{% raw %} # Responsiveness The interface works from a 320px phone to a wide desktop without a separate mobile site. The same HTML reflows; only the CSS changes per breakpoint. ## The goal - **One readable column on small screens.** Multi-column layouts collapse to a single fluid column; secondary rails are dropped, not squeezed. - **No accidental horizontal scroll.** Long content (code, URLs, tables) is contained, never pushing the page wider than the viewport. - **Comfortable touch targets.** On touch devices every interactive element is at least `44 x 44px`. - **No iOS zoom-on-focus.** Form controls are at least `16px` on touch devices so Safari does not zoom when they are focused. - **Respect device safe areas.** Floating controls keep clear of notches and home indicators with `env(safe-area-inset-*)`. The viewport is declared once in `base.html` and must not be changed: ```html <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover"> ``` ## The standard breakpoint ladder Use these four breakpoints. They are `max-width` (desktop-first refinements) and the ones the shared shell already targets, so a page that uses them stays in step with the nav, breadcrumb, and footer. | Breakpoint | What changes | |-----------|--------------| | `1024px` | Multi-column layouts collapse to one column; the right rail is hidden; the top nav links collapse into the hamburger menu; the page padding tightens. | | `768px` | Horizontal tab strips (feed tabs, project tabs) switch to a single scrolling row; labels shrink. | | `480px` | Compact paddings; secondary actions hidden; post/detail typography steps down; `grid-2col` becomes one column; floating buttons honour safe-area insets. | | `360px` | Headers allowed to wrap; timestamps drop to their own line; the comment avatar is hidden so the input keeps room. | > A handful of one-off breakpoints (960, 900, 760, 720, 640, …) exist in older stylesheets, the exact inconsistency this section exists to remove. **Do not add new ad-hoc breakpoints**: reach for `1024 / 768 / 480 / 360` first, and only introduce another value if a specific component genuinely breaks between two of them, with a comment saying why. ## How it is achieved **Collapse a grid to one column.** The whole mobile story for a multi-column page: ```css @media (max-width: 1024px) { .feed-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } .feed-right { display: none; } } ``` **Keep the fluid column from overflowing.** A grid/flex child does not shrink below its content unless told to. Every fluid main column sets: ```css .feed-main, .leaderboard-main { min-width: 0; } ``` **Let tab strips scroll instead of wrapping or overflowing:** ```css @media (max-width: 768px) { .feed-nav { overflow-x: auto; flex-wrap: nowrap; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; } .feed-nav-btn { flex-shrink: 0; } } ``` **Guarantee touch targets and prevent zoom.** One shared rule in `base.css` covers every page, so pages do not repeat it: ```css @media (hover: none) and (pointer: coarse) { .btn, .topnav-link, .sidebar-link, .post-action-btn, .profile-tab { min-height: 44px; } .topnav-icon, .emoji-toggle-btn { min-width: 44px; min-height: 44px; } .modal-card input, .modal-card textarea, .modal-card select { font-size: 16px; } } ``` **Keep floating controls off the notch / home bar:** ```css @media (max-width: 480px) { .feed-fab { bottom: calc(1rem + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); right: calc(1rem + env(safe-area-inset-right)); } } ``` ## Rules 1. **Use the four standard breakpoints** (`1024 / 768 / 480 / 360`); do not invent new ones without a written reason. 2. **Every fluid grid/flex column sets `min-width: 0`.** This single line prevents almost all horizontal-overflow issues. 3. **Collapse, do not cram.** Below `1024px` a page is one fluid column; drop side rails with `display: none` rather than shrinking them to slivers. 4. **Never override the viewport meta or the shared touch-target rule.** They are global; rely on them. 5. **Test the small end.** The hard cases are `360px` (wrapping) and long unbroken strings inside a card. {% endraw %}
Live reflow (three columns to two to one as the viewport narrows)
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This grid uses the standard 768px and 480px breakpoints. Narrow the browser to watch it step from three columns to two to one.