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Posted by Yongyu Zhang
Yongyu Zhang
1,892 Points

I can't understand the "viewport" part of "responsive web design".

Here is the code:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width initial-scale=1.0">

How does it work?

1 Answer

Frederic Soloy
Frederic Soloy
10,861 Points
Frederic Soloy
Frederic Soloy
10,861 Points

Hi, you can have a look at this MDN page. It's well explained, and clear. Also it's a good idea to have MDN site in Bookmark. It's one of the best reference in the Developer community. Good luck! https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Mozilla/Mobile/Viewport_meta_tag