CSS Element Queries
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Element Queries is a polyfill adding support for element based media-queries to all new browsers (incl. IE7+).
It allows not only to define media-queries based on window-size but also adds 'media-queries' functionality depending on element (any selector supported)
size while not causing performance lags due to event based implementation.
It's a proof-of-concept event-based CSS element dimension query with valid CSS selector syntax.
Features:
- no performance issues since it listens only on size changes of elements that have element query rules defined through css. Other element query polifills only listen on `window.onresize` which causes performance issues and allows only to detect changes via window.resize event and not inside layout changes like css3 animation, :hover, DOM changes etc.
- no interval/timeout detection. Truly event-based through integrated ResizeSensor class.
- no CSS modifications. Valid CSS Syntax
- all CSS selectors available. Uses regular attribute selector. No need to write rules in HTML.
- supports and tested in webkit, gecko and IE(7/8/9/10/11).
- `min-width`, `min-height`, `max-width` and `max-height` are supported so far
- works with any layout modifications: HTML (innerHTML etc), inline styles, DOM mutation, CSS3 transitions, fluid layout changes (also percent changes), pseudo classes (:hover etc.), window resizes and more
- no Javascript-Framework dependency (works with jQuery, Mootools, etc.)
More demos and information: http://marcj.github.io/css-element-queries/
Example
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```css
.widget-name {
padding: 25px;
}
.widget-name[max-width="200px"] {
padding: 0;
}
.widget-name[min-width="500px"] {
padding: 55px;
}
/* responsive images */
.responsive-image img {
width: 100%;
}
.responsive-image[max-width^='400px'] img {
content: url(demo/image-400px.jpg);
}
.responsive-image[max-width^='1000px'] img {
content: url(demo/image-1000px.jpg);
}
.responsive-image[min-width='1000px'] img {
content: url(demo/image-full.jpg);
}
```
Include the javascript files at the bottom and you're good to go. No custom javascript calls needed.
```html
<script src="src/ResizeSensor.js"></script>
<script src="src/ElementQueries.js"></script>
```
Issues
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- So far does not work on `img` and other elements that can't contain other elements. Wrapping with a `div` works fine though (See demo).
- Adds additional hidden elements into selected target element and forces target element to be relative or absolute.
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License
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MIT license. Copyright [Marc J. Schmidt](http://marcjschmidt.de/).