I am working on a website, I need it to support in all resolutions till 4k and all browsers. For the same requirement, I have been using chrome developer mode, and have been testing my page in all resolutions.
But my page is looking different in actual screen of the same resolution than the developer mode with that resolution.
Can any one please suggest what could be issue?
well.. when when I tried to test other websites on google chrome developer tool for responsive compatibility, I found that it was showing different result for other website only.Perhaps I am not using it correctly, would appreciate greatly if anyone help with it.
try using something like the window resizer extension for a more accurate representation of how your webpage will look on certain screen sizes. Chrome is not always the most accurate.
I am using Wordpress with a responsive theme. When I display the content on a mobile device the theme is displayed properly with a regular browser.
When switching into the broswers 'Desktop mode' the responsive theme behaves little bit strange. I guess this is due to the used screensize. Is there a way to display the used CSS media query?
In sense of when CSS says media min-width: 1024px can I see somewhere which screensize CSS is using? Or does there exist a simple page where to test it?
Or even better: How to detect if the browser request a 'Desktop version' of a site and use it for CSS?
I Googled but didn't find any help how to detect it but didn't come up with helpful hints.
window.innerWidth is what you're looking for. Plug it into your dev console and you'll get the exact width after scaling in pixels.
You can use the inspector-tab from the developer tools inside the browsers to view the css-rules an element currently uses.
You can also see and set the size of the browser viewport with the help of the developer tools. Most browsers have a set of presets to simulate specific mobile-screens. This is very helpful for testing and debuging responsive rules/styles.
In styles panel of dev-tool you can search for it.
You can also use show-hide media-queries option.
Is there a way to display the used CSS media query?
I think what you're looking for can be found in your browser's dev tools. In the screenshot below, I tried resizing this exact same page and inspect it using Chrome dev tools. Under elements tab and styles you can see if your media query is being triggered. Please see the screenshot below...
can I see somewhere which screensize CSS is using?
Your browser dev tool will most likely have a feature that displays the current size of your browser window. In the case of Google Chrome, you can see the current size of your browser at the top right corner of your screen while you resize. Please note that the size will only display if the dev tools is currently open and you're resizing the window. Please see the screenshot below...
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ADDITIONAL:
If you want to have more like a javascript solution, you might want to check out this library. https://github.com/ryanve/actual
Based on the description, it "Determine actual CSS media query breakpoints via JavaScript". Please note that I have not personally used the library myself so I can't really say that it works.
You might also want to check this article that discusses how to detect a media query using Javascript - http://zerosixthree.se/detecting-media-queries-with-javascript/
Hope this helps! :D
the easiest solution is to use 'Window Resizer' (2.6.4) chrome extension
it will give you a popup window that will allow you to resize the view port to any of the standard sizes (xs, sm, md, lg etc.)
open the website in your computer browser and reduce the size of the browser like this example and right click on the center of the page and click inspect then you will be able to see all css style of the website when the website is small
I have been trying to make a responsive website for mobile devices . I have found two ways to test responsive design:
By resizing the window
Using Google Chrome developer's tools
In both of them I get a different view. Which one gives me the right view, as I use font-size and padding in 'em'.
Resizing browser window is not Responsive. While developing Responsive applications the easiest, but yet not perfect, way is using Chrome's Developer tools. Even that may give you different results, because mobile device screens are using not just width/height but also dpi. So 320 iphone6s screen is not going to be perfect match for 320px resized browser or equivalent android device.
Go for chrome developer tools. It's a great way of checking responsiveness. It comes with dimensions of popular mobile and tablet devices. So you can check for a variety of device at once.
Simply resizing the browser is not a right way of checking responsiveness.
Recently I built a page that works fine with both the ways you mentioned. You can check it here.
Let me know if you need any help.
I would say Chrome Dev Tools is the best bet for a local snapshot.
However, if you have access to one or more mobile devices you may want to launch the site on Heroku or another production environment and view it from the actual device.
An iPhone 6 for example, I find Chrome does not take into account the address bar or bottom nav in safari so things can be slightly off from the Chrome Dev view of iPhone 6.
I have a project to do and I am desperate for a site that would show me how a mobile website would look with the code I have. The problem is i don't have a website url that I can use it on that will show the images provided with it.
Thanks,
Adam
You can use emulation feature of Google Chrome. Open your web page and hit Ctrl+Shift+J to open dev tools. There, click on a "drawer" icon (third from the right) - it will open the drawer panel. There, use "Emulation" tab - it will allow you to select from different various devices. Chrome will emulate screen resolution, input, and User Agent string.
Take the page on your desktop and resize the window to resemble the size of a mobile device. Pretty much you are making the window the same pixel size of a mobile phone's browser.
As far as the pictures go, you would need a url. You may be able to use this
http://jsfiddle.net/
In firefox you can use the responsive design layout using the command " ctrl+shif+m " .
This comes configured with default ranges for devices.
You can also install "web developer tool" in firefox and chrome . It has a "resize" tool that will show your page in mobile and tablet views also .
I'm working on putting together a liquid style-sheet and it works wonderful. One thing that I've noticed is that my browser window in Chrome won't resize below 400px it just gets stuck there and in FF as I scale down it it just stops at around 400px and then pops a horizontal scroll bar.
When I open the site on my phone it looks perfect at around 320px, so I know it does scale lower than 400px.
I was curious if anyone knew if this was a browser/desktop thing or if I should be looking at something other than my CSS. I don't have any min-width declarations so i'm not sure what could be causing this.
