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I ran into an issue where a customer's site had the formatting off on his browser. He was using chrome and he said that the magnification was normal but I'm thinking otherwise. With that said, how do you accommodate for when the magnification is adjusted. Does this require CSS changes?
Thanks,
Yes, it is done using CSS. The term you're looking for is "responsive design". Search that and you should find more information than you can handle.
Thanks JMC...
Yes, you can do it with CSS using @media query.
Like this...
Code:<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<style>
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.row::after {
content: "";
clear: both;
display: table;
}
[class*="col-"] {
float: left;
padding: 15px;
}
html {
font-family: "Lucida Sans", sans-serif;
}
.header {
background-color: #9933cc;
color: #ffffff;
padding: 15px;
}
.menu ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.menu li {
padding: 8px;
margin-bottom: 7px;
background-color: #33b5e5;
color: #ffffff;
box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.24);
}
.menu li:hover {
background-color: #0099cc;
}
.aside {
background-color: #33b5e5;
padding: 15px;
color: #ffffff;
text-align: center;
font-size: 14px;
box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.12), 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.24);
}
.footer {
background-color: #0099cc;
color: #ffffff;
text-align: center;
font-size: 12px;
padding: 15px;
}
/* For mobile phones: */
[class*="col-"] {
width: 100%;
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 600px) {
/* For tablets: */
.col-s-1 {width: 8.33%;}
.col-s-2 {width: 16.66%;}
.col-s-3 {width: 25%;}
.col-s-4 {width: 33.33%;}
.col-s-5 {width: 41.66%;}
.col-s-6 {width: 50%;}
.col-s-7 {width: 58.33%;}
.col-s-8 {width: 66.66%;}
.col-s-9 {width: 75%;}
.col-s-10 {width: 83.33%;}
.col-s-11 {width: 91.66%;}
.col-s-12 {width: 100%;}
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
/* For desktop: */
.col-1 {width: 8.33%;}
.col-2 {width: 16.66%;}
.col-3 {width: 25%;}
.col-4 {width: 33.33%;}
.col-5 {width: 41.66%;}
.col-6 {width: 50%;}
.col-7 {width: 58.33%;}
.col-8 {width: 66.66%;}
.col-9 {width: 75%;}
.col-10 {width: 83.33%;}
.col-11 {width: 91.66%;}
.col-12 {width: 100%;}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="header">
<h1>Chania</h1>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-3 col-s-3 menu">
<ul>
<li>The Flight</li>
<li>The City</li>
<li>The Island</li>
<li>The Food</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-6 col-s-9">
<h1>The City</h1>
<p>Chania is the capital of the Chania region on the island of Crete. The city can be divided in two parts, the old town and the modern city.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-3 col-s-12">
<div class="aside">
<h2>What?</h2>
<p>Chania is a city on the island of Crete.</p>
<h2>Where?</h2>
<p>Crete is a Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea.</p>
<h2>How?</h2>
<p>You can reach Chania airport from all over Europe.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="footer">
<p>Resize the browser window to see how the content respond to the resizing.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Responsive web design is one of the primary reasons why I use a CSS framework like Bootstrap, Material, or Skeleton (based on the client).
For example, if you look at Bootstrap's layout documentation (here) you will see that what is happening is they setup breakpoints for:
- extra-small: 576px or less
- small: 576px and up
- medium: 768px and up
- large: 992px and up
- extra-large: 1200px and up
By doing this you can effectively show/hide content based on the screen size (for example navigations go from full width to a collapsible list) or have the content resize properly at those breakpoints.
According to me try to add few CSS codes and than check what changes are made and how are they working.