I am building a responsive design with bootstrap and I have two navigation bars, one for mobile and one for desktop.
Being a mobile first framework, the desktop one only triggers at min-width:992px and otherwise is set as display:none. I have a whole bunch of css for the desktop navigation, now I was wondering if it would be best to put it in the min width 992 media query, or just leave it outside of the media query.
What is the best practice?
Also, does media query CSS only get loaded when the media query is triggered? I'm fairly sure that CSS just gets loaded as is, but thought i'd ask.
You should try to use (%) instead of (px)
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I am currently studying responsive concept and media queries, and I havent be able to understand the purpose of it, since we can use "%" for size properties in our CSS files. In fact for example in my CSS file if I add the "width" style property like this : "{width: 70%;}", my Web page will fit into any screen sizes because it will take 70% of it, without regarding the screen ? Or maybe she will be displayed with too small characters, that would be the explanation of why we use responsive methods ? It seems like maybe I didnt really get the purpose of it. Thank you for all your help.
Have you used a news website? In broad devices like laptops, there are multiple columns across the screens. While you use the same website on mobile phone, a single column takes all the available space. This is where responsive design and media queries come in. You can observe the same effect almost everywhere on the web.
Suppose if the news website had set the width of each column as 25%, the it would look good on a laptop, but the width of each column would be then very less when you view it in mobile phone (as 25% of mobile screen width would be very low) and this would make the text unreadable. This is why % units don't work everywhere and we need responsive design and media queries.
This is not the only use of media queries. You can even specify how your webpage will look when printed with the help of media queries. Modern css frameworks like Bootstrap are completely based on media queries
Still if you have any doubts related to the use of responsive techniques like media queries, you can just google "uses of media query" or "uses of responsive design" and you will get tons of articles and posts on their usability.
The use of % and other units can be done to a small extent but they don't give us the freedom responsive design gives us. Responsive design is more than using such units.
I'm a little bit confuse when using Media query for responsive web design.
Actually, I'm new to it and I also want to ask that: is it necessary to add media query every single time you have a CSS error when shrinking down the web browser? I used to do it and my css had like a lot of media queries in it!
You should use media queries when you want to specify different style for a particular height/width of the screen.
Media queries can also be used to change layout of a page depending on the orientation of the browser.
Please use this link to find out more..
7 Practices for Effective Media Queries
Do use media query to design layout for desktop version. You should always think for mobile first layout then use media query to decide how should it look like in desktop version of site.
I have been given a task to convert an already hosted website into responsive. My working knowledge on CSS is below average.
In that quest, I heard about media queries. I looked for a solution, but what I got was more confusion. Media Queries? I tried responsinator.com and checked my website in that. Actually I don't know how to know whether a website is responsive or not.
My website fits the mobile screens. Header and footer automatically adjusts themselves.
There is a big slider and it just got cropped, but still loads images and works fine. If my website is responsive, how come the slider get cropped?
To make a responsive CSS, Will I have to make any changes to the values in my already existing CSS? Or will I have to just add my styles (without any edits) into the media queries given below.
#media(max-width:480px){
/*PUT YOUR CLASSES STYLES HERE*/
}
your media query defines which part of your css to look in, think of it like an if statement.
When it falls within a media query in your css file, your css has be defined to cater for that screen size,
Just because your page objects crop when you make the screen smaller does not make your site responsive,
best take your phone or tablet and visit your site, if the user interface is simple, easy and smooth, then you dont have to worry, but if you have a desktop styled site on a phone as wide as your numpad on the keyboard, you have some work to do.
It's quite difficult from my experience to "convert" a static website into a responsive one, especially if you do not have good CSS knowledge. Try to find elements with a fixed width and make them fluid by experimenting with max-width and procentual width values. Hope this helps.
I want to apply media query only when page scrolled xxxx pixels down Is there any way I can do that with media query without JS?
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The reason I am asking because none of JS plugins based on offset position are working on iPad, iPhone and Safari, they are not calculating offset properly Fixed position delayed on IOS and Bootstrap scrollspy not working on iPad
So I thought may be I can do that with media query if it is possible.
No you can't do that with a media query, media queries are used to test screen sizes for responsive web design.
You're going to have to use javascript to check scroll position then apply the media query accordingly.
you could use twitter bootstrap scrollspy method: http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#scrollspy
This isn't possible with Media Queries, but you are able to do this with JavaScript. If you're having issues with ScollSpy maybe take a look at Waypoints. This works on mobile and is an incredible library to have in your toolbelt. This will let you react to the user's scrolled position.
I am building a responsive layout with Twitter Bootstrap and I am finding it difficult to keep the layout looking good across all sizes/devices.
In my early attempts I tried simply using the grid for placement, but page elements never ended up where I wanted them at different sizes. Now I am at the point where I am using media queries to override some of Bootstrap's styles and my own styles. This seems like it may cause a maintenance headaches down the road.
Rather than overriding styles I am thinking that I should add/remove the styles based on the screen's size by registering for media query events.
Can someone offer advice on good practices for adjusting the layout of a page at different screen sizes using Bootstrap?
I am looking for general advice, but I can post code and screenshots if that will help.
Update: Looks like media query events are not well supported.
Your on the right track. Use CSS media Queries. Firefox has a nice add on that enables you to adjust the page to a particular viewport so that you can see the changes pixel by pixel, though Im sure chrome would have something similar
There are no special tricks just because its bootstrap, as long as you have enabled the responsive stylesheet then you are pretty much good to go
This is a good place to start for media queries
http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/media-queries-for-standard-devices/