"Smart" design patterns with container queries
Container queries are more than just a media query that looks at the parent, it also is aware of the font-size of the parent, which opens up some interesting possibilities that media queries simply don’t do.
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⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:12 - The classic example of container queries: the card
00:45 - Container queries can do more!
01:33 - The basics of container queries
03:20 - Units matter more with container queries
06:28 - Because units matter, we can make “smart” layouts
14:30 - Little bonus with :has()
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