"The following diagrams highlight the fundamental difference between the two approaches. With media queries, responsive styles are applied based on the viewport. In contrast, with container queries, we can implement responsive behaviour on a fine-grained component level. There are three variants of container queries: container size queries, container style queries, and container scroll-state queries. The main focus of this article is on container size queries, though. This feature is shipped by all major browsers."
"The concept is that you style an element based on the context of a parent element, which represents the container. With container size queries, the context is the dimensions of a container. On the other hand, with container style queries, you can apply styles to an element when the styles of a container change. The following animation shows how container size queries can be utilized to adapt the shape of a component based on its container (visualized with a grey background)."
"The context is the size of the container. With container style queries, the context can be whatever style property of the container. Animation how the shape of a component changes based on a container's size Regarding container size queries, you need to opt in. If you want to style a child element dependent on its parent container, you have to set the so-called containment context on the"
Container queries enable styling elements based on the context of a parent container rather than the viewport. Container size queries use container dimensions as the context. Container style queries apply styles when container style properties change. Container scroll-state queries react to container scrolling. Container size queries require opting into a containment context on the parent to affect child styling. Container queries allow fine-grained, component-level responsive behavior and can adapt component shapes based on container size. All major browsers ship container size queries. Container queries provide a localized alternative to viewport-based media queries for responsive interfaces.
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