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Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3, Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Aug 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784398934
Pages 312 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Ben Frain Ben Frain
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters close

Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. The Essentials of Responsive Web Design 2. Media Queries – Supporting Differing Viewports 3. Fluid Layouts and Responsive Images 4. HTML5 for Responsive Web Designs 5. CSS3 – Selectors, Typography, Color Modes, and New Features 6. Stunning Aesthetics with CSS3 7. Using SVGs for Resolution Independence 8. Transitions, Transformations, and Animations 9. Conquer Forms with HTML5 and CSS3 10. Approaching a Responsive Web Design Index

Combine media queries or write them where it suits?


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

.thing {
    width: 50%;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 30rem) {
    .thing {
        width: 75%;
    }
}

/* A few more styles would go between them */

.thing2 {
    width: 65%;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 30rem) {
    .thing2 {
        width: 75%;
    }
}

This seems like lunacy at first. We have two media queries that both relate to when the screen has a minimum width of 30rem. Surely repeating the same @media declaration is overly verbose and wasteful? Shouldn't I be advocating grouping all the identical media queries into a single block like this:

.thing {
    width: 50%;
}

.thing2 {
    width: 65%;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 30rem) {
    .thing {
        width: 75%;
    }
    .thing2...
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