Container Queries are going to change how we make layouts

[@zachjensz]

I cannot contain my excitement!!! Only thing I dislike is creating markup for flex/grid, we should have container-type: flex; and container-type: grid;

[@MixbOOsted]

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[@KevinPowell]

Patron's get my videos 2 days early :)

[@Defini3]

What every website UI/UX designer saves: *Kevins videos* I swear every videos of this dude is a gem! These are the videos newbies look for and people with experience will search for when they forgot how to do something.

[@clevermissfox]

When I scroll down KPs channel and list of videos, pretty much all of them for the past 2years have been watched all the way through. So grateful!

[@cedrictheveneau9141]

I swear Kevin’s channel is a goldmine, it’s just so nice to know I have just one channel to follow to keep up with CSS evolution; thank you for your hard work Kevin !

[@slava_trushkin]

Brilliant! This was needed for many years, but better late than never. I've hit this wall with media queries almost a decade ago when I was designing themes for forums, where posts can have sidebars, user profile block and so on, so content could be wrapped in multiple layers of stuff, making it impossible to use media queries. My solution was similar to containers, but with JavaScript that toggled classes on container elements. It was a nightmare to maintain. I don't work with forum themes anymore, but PTSD from attempting to design proper responsive themes still remains.

[@metalstarver642]

I had similar problems, and currently use ResizeObserver in JS to set CSS variables to a container to be used in CSS.

[@summerWTFE]

Yeah. I guess humanity has finally reached a state of technology to make it happen.

[@archer201977]

The ".super-simple-example" class made me laugh in a good funny way, don't get me wrong i learn many new things from you, even at 16 years in my career there are many things i still don't know yet and some i have forgotten. Thanks to you!

[@davidkonevky7372]

I love your videos because css is so overlooked in the web developer landscape and honestly I think it can become the most fun part of the process if you know how to have fun with it

[@robertwattner]

I feel like I'm going to be using this A LOT! You're awesome Kevin!

[@mandokir]

In 5 years.

[@LePhenixGD]

Hey Kevin, I have a suggestion for your next video, a video about all the important CSS media queries (screen, print, orientation, prefers-color-scheme…)! For the time being, awesome video mate!

[@KevinPowell]

been planning a media query deep dive for awhile, I should probably get around to actually making it!

[@love.ly.]

Yesss

[@tworsfeline2302]

@@love.ly. Why did my KZbin app translate your comment to have one more "s" when I clicked "Translate to English"? (I am not actually asking you, it's just strange that it happened)

[@georgesaitdev]

Absolute gamechanger feature! You, mr Powell, are a true legend! Especially these days where every job opportunity screams for React, Vue or Angular, a true frontend spec named CSS is becoming more and more overlooked whilst there is so many development in there. To me personally you really succeeded in your mission keeping CSS fun. Thanks, much much appreciated. 🙌

[@MegaClockworkDoc]

Container queries are amazing, but wait, there's more!🎉🎉🎉 Wonderful content, thank you Kevin!

[@SownJevan]

I just sometimes get back to these videos to get the full picture again. Thanks Kevin.

[@mohammedalhashamy6276]

Hi Kevin! Thanks FOR THIS SERIOUSLY!

[@glenn_myridia]

Kevin, thanks for the great work and keeping us up to date with the latest CSS features. As a front end developer there is always so much new stuff to keep track of, and having a single reliable place like this to keep up to date with CSS is extremely valuable!

[@hotkatgotama]

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[@igordasunddas3377]

I honestly enjoy your videos a lot. I love discovering new stuff with someone as bespoken as you.

[@peteremad5228]

amazing explanation simple and easy ..cover all used cases ...thank you

[@BlojaCastro]

DAYUMN, next step, editing videos and 3D in minutes

[@zxamy01]

thank you for the detailed guide, it helped me install this soft

[@BoodskiBro]

I've been waiting for this for like 5 years!

[@obelisk.5890]

I’m deeply and madly in love with css thanks to Kevin.

[@Furki4_4]

The container query and especially range syntax is awesome. I don't think container queries undermine media queries, however they let us to add more complexity which helps websites to be more flexible and responsive ! Thank you Kevin, I can't leave watching your videos everyday for a week ! I... I guess I fell in love with css as a backend developer 🤭

[@k1mpman]

Been learning react for a week or two now and I just couldn't find mentions of how people use a component multiple times with different stylings. This solves so much of that for me and it's such a relief that you even mention this in the video because I was going crazy. I ended up thinking most people just use tailwind or something and use the medium, small and large media query for everything. What an amazing video, Kevin.

