I'm building a responsive design and everything is fine apart from I can't seem to target iPhone 3g users.
I've added the following media queries but the first one (max-width:320px) doesn't seem to work
#media screen and (max-width: 320px) {
// STYLES GO HERE
}
#media screen and (min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 640px) {
//STYLES GO HERE
}
Am I doing something wrong?
Try max-device-width (max-device-width: 320px); I haven't tried it specifically for non-retina display iPhones, but have found it to help when targeting the iPhone 4 specifically.
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I'm a little confused about targeting iPhones devices (in this case 4/S).
I've read that no matter the orientation, the Apple phone will always return the DEVICE-WIDTH value in PORTRAIT (meaning 320px for iPhone 4).
Said this, if the device it's always returning a 320px, why almost all media queries I looked online for this devide take into account the 480px (if this value is not supposed to be returned)?
#media only screen
and (min-device-width: 320px)
and (max-device-width: 480px)
and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) {
/* your CSS here */
}
Thanks in advance
I've tried using several media queries I've found through Google to target the iPhone, but my site still isn't displaying like I want it to on the actual iPhone. It looks fine when I use iphone4simulator.com. Here's the media query I'm using now:
#media only screen and (device-width: 480px) and (orientation: portrait) and (resolution: 163dpi)
Here's the URL: cfbpreview
Thanks.
You have to add this for the iPhone 4 because of the retina display.
/* iPhone 4 ----------- */
#media
only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio : 1.5),
only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio : 1.5) {
/* Styles */
}
Here is a link to all media queries you might need for a responsive design.
IMPORTANT: This will apply to all devices with a pixel ratio of more then 1.5. If you want it to be more specific to the device you will have to add more conditions to your meida query.
I'm trying to target mobile devices (specifically the iPad and iPhone) but using CSS3 media queries the same styling is added to other devices with the same resolution, such as laptops. How can I add mobile device specific styling without adding it to other non-mobile devices too?
So far I'm using this, which adds the css to all devices that are 1024px wide and under, even with the orientation selector:
#media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (orientation:portrait),
(max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation:landscape){
// Do something
}
EDIT:
For anyone interested, I got this to work just by duplicating the media query but altering the duplicate slightly. It's by far the most efficient way of doing it but the main thing is it works:
#media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (orientation:portrait),
(max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation:landscape){
// some styling
}
#media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (orientation:portrait),
(max-device-width: 768px) and (orientation:portrait){
// some styling
}
Maybe a look at this, at the section "7.3 Recognized media types", will help you.
Yup: desktop browsers support the orientation media query too.
I don’t think media queries provide a way to detect whether a device is the iPad or the iPhone. They allow you to inspect features of the device (like its width and orientation), rather than identify the device.
What makes your styles inappropriate for non-iPad devices?
I found that all you need is the second media query in your edit:
#media only screen and (min-device-width: 320px) and (orientation: portrait),
(max-device-width: 768px) and (orientation: portrait) {
// some styling
}
It worked like a charm!
I am working on a new website and have put a set width into my css file. I have a requirement to make the site adaptable and resizable to fit the smaller screens of phones and various tablet devices.
What in my css styles has to be set so that the site best adapts to the other screen sizes?
You will want to use media queries. This is the whole basis behind responsive design.
#media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) {
/* write smartphone styles here */
}
#media only screen and (max-device-width: 768px) {
/* tablets in portrait mode */
}
#media only screen and (max-device-width: 1024px) {
/* tablets in landscape mode and smaller/older monitors */
}
Take a look here:
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2010/07/19/how-to-use-css3-media-queries-to-create-a-mobile-version-of-your-website/
I haven't done any iPhone version yet, so I have this question,
In order to be able to browse the website properly -even if the user turns 90º his phone:
Shall i CSS set with's in px or in % ?
If you are programatically targeting the iOS devices such as the iPhone & iTouch then i would use pixels opposed to percentages, but if you are not targeting such devices and want a one stop mobile website for all (most smart-phones) then i would consider using percentages.
you can specificy min-width max-width and min-device-width and max-device-width in your media queries.
Here is a little more about media queries and the combinations that you can do;
/* Target iPhone Portrait */
#media screen and (max-width: 320px) and (orientation: portrait) { body{background:#F0F;} }
/* Target Android Portrait larger than 320px Width */
#media screen and (min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 480px) and (orientation: portrait) { body{background:#F00;} }
/* Target iPhone Landscape */
#media screen and (max-width: 480px) and (orientation: landscape) { body{background:#0F0;} }
/* Target Android Landscape */
#media screen and (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 800px) and (orientation: landscape) { body{background:#FF0;} }
You can use % with one css class, and the size of components will be adjusted automatically.
You can also use px with two classes, one for portrait, one for landscape :
body[orient="portrait"] {
property: value;
}
body[orient="landscape"] {
property: value;
}
Personally I would use %, rather than px...
You will want the page to become 100% which ever way this is rotated, and then shift the content around accordingly.
The New York Times uses %, as you can see where the page is Landscape you are zoomed in further than Portrait.
If you are building a non specific website for iPhones (sub-domaine like iphone.mywebsite.com) I would suggest using CSS Media Queries as suggested by Xavier. It allows you to do much more than specify a min-width and max-width!
You can specify the type of device (but many devices aren't recognized like they should…) like: screen handheld print tv and many other
But most importantly you can also set if the browser window is in portait or landscape, it's resolution or aspect-ratio and so on…
As for % or px I'd definitely go for px, it's very difficult to have something working as you would wish using %. Because you don't necessarily want the same kind of information if your user comes with an iPhone or with an other device.
For exemple you could take out all the heavy images from your website for iPhone users because they'll probably be using a 3G connection and so making your site a lot faster to load!
A really nice example of what you can do with CSS Media Queries… unfortunately it0s not my work… :-(