Creating Media Dependent Style Sheets using CSS

CSS Web Development Front End Technology

Media dependent stylesheets are basic stylesheets only but apply to html document only when mediatype matches device type on which document is visible.

We can create media dependent stylesheets by following methods −

Using @media At-rules
Using @import At-rules
Using HTML <link> element with media attribute

Example

Let’s see an example for creating media dependent stylesheets −

HTML Document

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="screen.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="print.css"> </head> <body> <div></div> </body> </html>

CSS document (screen.css)

div { height: 50px; width: 100px; border-radius: 20%; border: 2px solid blueviolet; box-shadow: 22px 12px 3px 3px lightblue; position: absolute; left: 30%; top: 20px; }

CSS document (print.css)

div {    height: 50px;    width: 100px;    border-radius: 20%;    border: 2px solid #dc3545;    box-shadow: 22px 12px 3px 3px #dc3545;    position: absolute;    left: 30%;    top: 20px; }

Output

This will produce the following output −

When document is visible in a screen mediatype −

When document is visible in a print mediatype −

Example

Let’s see another example for creating media dependent stylesheets −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> p {    background-origin: content-box;    background-repeat: no-repeat;    background-size: cover;    box-shadow: 0 0 3px black;    padding: 20px;    background-origin: border-box; } @media screen and (max-width: 900px) {    p{       background: url("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/android/images/android.jpg");       color: #c303c3;    } } @media screen and (max-width: 500px) {    p {       color: black;       background: url("https://www.tutorialspoint.com/react_native/images/react-native.jpg");    } } </style> </head> <body> <p>This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. This is demo text. </p> </body> </html>