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HTML Responsive Images Image Delivery with Srcset and Sizes Adding Sizes

Stefan Cutajar
Stefan Cutajar
7,747 Points
Posted by Stefan Cutajar
Stefan Cutajar
7,747 Points

Sizes attribute

Hi, I am a little bit confused about the sizes attribute. So the picture is set to 100% width then I dont need to use sizes attribute right?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

These settings control different things. The "width" setting affects how much space on the display the image will take, but the "sizes" attribute allows for a different source file to be used for the image based on the device being used. This allows the resolution of the image to match the device so the desired quality can be maintained.