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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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Ben Frain Ben Frain
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

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

Linking CSS breakpoints to JavaScript

Typically, with something web-based involving any sort of interaction, JavaScript will be involved. When you're developing a responsive project, it's feasible that you will want to do different things at different viewport sizes. Not just in CSS but also in JavaScript.

Let's suppose we want to invoke a certain JavaScript function when we reach a certain breakpoint in the CSS (remember that "breakpoint" is the term used to define the point in which a responsive design should change significantly). Let's suppose the breakpoint is 47.5rem (with a 16px root font size that would equate to 760px), and we only want to run the function at that size. There is a JavaScript API called matchMedia, which allows you to test in JavaScript, exactly the same as you would in CSS. The obvious solution would be to use that and create a comparable test as you have in your media query.

However, it would still mean two places to...

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