[@GauravKumar-ue7nz]

Quality of Content and Quality of Production is Top-Notch

[@Pilosofia]

I never heard about container query before but now I will start using it heavily.

[@helw7]

🧡🧡 I love container queries 😊🧡 .. have been waiting for it for years! .. I already implemented it in my free wp plugin (Block Designer) .. actually a polyfill because of browser support 😏 .. I’m so happy this is finally coming! 🥳

[@henriqueaguiar9737]

Hey, Kevin! Do you plan on doing some content on image optimization and how to get your images ready to be used on websites? Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!

[@estherjonathan_]

Really Help.. Kevin pls can you help on this

[@eggkookoo]

This strikes me as vaguely scam-ish.

[@Brechtvdh]

@@eggkookoo One can only try... 😂

[@eggkookoo]

@@Brechtvdh I mean the "helpline" message stuff.

[@vivekkumar-pc1xy]

Awesome lecture. Thank you so much 🤯

[@evamotto9276]

This is sorely needed, I'm about to research browser support 🤞

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[@TheZyruks]

This is super cool, hope this get supported by every browser really fast.

[@D7460N]

Straight forward and very helpful. Thank you!

[@SameeraAlutwela]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 01:10 📏 Container queries focus on component-based layout adaptation within containers, overcoming limitations of viewport-based media queries. 03:46 🔄 Container queries directly target the nearest container's size, providing more precise responsiveness within components. 07:46 🔄 Named containers enable applying container queries to specific components, allowing for fine-grained styling based on container context. 11:15 📐 Using `size` for container type affects both width and height, requiring careful consideration; prefer `inline size` for most cases. 18:42 📐 Applying container queries within Flexbox or Grid layouts might need additional adjustments due to container behavior; consider the layout structure carefully. 19:50 🛠️ Container queries can be limited by parent grid dimensions; to target individual grid items, use intermediate div containers as parents. 21:10 🧩 When working with flex layouts, applying container queries might require adjusting flex properties to prevent children from collapsing to zero width. 23:18 🧐 Understanding container implications is crucial; they establish new formatting contexts, affect layout behaviors, and eliminate margin collapsing. Made with HARPA AI

[@ikbo]

Kevin, you need to make a new course on web layouts especially different patterns and how to implement them with modern css. Lots of outdated material out there. Instantly would buy such a course from you!

[@KevinPowell]

Once I finish Beyond CSS, I'll be doing a layout course :)

[@MixbOOsted]

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[@leangengaleadsit7299]

Thank you Mike! I'm just starting out and tNice tutorials video really helped get the basics down!

[@dopetag]

@container is the future for responsive typography

[@chazy123]

Those extra classless divs near the end, I really felt that.

[@nro337]

The hero we always need. Thank you!

[@steveportas7961]

Amazing!! Can not wait to back this into my daily builds!

[@msalam4248]

you are a very good instructor kevin....

[@octothorpe12]

this is gonna take me awhile to wrap my head around.

[@macx]

Thanks for sharing this! You become my number one resource for new features, I don't care about the sites you are looking for. ;-) Anyway, working as a front-end for more than 23 years and also being a lecturer for students, this video was hard to follow. It's not because of the new stuff, it's because of your preparations upfront. Without knowing your code, I can't judge what the outcome will be. My suggestions: Build simple markup in the video as well. Using Sass and it's grouping could also help. I have to try it myself this time to understand it completely. And this is different for your other videos.

[@anth0ni33]

When this was showcase for the first time I literally danced for joy

[@charliecoplestone9694]

Genuinely game-changing.

[@noskillzdad5504]

Awesome content! Thanks for sharing.

[@luispato9335]

Really excited for the container queries, but i am quite sad the the element itself (the container) cannot be styles in the container query, which will make us write unnecessary markup. Such a turn down...

[@josephajibodu2377]

This is amazing

[@27sosite73]

this guy loves css

[@Morrile1]

Improved control is certainly on it's way, and about time too!

