I am in despair. I am trying to make a website and make it mobile-friendly and responsive, however, I cannot seem to get any kind of media query to work at all! All my sizes, width and heights are in "%/em" and my font-sizes are in "vw/em". The biggest problem I get is that, as the screen shrinks, so does my text, to the point where it simply becomes eye-straining to read! I don't see relevant to send any code but if need be, I shall send some of my code (my website is still offline and I cannot put it out there if this problem isn't fixed).
Here's what I have tried:
I have tried putting this in my tag:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
No success when I try media query in a tab or in a separate css stylesheet.
I have tried removing it aswell.
I have tried these media queries for my font-sizes:
#media (max-width: 400px) {
body { font-size: 60%;}
}
#media only screen and (max-device-width: 800px) {
body {
font-size: 80%;
background-color: blue;
}
}
#media (max-width: 1100px) {
body { font-size: 120%;}
}
I have also tried other media queries but absolutely NOTHING changes at all! Am I doing something wrong? Probably but what?!! This is leading to so many problems! I cannot change my header according to different screen sizes, I cannot change my display, my header links are a mess, etc.
Also, please note that I am a beginner and I do not use any javascript, bootstrap or whatever.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Your queries are a little weird. Perhaps with some logical constrains you can achieve what you are looking for? This is what I mean:
#media (max-width: 400px) {
body{
background-color: yellow;
}
}
#media (min-width: 401px) and (max-width: 800px){
body {
background-color: blue;
}
}
#media (min-width: 801px) and (max-width: 1100px) {
body {
background-color: purple;
}
}
#media (min-width: 1101px){
body{
background-color: orange;
}
}
In my humble opinion, setting the intervals using both min-width and max-width help me visualize what's going on better. This pen shows the colors changing whenever you change the width. It doesn't do much good, but it's something to get started with media queries.
EDIT:
Pen contains transitions between colors because cool
Usually, it's better to use media queries based on minimum screen width. Here is an working example with the code you posted:
Codepen: http://codepen.io/anon/pen/eNJXXp
#media (max-width: 400px) {
p { font-size: 60%;}
}
#media (min-width: 400px) {
p {
font-size: 80%;
background-color: blue;
}
}
#media (min-width: 800px) {
p { font-size: 120%;}
}
Related
Is there a way to do this with html and css or can I only do it with javascript/bootstrap? I'm fairly new to coding so detailed explanations if possible would be nice!
You can do that with css media query. If you are begineer here is a small tutorial on that CSS media query.
According to mobile device size you can hide the navbar.
EXAMPLE:
#media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {
.navbar{
display:none;
}
}
You can hide show with the help of #media screen to show or hide the code in different devices sizes.
Examples:
#media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
.hide_on_mobile {
display: none;
}
}
#media screen and (min-width: 768px) {
.hide_on_mobile {
display: block;
}
}
Yes you can.
There several approaches to do that
Detect device is touchable (e.g. with Modernizr like tools) - I do not recommend, cause nowadays event laptops provided with touch displays.
By device's viewport - here's the good table list with most popular devices viewports by Adobe
I prefer second approach
So the solution comes in hand with CSS media-queries
And read about mobile first techniques
Example (press the Full page button after running snippet to look how it's gonna look in desktops)
<style>
#navbar {
display: none;
}
#media (min-width: 640px) {
#navbar {
background: lightblue;
height: 60px;
}
}
main {
background: #ccc;
min-height: 40vh;
}
</style>
<div id="navbar"></div>
<main></main>
I have issues with my media queries. It seems like they do not work in either browser. I tried in Opera, Chrome, Firefox. This is the page http://amatalents.com/about-us.html and those are media-queries for main div section
#media screen and (min-width: 150) and (max-width: 400) {
.windows div {
width: 100%;
display: table-column;
}
.windows div a {
font-size: 10px;
color: green;
}
.windows {
background-color: red;
}
}
I also validated the css file and first time it did fine and only mentioned the css parser error reffering to media queries part of the file, but the second time it referred to media queries only without mentioning parser error.
