Whole files are rendered out into css files by your sass compiler. Creating a dead simple sass mixin to handle responsive breakpoints. Near the end of the project they asked how we would support ie876. Mobilefirst sass for internet explorer geoff graham. Using sass to handle media queries in ie8 position. Ie7, ie8 support for css3 media query stack overflow. Write better media queries with sass david walsh blog. A sass mixin for media queries and ie 06 august 2012. I spent a few months experimenting with a dozen different approaches to media queries in sass and actually used a few in production. But another reason is that you then gain the ability to shut off those media queries if you need to, and there are some perfectly valid reasons to want to do that.
Apr 23, 2020 i spent a few months experimenting with a dozen different approaches to media queries in sass and actually used a few in production. Like i said in the article, with the nicolas gallagher conditional comments, you can avoid this. Only difference is that it has combined media queries rather than inline. People still use old browsers like ie6, ie7, or ie8. Managing responsive breakpoints with sass sitepoint. We played with our browser window widths, adjusting them until it looked like they were at the appropriate width to create a breakpoint at normal text zoom.
Multiple queries can be combined in various ways by using logical operators. As well as this they wanted me to instigate and create the css using sass scss. Nov 27, 20 yes i understood, but ie8 will download two css files. This takes separate inline media queries produced by preprocessors sass or less and combines them. Ie9 and above obeys the media queries like a proper browser should.
Using sass, this can be achieved in a relatively nonhackish way without css hacks. First install sass using one of the options below, then run sass version to be sure it installed correctly. Although older versions of ie dont support media queries, still there is a way you can make it work. In our traditional approach of making media queries, especially with bootstrap 3, we would use something like this.
Mobile users dont download the code designed for older browsers. Even though everyone thinks that earlier versions of ie are already extinct, there is a. Mar 11, 20 because richtechs audience includes a sizable portion of ie8 users, and ie8 does not understand media queries, we build the base structure of our menu as a mixin so we can target ie8 users directly via modernizrs. Theyre difficult to write and they tend to get duplicated a lot. Internet explorer versions before ie9 do not support media queries. An introduction to sass in responsive design steve grunwell. Youre probably aware that not all browsers support media queries. Sep 26, 20 media queries are a gigantic pain in the ass especially when theyre scattered throughout your code base. I use bower for convenience but you can also download the requirements and add them to your project manually. A sass mixin for media queries and ie always twisted.
Built into sass is the ability to nest our media queries within the. Because richtechs audience includes a sizable portion of ie8 users, and ie8 does not understand media queries, we build the base structure of our menu as a mixin so we can target ie8 users directly via modernizrs. But another reason is that you then gain the ability to shut off those media queries if you need to, and there are some perfectly valid reasons to. May 20, 2014 by complex, i mean media queries involving several components e. Sep 20, 2012 the 20th tutorial in the sass tutorial series. Contribute to zessxsass queries development by creating an account on github. Problem is, internet explorer prior to 9 ignores anything within media query blocks.
Mar 15, 2012 ive done a lot of experimentation lately with sass and media queries to see what works and what doesnt. Mar 28, 2012 the specifics of embased media queries. If we look at the styles directory for this site, i have two scss files. Sep 10, 2014 there are a few sass media query mixins going around for dealing with old versions of ie. Creating a dead simple sass mixin to handle responsive. Im currently finishing up some frontend cocoding for a client who hired me for all the mobileresponsive goodness. How to target internet explorer 10 and 11 in css philip. How to target only ie any version within a stylesheet. The guardians responsive design team share some code to help make. Using sass to handle media queries in ie8 december 24, 2014 by debbie campbell 0 comments i used to use respond. This hack could be useful for mobilefirst responsive web design where desktop styles progressively are built up in. Not all of us can get away with that, but thankfully, as chris eppstein points out, sass 3.
If we build a responsive site from small size up, these browsers will download all of our styles, but they will only be. So i took what i liked about each of them and created a solution that covered all scenarios i came across. Oct 04, 2012 using sass partials, its a snap to make a stylesheet for ie8 and below all while keeping our code nice and dry. Problem is, internet explorer prior to 9 ignores anything within media query blocks, leaving those browsers with mobile styles. Rem to px browser function with sass david walsh blog. We then target everyone else using a standard minwidth media query. If you are looking for a way of degrading the design for ie8 users, you may find ies conditional commenting helpful. To do this, you take advantage of the fact that sass can import and compile separate.
