<!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <link href="/assets/reset.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body> <section> <p>This element is responsive.</p> <p>I’ll add some text more here so we have something to look at and so that it wraps, but the text itself isn’t important, at the moment.</p> </section> <section> <p>This is another responsive element, with some more text in it. Again the text doesn’t really matter, I just want a bit of stuff in here. A few lines, is all.</p> </section> </body> </html>
/* Special selector that means “default”. */ :root { --font-size: 16px; --spacing: 20px; } @media (min-width: 500px) { :root { --font-size: 24px; /* Bump these up. */ --spacing: 40px; } } body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: var(--font-size); /* Use the size. */ padding: var(--spacing); /* Use the spacing. */ } section { /* The second value here is a “fallback”. */ /* It’s used if a variable hasn’t been declared. */ background-color: var(--background, aquamarine); padding: calc(var(--spacing) / 2); /* Calcs, too. */ } section:not(:first-child) { --background: gold; /* Only for this element. */ margin-top: var(--spacing); }