I am lost...
Please help!
You are missing px.
#media screen and (min-width: 150px) and (max-width: 400px)
I feel embarrassed asking this question, but I've tried all kinds of ideas and googled quite a bit.
HTML:
<div class="image-full"></div>
CSS:
.image-full {width:100px;height:100px;background-color:#000;}
#media (max-width: 767px) {
.image-full {background-color:#f00;}
body {background-color:#f00;}
}
#media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 991px) {
.image-full {background-color:#0f0;}
body {background-color:#0f0;}
}
#media (min-width: 992px) and (max-width: 1199px) {
.image-full {background-color:#00f;}
body {background-color:#00f;}
}
#media (min-width: 1200px) {
.image-full {background-color:#ff0;}
body {background-color:#ff0;}
}
I simply want the div to change background color like the body background is.
What am I missing?
Fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/bn5bh6xj/
EDIT:
Both solutions below work.
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if (hello > 1)Â {
}
They are only visible if I change from UTF-8 to ISO 8859-1.
Remove the background-color declaration from the top. It is overriding your background-color declarations in the media queries.
Add a !important after the background color:
#media (max-width: 767px) {
.image-full {
background-color:#f00 !important;
}
body {
background-color:#f00;
}
}
FIDDLE
I can't figure out the issue. I searched a lot and after that. I am here for help so guys please help me. Below is the HTML I use:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=0">
and these are the media queries
#media all and (max-width: 1400px) { }
#media all and (max-width: 1024px) { }
#media only screen and (max-width: 768px) { }
#media only screen and (max-width: 480px) { }
#media only screen and (max-width: 320px) { }
Help me identify what is wrong.
#media all and (min-width: 1400px) {
}
#media all and (max-width: 1399px) and (min-width: 1024px) {
}
#media all and (max-width: 1023px) and (min-width: 768px) {
}
#media all and (max-width: 767px) and (min-width: 480px) {
}
#media all and (max-width: 479px) and (min-width: 320px) {
}
#media all and (max-width: 319px) {
}
This in <head></head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no" /> <-- user-scalable=yes if you want user to allow zoom -->
change you #media style as this // change width as per your requirements
#media only screen (max-width: 500px) {
// or as per your needs, as I try to explain below
}
Now I try to explain maybe..:)
#media (max-width:500px)
for a window with a max-width of 500px that you want to apply these styles. At that size you would be talking about anything smaller than a desktop screen in most cases.
#media screen and (max-width:500px)
for a device with a screen and a window with max-width of 500px apply the style. This is almost identical to the above except you are specifying screen as opposed to the other media types the most common other one being print.
#media only screen and (max-width:500px)
Here is a quote straight from W3C to explain this one.
The keyword ‘only’ can also be used to hide style sheets from older user agents. User agents must process media queries starting with ‘only’ as if the ‘only’ keyword was not present.
As there is no such media type as "only", the style sheet should be ignored by older browsers.
I try to put some more information here, gathered from web.
If
That's what media queries are: logical if statements. "If" these things are true about the browser, use the CSS inside.
And
The keyword and.
#media (min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 800px) {
html { background: red; }
}
Or
Comma separate.
#media (max-width: 600px), (min-width: 800px) {
html { background: red; }
}
Technically these are treated like to separate media queries, but that is effectively and or.
Not
Reverse the logic with the keyword not.
#media not all and (max-width: 600px) {
html { background: red; }
}
Just doing not (max-width: 600px) doesn't seem to work for me, hence the slightly funky syntax above. Perhaps someone can explain that to me. Note that not only works for the current media query, so if you comma separate, it only affects the media query it is within. Also note that not reverses the logic for the entire media query as a whole, not individual parts of it. not x and y = not (x and y) ≠ (not x) and y
Exclusive
To ensure that only one media query is in effect at time, make the numbers (or whatever) such that that is possible. It may be easier to mentally manage them this way.