[@developer_hadi]

wtf

[@developer_hadi]

how did you comment yesterday

[@developer_hadi]

KZbin BUG🌝

[@MixbOOsted]

Againnnnnnnn

[@KevinPowell]

He's a Patron, so he gets them 48 hours in advance :)

[@rodbrowning]

I would like to say sorry for tell you that your videos wasn't good because was too long. I was passing through some problems at the time and I still do but now I know that I was the problem not you. Your content are great. Please keep helping people.

[@funkdefied1]

Beautiful

[@QwDragon]

Actually { container-type: size; height: 100%; overflow: auto; } seems very usefull. And it's a bit strange there's no container-type: block-size yet.

[@KevinPowell]

block-size and some others should come eventually :) The issue with `height: 100%` is we don't always want that either though. But yes, it could be pretty useful in the right situation. In my video where I look at container units coming later this week, I found a few better use cases for dealing with heights :)

[@chrisevans5787]

i love your videos, thanks for showing a newb like me awesome stuff!

[@fcfc]

all those years of frustration... i wish i had this back then!

[@JaderRubini]

GAME CHANGER feature right there, and I’m so glad browser support is very good for this one right now. One thing that came to my mind, specially to avoid dealing with the grid/flexbox issue you pointed out: if you’re breaking your UI up into components, doesn’t it make more sense to make the component’s container itself into a container (that would be .call-to-action in your example)?

[@DannyH77]

just wondering did you figure out the answer to this question? I want to know as well

[@mlookmero1004]

concepts finally line up in my brain and...well, who knows? Maybe I'll be able to make sotNice tutorialng now.

[@pXnEmerica]

I dunno how you can smile and look at CSS at the same time, lol.

[@wfl-junior]

next gen css is going to be bonkers

[@mrrolandlawrence]

this could be awesome for items in a gallery... set the background to display an image depending on the container size, not the viewport width. esp if the number of photos in the gallery changes on the width of the grid say.

[@felixenghofer4616]

Thank you so much for that video, Kevin - so well explained as always! I really needed exactly this behavior in the past and was wondering why container queries don't exist. Finally! 🙂

[@drizzbot2994]

Best of the best

[@SoulStitch1111]

sadly, this only made me more confused. A little all over the place. Will have to watch it a third time and slow it down. Thank you for all you do.

[@Rmoore08]

It's frustrating to me, but when doing @container (width < 940px), the width it uses is the width of the content box of the element and does not include padding. When padding is applied, it will actually apply the styles when the element (including padding) is less than 957px (padding left and right is 8px). So the only option I see is to modify my container query to take into account the applied padding, which is not great readable code. And if I ever decide I need to change the padding of my container for whatever reason, I'll need to update the query to account for it. Changing the box-sizing property of the container does nothing to change this behavior. It always in relation to the width of the content-box of the container. Frustrating.

[@jeffb694]

Thanks for the video Kevin. It worked on Chrome. This didn't work on Firefox. MDN says: "Last updated on 15 September 2021 to add details of the new properties container-type, container-name, and container."

[@simon.tomtom.design]

Super pertinent video, as always! I was wondering if the container shouldn't be the call to action itself. That way, wherever it's used, it's relying on it's own width to adapt it's style, even if it's not under .content-sidebar.

[@simon.tomtom.design]

It would also manage the flexbox no?

[@KevinPowell]

An item can't be its own container. You could have the call to action, as the container and then a div inside it that looks at it, and then all the content in there? Seems like an awkward pattern though

[@simon.tomtom.design]

@@KevinPowell Ok, I'll dive deeper (it's my first look at Container Queries) but for me, the idea was to make single components responsive wherever they're used and not have to declare rules for every spot you could use the component. Thanks!

[@simon.tomtom.design]

Ok, I wrote too quickly, it makes more sense the more I look at it!

[@thangluong2365]

I am coming from soft one 4.6 and I am so torn with soft soft. It seems great as it is so in-depth in its' capabilities but, so fiddly to get

[@larmiekeys7338]

Really work

[@sajjadkazemi]

thabk you for this video I really neded it♥️

[@27sosite73]

ty mate

[@StephenRayner]

Very cool

[@mohibuddinahmedumer4738]

it work on my pc thx bro vеry much

[@The-Dev-Ninja]

mind-blowing

[@agborjosophine527]

Just watched the video but it's the writing isn't clear enough but love the video though i just think you should increase the font size of the letters

[@jeffkinley3698]

Hi Kevin. Great demo. I was trying to create a demo of container queries to explain this concept to my colleagues. I used this as a basis for my demo. Also, just curious why you chose to use data attributes for the sizes and not just a classes. Any particular reason?

