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Use this to view the current browser window viewport dimensions -- useful for responsive design prototyping and debugging. minimal CSS absolute-positioned indicator box for height / width in pixels. Changes on resize.
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="utf-8"> | |
| <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> | |
| <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> | |
| <title>Document Dimension Indicator</title> | |
| <style type="text/css"> | |
| #dimbox { | |
| position: absolute; | |
| top: 5px; right: 5px; | |
| z-index: 999; | |
| background-color: #777777; | |
| margin: 0; padding:5px 6px 3px; | |
| font-size: .8em; | |
| line-height: 1.2; | |
| color: #cccccc; | |
| } | |
| #width, #height { | |
| color: #ffffff; | |
| font-size: 1.2em; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <p>This is a simple example to create a "live" width and height indicator that updates as you scale your page. I use it when testing responsive designs. For better efficiency, create a single .js file and include it at the end of your document -- commenting it out when you're done testing.</p> | |
| <div id="dimbox"> | |
| Wpx <span id="width"></span> Hpx <span id="height"></span> | |
| </div> | |
| <script> // must be included after #dimbox | |
| function widthGrabber() { | |
| document.getElementById("width").innerHTML = window.innerWidth; | |
| } | |
| widthGrabber(); | |
| window.addEventListener( "resize", widthGrabber ); | |
| function heightGrabber() { | |
| document.getElementById("height").innerHTML = window.innerHeight; | |
| } | |
| heightGrabber(); | |
| window.addEventListener( "resize", heightGrabber ); | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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This is a simple example to create a "live" width and height indicator that updates as you scale your page. I use it when testing responsive designs. For better efficiency, create a single .js file and include it at the end of your document -- commenting it out when you're done testing.