Let us look at some more examples of using media queries. Sass has a very useful feature that is generally not widely known. If we build a responsive site from small size up, these browsers will download all of our styles, but they will only be able to comprehend the stuff outside of media queries. Css3 media queries for all devices and browsers ie7, ie8. It defaults to applying your media query styles to both ie8 since that version doesnt recognize media queries and to print media queries, but you can unset the default behavior using arguments. Notice how bs4 does not have a lowest value, which means xs is now the default style and you would use sm, md, lg and xl breakpoints as overrides css media queries. To demonstrate a simple example, we can change the background color for different devices. We can add a breakpoint where certain parts of the design will behave differently on each side of the breakpoint. This sass mixin lets you target variablized media queries.
Feb 21, 2020 mq is a sass mixin that helps you compose media queries in an elegant way. To solve this, you need to make it behave like ie7. Read through to see what suits your particular needs. So instead of repeating selectors inside media query rules, 1. Create a media query using mshighcontrast, in which you place your ie 10 and 11specific css styles. The media queries on our site are all crafted based on the approximate baseline.
Using sass partials, its a snap to make a stylesheet for ie8 and below all while keeping our code nice and dry. If you really need to support it, a polyfill is the best way to go. The most important of which is probably the cognitive ease of having the. There are two primary pain points when it comes to dealing with legacy versions of ie. Unless, of course, youre using a css preprocessor that will allow you to have media queries inside of your blocks. Its also a syntactic sugar for the standard media queries syntax css.
Yes, a media query is a sort of container that you can put any of your regular css rules inside of. Source less, javascript, and font files, along with our docs. Attempting to avoid the duplicated media queries and keeping things tidy we define our media queries in only one sass file and call it. Mobile first css and getting sass to help with legacy ie. One potential workaround for this is adding the following css. Overall, theres really nothing impressive enough to completely change the way you use media queries, but its still worth it to go through a few examples that. I spent quite some time experimenting with different libraries and mixins available out there, but eventually all of them failed to do everything i needed in an elegant way. And the whole stylesheets weight for ie8 will be main. In part 2 of responsive web design in sass, media queries in sass, i will be covering the breadth of what youll need to know about media queries in sass as well as the upcoming changes for media queries in sass 3. If youre brand new to sass weve set up some resources to help you learn pretty.
This article will show you these tricks and how you can use them to simplify your stylesheets. Often they include predefined break points, whereas i like the simplicity of passing a numeric value. The goal is to serve relative units and media queries to the main stylesheet and our fallbacks to the ie stylesheet. Add custom media queries to change the grid size breakpoints for print media only. Media queries are a popular technique for delivering a tailored style sheet to different devices. A media query computes to true when the media type if specified matches the device on which a document is being displayed and all. If youre familiar with sass, youre probably well aware of the breakpoint mixin and its awesomeness.
This sass mixin lets you target variablized media queries, arbitrary minwidth breakpoints, ie versions 710, and print. A media query is composed of an optional media type and any number of media feature expressions. When the screen browser window gets smaller than 768px, each column should have a width of 100%. Near the end of the project they asked how we would support ie8 76. Structuring and serving styles for older browsers sparkbox. The html5shiv is technically not needed for media queries, but if you are using modern techniques like media queries, you probably also should allow yourself the freedom to use html 5 elements as well. Css3 how to target only ie, firefox, chrome, safari. Using this, you can specify an ie 8 76 specific style sheet which over writes the previous rules. At times, it might be unavoidable to have different css rules for internet explorer than for sane browsers. Ie8 and below plus a few other older browsers simply cant see styles that are cloaked in media queries. In fact, media queries will not work inside of a declaration block, you need to put your rules inside the media query. Because it relies on the fact that a simple css media query is a valid sass map, it makes it. Unfortunately, the browser app has lots of bugs and inconsistencies with css in.
You can also run sass help for more information about the commandline interface. This entry was published on december 7, 2015 and may be out of date. Sass includes a few helpful features that make media queries easier to work with. Ie8 and below do not support media queries on their own.
The most important of which is probably the cognitive ease of having the properties and values you are changing right next to the originals. It has obscure, occasional conflicts with modernizr it doesnt work with css aggregation off drupals default. As well as this they wanted me to instigate and create the css using sassscss. The first is that they dont recognize relative units like em and rem. In this solution, file download weight from lots of double style rules is avoided by piping. All of them eventually failed to cater for everything i needed to do in an elegant way.
In responsive web design in sass part 2 i wrote about using media queries in sass 3. By creating a mixin in sass i could separate my modules into their own. Media queries are a gigantic pain in the ass especially when theyre scattered throughout your code base. There are a few sass media query mixins going around for dealing with old versions of ie. Theres a milestone on sasss github project as well thats at the 33% mark in my examples above you may have noticed that all the media queries were written out and included the pixel value for each break point, in every media query i used. Unless, of course, youre using a css preprocessor that will allow you to have.
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