#media (max-width: 400px) {
html { background: red; }
}
#media (min-width: 401px) and (max-width: 800px) {
html { background: green; }
}
#media (min-width: 801px) {
html { background: blue; }
}
Logically this is a bit like a switch statement, only without a simple way to do "if none of these match do this" like default.
Overriding
There is nothing preventing more than one media query from being true at the same time. It may be more efficient to use this in some cases rather than making them all exclusive.
#media (min-width: 400px) {
html { background: red; }
}
#media (min-width: 600px) {
html { background: green; }
}
#media (min-width: 800px) {
html { background: blue; }
}
Media queries add no specificity to the selectors they contain, but source order still matters. The above will work because they are ordered correctly. Swap that order and at browser window widths above 800px the background would be red, perhaps inquisitively.
Mobile First
Your small screen styles are in your regular screen CSS and then as the screen gets larger you override what you need to. So, min-width media queries in general.
html { background: red; }
#media (min-width: 600px) {
html { background: green; }
}
Desktop First
Your large screen styles are in your regular screen CSS and then as the screen gets smaller you override what you need to. So, max-width media queries in general.
html { background: red; }
#media (max-width: 600px) {
html { background: green; }
}
You can be as complex as you want with this.
#media
only screen and (min-width: 100px),
not all and (min-width: 100px),
not print and (min-height: 100px),
(color),
(min-height: 100px) and (max-height: 1000px),
handheld and (orientation: landscape)
{
html { background: red; }
}
Note the only keyword was intended to prevent non-media-query supporting browsers to not load the stylesheet or use the styles. Not sure how useful that ever was / still is.
And for media queries priorites
sources : one two three four five
If you have not defined css properties for different medias, how do you expect the browser to render it?
You need to for example:
#media only screen and (max-width: 480px) {
#header
{
width:100%
background:red;
}
}
I have added the following code to my style.css file in my wordpress theme but it doesn't work. I want the body background to change for screen widths between 768 and 1024px
CSS:
#media screen
and (min-device-width : 768px)
and (max-device-width : 1024px)
{
body {
background: #fff;
border-top: 2px solid #DDDDDD;
}
}
One of possible solutions is including
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
To head tag
You might have an issues with the order of the media query in which you mentioned the styles
check this fiddle, change the browser width to see the the media query in action
#media screen and (max-width : 1500px) {
body {
background: #000;
border-top: 2px solid #DDDDDD;
}
}
#media screen and (min-width : 768px) and (max-width : 1024px) {
body {
background: #fff;
border-top: 2px solid #DDDDDD;
}
}
This fiddle works fine, but if you change the order of the media queries it wont work...try it for yourself!
CSS always selects the last style that was declared if multiple style are found for an attrib.
for e.g :
#media (max-width: 1024px) {
body {
background: black;
}
}
#media (max-width: 768px) {
body {
background: white;
}
}
for 765px ( since both m.q cover this width ) color selected would be white
sometimes one may miss adding px at the end of the number
#media screen and (max-width: 1024)
This will not work, so px should be added as the following
#media screen and (max-width: 1024px)
try
#media only screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) {
}
you can also make another file like: smallScreen.css and add it directly in your head tag under your main stylesheet using this code:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" media="only screen and (max-width:768px) "href="/smallScreen.css" />
then you can add style in the new file as well if "only screen and..." doesn't work you may avoid using: only
if someone is still facing issues, one minor reason could be the syntax.
make sure you provided space between {and} and (max-width:1500px} --->
wrong one ----->
#media only screen and(max-width:1500px){
body{
background-color: coral;
}
}
right one ------>
#media only screen and (max-width:1500px){
body{
background-color: coral;
}
}
only a single space could decrease your frustration level drastically.