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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS

You're reading from   Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS Develop future-proof responsive websites using the latest HTML5 and CSS techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839211560
Length 408 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Preface 1. The Essentials of Responsive Web Design 2. Writing HTML Markup FREE CHAPTER 3. Media Queries – Supporting Differing Viewports 4. Fluid Layout, Flexbox, and Responsive Images 5. Layout with CSS Grid 6. CSS Selectors, Typography, Color Modes, and More 7. Stunning Aesthetics with CSS 8. Using SVGs for Resolution Independence 9. Transitions, Transformations, and Animations 10. Conquer Forms with HTML5 and CSS 11. Bonus Techniques and Parting Advice 12. Other Books You May Enjoy
13. Index

Combine media queries or write them where it suits?

I'm a fan of writing media queries underneath the original "normal" rule. For example, let's say I want to change the width of a couple of different elements, which are written at different places in the style sheet, depending upon the viewport width. I would typically do this:

.thing {
    width: 50%;
}
@media (min-width: 30rem) {
    .thing {
        width: 75%;
    }
}
/* A few more styles would go between them */
.thing2 {
    width: 65%;
}
@media (min-width: 30rem) {
    .thing2 {
        width: 75%;
    }
}

Can you see in this example, we have two separate media queries written testing for the same thing: @media (min-width: 30rem)? Surely duplicating media at-rules like this is overly verbose and wasteful? Shouldn't I be advocating grouping all the like media queries into a single block like this:

.thing {
    width: 50%;
}
.thing2 {
    width: 65%;
}
@media (min-width: 30rem) {
 ...
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