Again on desktop it scales down to a min-width of about 400px and stops, but when I open it up on my phone it scales to the size of the phone screen which is roughly 320px... curious why at the very least it won't scale down to the 320px on desktop.
-edit-
Also I'm not sure if this matters but Opera allows it to scale down to pretty much nothing... So it works with Opera and not in Chrome or FF... any ideas?
Chrome cannot resize horizontally below 400px (OS X) or 218px (Windows) but I have a really simple solution to the problem:
Dock the web inspector to the right instead of to the bottom
Resize the inspector panel - you can now make the browser area really small (down to 0px)
Update: Chrome now allows you to arrange the inspector windows vertically when docked to the right! This really improves the layout.
The HTML and CSS panels fit really well and you even open a small console panel too.
This has allowed me to completely move from Firefox/Firebug to Chrome.
If you want to go a step further look at the web inspector settings (cog icon, bottom-right), and goto the user agent tab. You can set the screen resolution to whatever you like here and even quickly toggle between portrait and landscape.
UPDATE: Here is another really cool tool I've come across. http://lab.maltewassermann.com/viewport-resizer/
this may be because of the addons you installed on your browser. remove or hide all addon icons from the tool bar and try re size. when there are addons browser only resize the address bar and keeps the addons visible.
Update: 7/14/2013
With the latest chrome version, now you can re-size the address bar and it will hide the addons automatically.
I was stumped as well but ended up with a simple solution. I just created a HTML file with a link to open a new window:
Open!
This new window has nothing but the address bar and Chrome lets me freely resize this down to 111x80.
nayan9's solution works great, and can be put into a bookmark without having to create a html file. In Chrome, create a new bookmark with URL:
javascript:(function(){window.open('ANY_URL', '','width=320,height=480');})();
And give it a name of "Open Small Window" or something similar. This will allow you to easily open windows without size restrictions within chrome. Note that just copying this into your address bar won't work - chrome strips the "javascript:" out.
In case you want to reduce your screen width to emulate different devices (and why else would you want to do this?):
Chrome now has an Emulation section in its inspector, activated by clicking the little phone icon in the top menubar (between the magnifying glass and Elements):
Emulation mode allows you to set the viewport size to all common mobile screen sizes, among other nice features, like emulating touch, geolocation and even accelerometer input:
Adding to what nayan9 and drinkdecaf said, you can just throw document.URL into the call to window.open to see the page you're currently viewing in the 320 window. You might want to add some more to the width if you're expecting a scrollbar.
javascript:(function(){window.open(document.URL, '','width=320,height=480');})();
I am lazy, to make it even easier, let the bookmarklet ask the user for sizes :-D
javascript: (function() {var width = prompt('Enter window width:', '320');var height = prompt('Enter window height:','480');var url = prompt('Enter window URL');if (url.indexOf(':') < 0) {url = 'http://'+url;} window.open(url, '','width='+width+',height='+height);})()
in chrome the icons of your addons in the top right corner cause the problem
-> resize the adress-bar (where you type the urls) to maximum width (drag the bar at the right edge to the right)
or disable the icons
The DevTools in Chrome have moved on substantially from when most of these answers were posted. The best way to address this issue now is to use the emulators that are built into Chrome.
To use the emulators open DevTools (press F12) and then click on the following icon to toggle the Device Toolbar:
This will then allow you to emulate whichever mobile device or viewport size you want to.
I found a quick workaround for this.
Just install the Responsive Web Design Add-on to Chrome, and it will open a separate window without the address bar and tabs, which can be scaled down to 10 px or less.
Link here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/responsive-web-design-tes/bdpelkpfhjfiacjeobkhlkkgaphbobea/related
I've been experiencing similar issues and just found a good work around. Open up your chrome devtools and in the top left, there's a little screen and ipad icon. Click that and it opens a mobile view of your page. You can set it to predefined devices or a custom resolution. Pretty nifty actually.
Another easy solution is to click Strg+Shift+N to enter Incognito Mode. There you can resize your Browser window as you like.
I like this tool because it lets you switch quickly and also switches between portrait/horizontal easily for mobile sizes. It also allows you to make a personalized bookmark let, so if you design for obscure resolutions frequently, you can save them and use them.
I had to use one of these tools because even with the above answer I couldn't get my window to scale to 320 properly, this tool seems to be a faster solution overall.
http://lab.maltewassermann.com/viewport-resizer/
I'm always running into this issue with pinned tabs. Chrome will not resize below a horizontal width of eight visible pinned tabs if there are any! Just detach the tab that you want to resize to solve this ...
For a web developer, in order to test the responsiveness of their website in mobile or tablet whose size is less than 500px or minimum width then use developer tools to test in small screens.
For testing, go to developer tools and press ctrl+shift+M or click the device icon at the top left of the developer tools screen to toggle device mode. If the device icon is in blue colour, then you can test your website responsiveness by changing the browser window.
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Now to answer:
Safari, has this cool feature.
You need to activate safari developer option in preferences.
Screenshot of setting up preferences in Safari to activate developer menu
Once activated you can access bunch of very powerful developer tools.
One of this tool is Viewport adjustment which can used to test your website responsive layout.
To activate responsive lay out testing, one can use the shortcut Command+Ctrl+R
to activate safari view port adjustment option.
This will give you enough control to test your website on various view port sizes.
Screen shot of how your browser window will look once responsive layout test option is activated.
Link to how to activate developer menu in safari:
https://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/safari-web-developer-tools-show-dock-browser-window/
A lot of smart phones scale the page to fit into their screen size using zooming. Your minimum page width is probably 400px. Without any example code, I think that's all that can be said.