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Let's say you had three major breakpoints in a design. This design also had a large background graphic and you wanted it looking it's best on any screen (retina or not) and not waste any bandwidth. You'd set up 6 media queries, one for each breakpoint and one for each one of those breakpoints on retina. Then you'd override the background image a…
@media only screen and (min-width: 320px) {
/* Small screen, non-retina */
}
@media
only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 320px),
only screen and ( min--moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 320px),
only screen and ( -o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2/1) and (min-width: 320px),
only screen and ( min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 320px),
only screen and ( min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 320px),
only screen and ( min-resolution: 2dppx) and (min-width: 320px) {
/* Small screen, retina, stuff to override above media query */
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 700px) {
/* Medium screen, non-retina */
}
@media
only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 700px),
only screen and ( min--moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 700px),
only screen and ( -o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2/1) and (min-width: 700px),
only screen and ( min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 700px),
only screen and ( min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 700px),
only screen and ( min-resolution: 2dppx) and (min-width: 700px) {
/* Medium screen, retina, stuff to override above media query */
}
@media only screen and (min-width: 1300px) {
/* Large screen, non-retina */
}
@media
only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 1300px),
only screen and ( min--moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 1300px),
only screen and ( -o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2/1) and (min-width: 1300px),
only screen and ( min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (min-width: 1300px),
only screen and ( min-resolution: 192dpi) and (min-width: 1300px),
only screen and ( min-resolution: 2dppx) and (min-width: 1300px) {
/* Large screen, retina, stuff to override above media query */
}
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