A brief discussion on the difference between css3 device-width and width

This article will talk to you about the difference between device-width and width in css media queries. It has certain reference value. Friends in need can refer to it. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

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1.device-width

Definition: Define the visible width of the screen of the output device.

No matter whether your webpage is opened in Safari or embedded in a webview, device-width is only related to your device. If it is the same device, then its value will not change.

For example, the device-width*device-height of iphone6 ​​is 375*667, which has nothing to do with its dpr, etc.

2.width

Definition: Define the width of the visible area of ​​the page in the output device.

The output is the width and height of the visible area of ​​your webpage. Assuming that your webpage is a mobile webpage nested in a webview, width is actually the width and height of the webview. If it is in different browsers , width and height may also be different, and if your page uses rem layout, and for retina screens, dpr>1, content="width=device-width, initial-scale=0.5, is set in the meta tag. minimum-scale=0.5, maximum-scale=0.5, user-scalable=no,viewport-fit=cover", the width size on your iPhone 6 will be 750px.

I use device-width and device-height more here, because there is no need to consider the horizontal screen situation

For example, if you adapt to iphoneX, you already know iphoneX ( 375*812) size can use the following statement:

/*iphone x*/
@media only screen and (device-width:375px) and (device-height:812px) and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio:3) {
    .foriphoneX()
}

Another example is the latest Samsung folding screen

@media screen and (device-width: 586px) and (device-height: 820px){
    html{
        font-size: 110px !important;
    }
}

In short, device-width will not change in a device , its value is related to the width of the device. Width may be different when displayed in different layout schemes or different containers. Here I think device-width is equivalent to the window.screen.width of js, and width is equivalent to the document of js. .body.clientWidth.

Also record my adaptation of Huawei’s folding screen. Since there is no real phone at this time, I only know that Huawei’s unfolded resolution is 2200*2480, and there is no DPR or anything like that. It's clear, so I don't know device-width and device-height (I can't use width for query, the reason is related to business logic), so I chose device-aspect-ratio,

At first I was in my It is written like this in less

@media (device-aspect-ratio: 55/62) {
    /*适配*/
}

Then the device-aspect-ratio in css is calculated as a decimal

@media (device-aspect-ratio: 0.887097) {
    /*适配*/
}

device-aspect-ratio does not support decimals, so it cannot match

So I checked how to prevent less from executing 55/62 results, and found that it is enough to wrap the attribute in quotes and add a tilde in front of it, like this:

@media (device-aspect-ratio: ~"55/62") {
    /*适配部分*/
}

Problem Solved !

However, device-aspect-ratio is no longer recommended on MDN. This attribute will be abandoned. If I find a better solution, I will use an alternative.

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