We’ve relied on media queries for a long time in the responsive world of CSS but they have their share of limitations and have shifted focus more towards accessibility than responsiveness alone. This is whereCSS Container Queriescome in. They completely change how we approach responsiveness, shif...
Copy Code Simple, right? The box content changes depending on its inline size. Basic container query stuff and perfect for responsive components. Now consider the following container query change:.box { container: box / inline-size; }
You can see how container queries can be a more accurate way to respond to the sizes of elements for a responsive layout than media queries, which are queries based on the viewport’s size.CodePen Embed FallbackSpecificationCSS Container Queries are defined in the CSS Conditional Rules Module ...
CodePen Embed Fallback But if we only want to query the element’s style, then there’s no need to declare either property since all elements are style queries by default, thanks to container-type: normal being the default value. It’s included in the container shorthand property We can ...
Checkout CodePen Adjustable Sidebar http://codepen.io/daiweilu/pen/wMrrZM Responsive Component Layout https://codepen.io/daiweilu/pen/EXWRqx You can also check out examples directory. Performance react-container-query is using element-resize-detector in mainstream browsers and ResizeObserver in...
And here is a Codepen of just that. Notice howitem1is missing to the left and you can’t scroll left (at least on desktop, you can’t) to get to it? Technically, in the CSS specifications, this is referred to as ‘data loss’. ...
To explore and illustrate this idea, we used Martin Auswöger's container query polyfill: https://au.si/css-container-element-queries to take a responsive CSS grid layout example and show what it could look like when placed in an expandable side bar layout. Without container queries, this ...
Or when something likebootstrap responsive tableis needed, which has a horizontal scroll in smaller screen-size. A lot of times, due to the amount of vertical content, the presence of a horizontal scrollbar is not known to the end user or they have to scroll further down where they can'...
“The ideal responsive website is a system of flexible, modular components that can be repurposed to serve in multiple contexts.” —“Container Queries: Once More Unto the Breach,” Mat Marquis Before we dive deep into container queries, we need to check out the browser support and see how...
Current state of responsive design Currently, when we realize responsiveness, we generally need three styles of UI design, namely mobile, tablet and desktop. In the above figure, the UI is designed in three versions, so developers can implement it very well, which is very nice (but I am af...