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CSS

Posted by Ayush Bahuguna
Ayush Bahuguna
2,092 Points

How to decide, what screen size to select while writing the CSS code for responsive design?

I can't decide what screen size to select. I have designed the website for the smallest screen possible or I should say the smallest width up to which my browser can't shrink. Now, I know at what point my website begins to look terrible. But I can't put a number on that point.

Please help.

1 Answer

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

The smallest screen width I will usually use is 320px then use the Responsive Design Modes in either Chrome or Firefox to display the width values on resize. For both browsers this is enabled by using Ctrl + Shift + M ( Cmd + Shift + M for OSX ). When resizing and I see when a media query is needed it's easy to get the width value required.

Ayush Bahuguna
Ayush Bahuguna
2,092 Points

Thank You sir.