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CSS Unused CSS Stages Media Queries Media Features and Media Types

Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points
Posted by Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points

Media query not working

@media screen and ( max-width: 768px )  { {background:#FF6347; color:white;}
}

I have been having trouble with this media query. Can someone help? Thank you in advance for any replies.

3 Answers

Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
18,924 Points
Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson
18,924 Points

Hi Jason,

You don't have any selectors before the declaration so the browser doesn't know what you are trying to apply the rule to. If you are trying to change the background and color of the body for example it should be

@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
    body {
       background: #FF6347;
       color: white;
    }
}

Hope this helps.

Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points
Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points

Thank you for the code- it was the solution!

Nicolas Degrandy
Nicolas Degrandy
11,529 Points
Nicolas Degrandy
Nicolas Degrandy
11,529 Points

Hey Jason, it looks like you're not assigning the background or colour to anything:

Perhaps you want to try this:

@media screen and ( max-width: 768px ) { .containerClass { background:#FF6347; color:white; } }

You would need to have defined the class name in your HTML code too, or select .body if that's what you're referring to as Paul suggested

Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points
Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points

Thank you Nicholas- that solved it!