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November 23, 2020 10:43 pm GMT

How to test media queries with Chrome

Whether you want it to or not, modern web development is directly tied to responsive design. There are media queries everywhere, even Bootstrap and Tailwind use some sort of breakpoints related to that.

Media Query Viewer

Sometimes we think it's hard to test it, but Chrome DevTools has a hidden gem to deal and handle easily with those breakpoints. I will show you how to activate this superpower.

  1. Open Chrome DevTools
  2. Enable Mobile view
  3. Ensure select "Responsive" on the device list.
  4. Select "show media queries"

media-queries

Query Bars

Depending on media queries defined on the page you would see 4 bars in different colors.

Preset sizes (Gray):
preset

Max width (Blue):
Alt Text

Max and Min width (Green):
Alt Text

Min width (Orange)
Alt Text

Example

The Bootstrap page it's an excellent opportunity to see this feature in action because has multiple types of media queries.

example

Source Code

You can also right-click over a selected media query and see it directly on the source code.

source

Bonus Track

If you want to see all media queries in action at the same time I'll recommend you take a look at Responsively.

responsively

It's an amazing and open source project that will make your job easier as a developer.

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Original Link: https://dev.to/equiman/how-to-test-media-queries-with-chrome-5d8c

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