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Easy to maintain media query fallbacks for <=IE8
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| <!doctype html> | |
| <!--[if IE 7]><html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8" lang="en"> <![endif]--> | |
| <!--[if IE 8]><html class="no-js lt-ie9" lang="en"> <![endif]--> | |
| <!--[if gt IE 8]><!--><html class="no-js" lang="en"> <!--<![endif]--> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>Example</title> | |
| <meta charset="utf-8"> | |
| <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> | |
| <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"> | |
| <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css"/> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <div id="container"></div> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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| /* Mobile-first Styles */ | |
| #container { | |
| width: 100%; | |
| } | |
| /* Progressive enhancement for browsers that support @media */ | |
| @media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 768px) { | |
| #container { | |
| width: 960px; | |
| margin: 0 auto; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| /* Fallback static layout for <= IE8 */ | |
| .lt-ie8 #container { | |
| width: 960px; | |
| margin: 0 auto; | |
| } |
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| #container { | |
| // Mobile Styles | |
| width: 100%; | |
| // Progressive Enhancement | |
| @include respond-to('desktop') { | |
| width: 960px; | |
| margin: 0 auto; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| @mixin respond-to($size) { | |
| // For 'desktop' sizes, a media query is used for browsers | |
| // that support them. For browsers that don't (IE8 and below), | |
| // the same styles are output inside a 'lt-ie9' class, applied | |
| // on the <html> element via conditional tags. | |
| @if $size == 'desktop' { | |
| @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) { | |
| @content | |
| } | |
| .lt-ie9 & { | |
| @content | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |
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