fit webpage to any browser/screen size - html

I've defined the width and height of all my web page elements in pixels, which lead to huge blank spaces when displayed on larger screens. It's quite time-consuming to redefine everything to percentages. Is there a way to make my current webpages fit to any size screen automatically

This gives you a responsive web design to fit any mobile, tablet, and laptop screen.
---> W3schools gives a better explanation <--
add the meta tag in the
<head> in between these lines </head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

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Make full width for a non responsive site when browser resize

I have made a non-respnsive site using the below viewport:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=1400">
It is showing the desktop view on both desktop and mobile without any issues.
But when I resize the browser, the page goes beyond the screen horizontally. Which is the expected behaviour.
Is there some CSS or script which I can use to make the page full width when we resize the screen too so that the screen will show full width and height will decrease just like on mobile?
I used the below CSS to make it happen:
body {
width: 100%;
}
But it breaks the layout when resizing the screen.
Can anyone point where I made the mistake?
Thank you.
If you want control on diffrent viewport you must be add this below meta tag:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

Basic behaivor of container class for high resolution iphone

<div class="container">
I have simple container class.
I read the documents and understand.
It has both side spacing for PC screen, and it has full width for mobile screen.
However in my iphone simulator, it dosen't become full width, it remains spacing both side.
(I guess it is because of iPhone high resolution??)
If I use container-fluid, it becomes full-width on iPhone Sim.
I want to have with spacing on PC and full for mobile.
What is the best practice???
Try adding a meta tag with viewport inside your <head> tag.
This tells smaller device browsers how to scale the page.
It is more explained here.
https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/quick-tip-dont-forget-the-viewport-meta-tag--webdesign-5972
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

font size of one div not resizing

Why is one of my divs not resizing/being responsive on mobile?
Only one of the divs has a fixed font size, whereas all the other are responsive when using mobile :
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You need to add the below to your <head>.
This would help correct the scaling of elements. (your button had the issue with scaling, causing the div to scale lower than other elements in the page)
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

Dynamic viewport meta tag ios

I have an iPad application that displays email newsletters. This HTML content is pulled and embedded inside a WebView. Most newsletter widths are 650px but some are around 900px.
By default, they display too small (iPad device width is 768px) so I want to make it zoom to fill the page (I am concerned with the width only - vertical scrolling is ok).
Using the viewport meta tag, if I hard-code 650px as the device width, it will cut off the 900px-wide newsletters. Also, setting an explicit width disables resizing the viewport:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=650, initial-scale=1">
However, if I set it to variable device-width, the campaign is 'squeezed' by the screen and displays off-center:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
Is there a way to dynamically specify the width, so that it sets it as 650 if the campaign is <= 650, and 900 otherwise? In essence, I'm trying to set a fixed viewport dynamically based on the newsletter width. Could I use the #viewport CSS rule instead?
I ended up resolving this issue using the strategy from my other similar question:
Stretch/Fit HTML Template and Children to Window
Instead of changing the viewport meta, it turned out better in my case to dynamically scale the newsletters using JS once they were loaded.

Coding a mobile site initial approach

I'm working on coding a mobile-dedicated website (i.e. m.example.com), based on a design with a width of 640px.
How do I go about starting to code a mobile site in terms of:
the meta viewport
pixel-based widths
Which viewport do I go about using? I've seen many arguments online about the differences between:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no">
and
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;">
Also, do I set the body width in percentages or set it to a fixed width for mobile, like 320px? How do I take a design that is designed at a width of 640px to properly display at 320px?
I would actually just use the following:
I guess that you could still set the width to the device specific width, along with the initial and maximum scales.
Honestly, I don;t think that including user-scalable makes any difference.
I have tested the above on iPhone, Android and Windows Phone and it works like a charm.