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HTML How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Write CSS Media Queries

James Crawford
James Crawford
3,631 Points
Posted by James Crawford
James Crawford
3,631 Points

Creating a Breakpoint

The task says "Create a breakpoint for devices 480 pixels wide or larger. Inside the breakpoint, set the h1 font-size to 2.5em."

Wouldn't the answer be:

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) { h1 { font-size: 2.5em; } }

I tried this but it says it's wrong. I did notice that it had me work on a main.css document when that @media was meant for the responsive.css page. The video before that taught me on how to create a breakpoint was done in responsive.css and not the main.css which the task has me working on.

Can someone help correct me on what the answer is so i can understand my mistake?

css/main.css 
@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {
  h1 {
    font-size: 2.5em;
  }
}

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

h1 {
  font-family: Changa One, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding: 0;
}

nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

nav a {
  font-weight: 800;
  padding: 15px 10px;
}

.profile-photo {
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto 30px;
      max-width: 150px;
  border-radius: 100%;
}

.contact-info {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.9em;
}

.contact-info a {
  display: block;
  min-height: 20px;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: 20px 20px;
  padding: 0 0 0 30px;
  margin: 0 0 10px;
}

2 Answers

Adam Moore
Adam Moore
21,956 Points
Adam Moore
Adam Moore
21,956 Points

Style sheets read from top to bottom, so whatever it runs across last is what it does, and the breakpoint is kind of like a function that only executes if the criteria are met. So, if you start with the media query, then it sets the h1 to 2.5em if the screen width is greater than 480px. Then, as it goes down the list, it runs across another instruction for h1 to set it to 1.75em, so that's what it does last. If you move it to the bottom, then the browser hits the "h1 : 1.75em" first, then goes to the media query for 480px and then, if the screen width criteria is met, sets the h1 to 2.5em. Hope this helps!

James Crawford
James Crawford
3,631 Points
James Crawford
James Crawford
3,631 Points

omg, thank you so much <3 you are a very wise person indeed :3 thank you so much. Now i can continue with my self training :) Thank you again.