Table 7.2. Range media feature types that can be used with the min- and
max- prefixes.
Property Description Value type
ratio (such as 1024/768 or
16:9)
aspect-ratio The ratio of width to height
ratio (such as 1024/768 or
16:9)
The ratio of the
device-width to
device-height
device-aspect-ratioa
Number of bits per color integer
component of the device; 0
color
when the device is not a color
device
Minimum number of colors integer
available on the device
color-index
Height of the viewport or page length
box
height
Height of the screen, or page length
sheet size in the case of printed
media
device-heightb
Number of bits per pixel in a integer
monochrome frame buffer
monochrome
resolution (dpi, dpcm, and
dppx) unitsd
Describes the pixel density of a
device
resolutionc
Width of the viewport or page length
box
width
Width of the screen, or page length
sheet size in the case of printed
media
device-width
aThisisdeprecatedintheMediaQueriesLevel 4 specification.Thoughwidelysupportedbybrowsers,
thesepropertiesaresubjecttoremoval.Avoidusingtheminnewstylesheets,andconsiderupdating
theminoldones.
bDeprecatedintheMediaQueriesLevel 4 specification.Thoughwidelysupportedbybrowsers,these
propertiesaresubjecttoremoval.Avoidusingtheminnewstylesheets,andconsiderupdatingthemin
oldones.
c Safari ≤ 9, Android ≤ 4.3, UC Browser ≤ 9, and BlackBerry Browser ≤ 10 use the non-standard, vendor-
prefixed -webkit-device-pixel-ratioinsteadofresolution
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