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Posted by Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson
4,978 Points

Not sure why media query not working

I'm following the video at http://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-make-a-website/responsive-web-design-and-testing/adding-breakpoints-for-devices

and have put the <link> tags per the video (for the responsive.css filed) on all three html files

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css"/>

plus the @media queries

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) { body { background: navy; } }

and the color does not change at all when I resize the screen, unlike what the video illustrates.

I tried adding ' media="screen" ' to the <link> tag but that didn't work either.

I'm using Google Chrome browser.

How can I make the media queries work?

thanks, Chris Nelson

2 Answers

Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson
4,978 Points
Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson
4,978 Points

I think I figured it out. The browser screen wasn't refreshed right. Thanks.

Ben Dietrich
Ben Dietrich
3,604 Points
Ben Dietrich
Ben Dietrich
3,604 Points

Chris Nelson - Is the media query the only rule that is not behaving correctly?

If not, I'd check your file path for the css file.

Chris Nelson
Chris Nelson
4,978 Points

Thanks. I fixed it by opening up a new tab to view the results in the browser. It was a "refresh" issue... :)