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title: Media queries
slug: Web/CSS/Media_Queries
tags:
  - CSS
  - Media Queries
  - NeedsTranslation
  - Overview
  - Reference
  - TopicStub
translation_of: Web/CSS/Media_Queries
---
<p>{{CSSRef}}</p>

<p><strong>Media Queries</strong> is a module of CSS that defines expressions allowing to tailor presentations to a specific range of output devices without changing the content itself.</p>

<h2 id="Reference">Reference</h2>

<h3 id="At-rules">At-rules</h3>

<div class="index">
<ul>
 <li>{{cssxref("@import")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("@media")}}</li>
</ul>
</div>

<h2 id="Guides">Guides</h2>

<dl>
 <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Media_Queries/Using_media_queries">Using media queries</a></dt>
 <dd>Presents what media queries are doing and explains the possible expressions.</dd>
 <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Media_Queries/Testing_media_queries">Testing media queries</a></dt>
 <dd>Explains how to test a media query programmatically, from JavaScript.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS3 Conditional')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS3 Conditional')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS4 Media Queries')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS4 Media Queries')}}</td>
   <td>
    <p><br>
      </p>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS3 Media Queries')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS3 Media Queries')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('CSS2.1', 'media.html')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('CSS2.1')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility" name="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{ CompatibilityTable() }}</p>

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 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoDesktop(1.7) }}</td>
   <td>9.0</td>
   <td>9.2</td>
   <td>1.3</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoMobile(1.7) }}</td>
   <td>9.0</td>
   <td>9.0</td>
   <td>3.1</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>