaxy S4 (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (max-device-height: 640px) and (orientation: portrait) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) {
/* Styles */
}
/* Samsung Galaxy S5 (landscape) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 360px) and (max-device-height: 640px) and (orientation: landscape) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) {
/* Styles */
}
/* Samsung Galaxy S5 (portrait) ----------- */
@media only screen and (min-device-width: 360px) and (max-device-height: 640px) and (orientation: portrait) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio: 3) {
/* Styles */
}
Sources: Stack-overflow and twitter bootstrap docs
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