A CSS media query that captures almost all high DPI aware devices.

high-dpi-media.css

/* ---------------------------------------------------------- */
/*                                                            */
/* A media query that captures:                               */
/*                                                            */
/* - Retina iOS devices                                       */
/* - Retina Macs running Safari                               */
/* - High DPI Windows PCs running IE 8 and above              */
/* - Low DPI Windows PCs running IE, zoomed in                */
/* - Low DPI Windows PCs and Macs running Firefox, zoomed in  */
/* - Android hdpi devices and above                           */
/* - Android tvdpi devices, including Google Nexus 7          */
/* - Chrome running on high DPI Macs and PCs                  */
/* - Opera running on high DPI Macs, PCs and mobile devices   */
/*                                                            */
/* Please note that this code assumes you'll swap a      */
/* 2× version of your images. If you'd like to supply         */
/* finer increments, other thresholds might be appropriate.   */
/*                                                            */
/*                                  @marcedwards from @bjango */
/*                                                            */
/* ---------------------------------------------------------- */

@media	only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.3),
	only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 13/10),
	only screen and (min-resolution: 120dpi)
	{
		/* Your code to swap higher DPI images */
	}

Extra curly brace at the end?

The extra curly brace and dangling comma cause this to fail, so here's my fork

Oh yep, you're both right. Fixed.

your media query is brilliant. I've started using it for all my projects and it works perfectly.

FYI - it also works with Low DPI Windows & OS X PCs with Firefox zoomed in (tested today with FF 17 on Windows 8 and OS X 10.8.2)

@coliff Thanks! I've updated the comment to include your info.

Smart idea! Will try this out on my next project.

Awesome media query! What about the new(er) dppx unit? Worth adding yet?

@media (min-resolution: 1.3dppx) {}

I have try this for the firefox on mac retina;

min--moz-device-pixel-ratio:1.5

Thanks for sharing this, It works really good! However with Chrome v.35 I get this Debug message in the console:

Consider using 'dppx' units, as in CSS 'dpi' means dots-per-CSS-inch, not dots-per-physical-inch, so does not correspond to the actual 'dpi' of a screen. In media query expression: only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.3), not all, only screen and (min-resolution: 120dpi)

It is not an error nor a warning. Is this something expected? Maybe is something to consider. Hope it helps
Thanks again

Hi, How to target Galaxy Tab 4 7inch, it uses the same resolution for Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10 inch 1280*800. I have the media query for 10 inch but, in my 7 inch i tools the CSS of 10inch. How to differentiate the media query in this case. Thanks in advance.

Media queries for iPhone 6 plus only: https://gist.github.com/paulmillr/24694465f292d25128cc

@stinoga It seems like dppx still doesn’t have full support: http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-media-resolution

@chimos Please see above. :) dppx should be the way to go, but it doesn’t have support everywhere yet. Hopefully soon.

@prasannavigneshr If they’re the same resolution, you’d have to find out the min-device-pixel-ratio or min-resolution(dppx) for each device. Hopefully they’re different, otherwise you couldn’t target specific CSS (there may be other options, but they may get more tricky).

@paulmillr Nice!

Merci ça fonctionne très bien pour moi avec quelques ajouts pour les portables et les tablettes et min-résolution: 240dpi ce qui exclu les mDPI, je n'ai pas inclu les téléphones.

@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.3),only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 13/10),only screen and (min-resolution: 240dpi){

@media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {
    #hockey2{
        font-size:1.2em !important;
    }
}   
@media screen and (min-width: 1050px) { 
    #p{
        display:block !important;
    }
    #aside{
        margin-top:150px !important;
    }
    #hockey2{
        top:153px;
    }
    body{
    font-size:1.1em;
    }
}
@media screen and (min-width: 1280px) {
    #hockey2{
        font-size:1em !important;
    }
}
@media screen and (min-width: 1440px) {
    #hockey2{
        font-size:1.2em !important;
    }
}

}

Amazing... Anyone have a media query to target all Android devices?

Awesome!
I use this to use more beautiful font-smoothing on high dpi media devices:
https://gist.github.com/dpschen/aebfd3e140333fdfd5d4f9a79eb3dd2b

This was published in 2012. Is it still actual in 2020, or are there better methods?

This was published in 2012. Is it still actual in 2020, or are there better methods?

As far as I’m aware, it’s still a great way to go. webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio is non-standard, but widely supported. min-resolution is the standard. Having both seems good. You could probably drop -o-min-device-pixel-ratio, given Opera has supported webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio since 2013.

webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio reference

• https://caniuse.com/#feat=mdn-css_at-rules_media_-webkit-device-pixel-ratio
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/-webkit-device-pixel-ratio

min-resolution reference:

• https://caniuse.com/#feat=css-media-resolution
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/resolution