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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu Perform: Part 3

Posted by Brian Daigle
Brian Daigle
8,190 Points

Should the min and max widths of the different media queries by the same value?

It seems to me like a bad idea to set the max-width for hiding one menu and the min-width for hiding the other menu to the same value. Are these property values inclusive of the number entered. If so, at exactly 568px wouldn't both meet the criteria and both take effect resulting in neither menu being displayed? Or do media queries by nature only allow for one to be active at a time?

1 Answer

John Renzema
John Renzema
9,070 Points
John Renzema
John Renzema
9,070 Points

From what I have read, min and max actually mean greater than or equal to, and vice versa.

I pulled this directly from MDN

Media features Most media features can be prefixed with "min-" or "max-" to express "greater or equal to" or "less than or equal to" constraints. This avoids using the "<" and ">" symbols, which would conflict with HTML and XML. If you use a media feature without specifying a value, the expression resolves to true if the feature's value is non-zero.

hopefully that helps.