[@eccenux]

Good video... But what is with this attribute selectors. Attribute selectors are longer and slower. Why not use: `.container.medium`?

[@nerds6205]

My inspiration 🤩

[@codebycarlos]

Hi Kevin, awesome video as always thank you! I was curious as to why you used the data-type attribute to set the container stylings in the beginning. Would it not be more appropriate to have these as classes?

[@KevinPowell]

More common, yes, but no reason it's more or less appropriate. I've taken that idea from CUBE CSS, and personally I find I like it a lot, using data-attributes as modifiers instead of classes. As long as you have a consistent system, either approach is fine :)

[@kevbonett]

Great explanation! However, I'm a little disappointed that we have to add a bit of div-itis when using flex/grid. Having said that, it's a small price to pay for all this extra goodness. 😁

[@bobmarteal]

at 9:44 i shed a nerd-tear.

[@sovereignlivingsoul]

excellent video, a problem solver i hope.

[@dArKoMeGa89]

We've gone from: Use more divs than you need to style. To: Use div just for markup, use CSS to style the page. To: now we need more divs again, forgot what we said about using HTML for semantic.

[@Andres_cali]

Uyyyy!!!! No lo puedo creer! De esta manera me enamoro mas de usar lenguajes puros y no react.

[@joshmeurer4956]

I noticed recently that adding container-type to the class of an element seems to be making it z-order on top of an element that is positioned absolute via javascript. I wonder if you have any observations of whether this is expected and if you have any suggestions for how to plan for or manage this?

[@muck2000]

WORKING thx bro

[@mfpears]

I remember trying to explain to people in 2016 why container queries were important. Now it seems like most people get it. It's nice.

[@theseangle]

42% support on caniuse :( Why don't browsers use dynamic engines which can Fetch features from a server whenever a spec update happens. That way a soft/mini/cloud update happens on all browser versions, meaning even browsers from 5 years ago can have most of 1 month old features

[@louroboros]

Regarding the 3-card grid layout: Why not set .even-columns > .call-to-action { container-type: inline-size; } ?

[@AndreGreeff]

Hey Kevin... completely random one: I'm watching your video fullscreen on my right-hand monitor, so it's kinda trippy the way your DevTools window "disappears" off the left of my screen.. I keep half expecting it to magically appear on my left monitor for some reason. (: With that said, it definitely was not distracting though, so don't stress. Very cool video though, thanks for the nice clear presentation.. Container Queries really are incredible, I need to go play in my sandbox now... :D

[@superalexturbo]

The real problem for now is Firefox. They have to solve a bug and when they will release the fix we could finally develop with container queries

[@AmodeusR]

14:05 I wonder how hard would it be to make the inline-size the first property instead of the second, hence allowing us to use it as a shorthand property without needing to declare both values...

[@mohitkamal8124]

Good video

[@Vichion]

This complementary to media queries, not contrasting. Both shall be used to make the best possible product. I already do this in jquery using the outer width method.

[@olisaemekaaghabuilo8688]

Kelvin this is Awesome...............

[@alanbloom20]

@container (excitement >= 100%){ .celebrate{ display: absolutely 💯 } }

[@filippotinnirello]

8:35 couldn't you assign the container-type directly to aside and article? since container doesn't change anything per se, you could let it be the default behavior for these tags, isn't it?

[@DarrenbyDesign]

Would you ever design a component and make the container query for that component? (e.g. Card Component) With this approach couldn't you make sure that a card would behave how you want regardless of where its placed within a grid

[@QuAzI_NODE]

More interesting is how to adjust CSS not only for desktop but for e-ink, color e-ink and some other devices

[@friesnsoda1916]

Yossshaaaa let's go!!

[@zxuiji]

4:38, while not as convenient as containers you can achieve the same with media queries, if you can do it with old css then you should, then you won't have stubborn mules who use the old **** complaining at you.

[@adeisaac]

😀😀😀 banger.....

[@malignate4sd]

I have used this principle a lot with resizeobservers, but builtin in css is oviously better and more flexible.