#Media Queries and Breakpoints

In order to make it as declarative and easy to handle media queries from JavaScript, you may be interested to use both the MediaQuery React component and the useMediaQuery React hook.

#Media Queries Properties Table

UX designers are using a 12 column system during their design processes.

#Breakpoint ranges

Application in DNB do actually break only twice (small and medium). But have a max-width of large.

So when dealing with naming of breakpoint ranges (between breakpoints), we actually use the term large when a media query breaks on medium:

An example is the innerSpace property of the Space-component.

#Unknown sizes

When dealing with breakpoints; UX often designs only for two sizes. This leads is with a unknown size in between. So check with your UXer your applications should behave for when the screen size is in between.

#MediaQuery component and React Hooks

Both the component and the React Hooks uses the JavaScript API matchMedia.

• useMedia React Hook for screen width only.

• useMediaQuery React Hook for all kinds of media queries.

• MediaQuery Component for all kinds of media queries.

#Re-render and performance

By using matchMedia we only render when the requested media query actually changes. So we do not need to listen to e.g. window.addEventListener('resize', ...) which is a performance waste, even with a debounce helper.

#CSS similarity

It uses the same query API as CSS uses. You are able to provide your query also raw, by using e.g. query="(min-width: 60em)". But your custom queries will quickly grow and mess up your application code unnecessarily.

#Properties

You can both use min and max, they are equivalent to minWidth and maxWidth.

CamelCase properties will be converted to kebab-case.

#SSR

During a SSR (Server Side Render) we do not have the clients window.matchMedia. In order to make the initial render to a positive match, you can set the matchOnSSR={true} property.

#Units

Numeric values will be handled as an em unit.

#useMedia hook usage

import { useMedia } from '@dnb/eufemia/shared'

function Component() {
  const { isSmall, isMedium, isLarge, isSSR } = useMedia()

  return isSmall && <IsVisibleWhenSmall />
}

To lower the possibility of CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) on larger screens – you can make use of the isSSR property. Try to use it in combination with isLarge, because the negative CLS experience is most recognizable on larger screens:

import { useMedia } from '@dnb/eufemia/shared'

function Component() {
  const { isSmall, isMedium, isLarge, isSSR } = useMedia()

  return (isLarge || isSSR) && <IsVisibleDuringSsrAndWhenLarge />
}

During SSR, when no window object is available, all results are negative. But you can provide a initialValue:

import { useMedia } from '@dnb/eufemia/shared'

function Component() {
  const { isSmall } = useMedia({
    initialValue: {
      isSmall: true,
    },
  })

  return isSmall && <IsVisibleDuringSSR />
}

Here are all the options:

import { useMedia } from '@dnb/eufemia/shared'

function Component() {
  const { isSmall } = useMedia({
    /**
     * Give a initial value, that is used during SSR as well.
     * Default: null
     */
    initialValue?: Partial<UseMediaResult>

    /**
     * If set to true, no MediaQuery will be used.
     * Default: false
     */
    disabled?: boolean

    /**
     * Provide a custom breakpoint
     * Default: defaultBreakpoints
     */
    breakpoints?: MediaQueryBreakpoints

    /**
     * Provide a custom query
     * Default: defaultQueries
     */
    queries?: Record<string, MediaQueryCondition>

    /**
     * For debugging
     */
    log?: boolean
  })

  return isSmall
}

{
  "isSmall": false,
  "isMedium": false,
  "isLarge": false,
  "isSSR": true,
  "innerWidth": 0
}

You can disable the usage of window.matchMedia by providing useMedia({ disabled: true }).

You can log the media query by providing useMedia({ log: true }).

#useMediaQuery hook usage

This React Hook is a more extended version, where you can define all sorts of Media Queries.

import { useMediaQuery } from '@dnb/eufemia/shared'
// or
import useMediaQuery from '@dnb/eufemia/shared/useMediaQuery'

function Component() {
  const match = useMediaQuery({
    matchOnSSR: true,
    when: { min: 'medium' },
  })

  return match ? 'true' : 'false'
}

You can disable the usage of window.matchMedia by providing useMedia({ disabled: true }).

#Live example

This example uses the not property to reverse the behavior.

#MediaQuery component

import { MediaQuery } from '@dnb/eufemia/shared'
// or
import MediaQuery from '@dnb/eufemia/shared/MediaQuery'

You have plenty of possibilities to mix and match:

<MediaQuery when={{ min: 'medium' }}>
  matches all above medium screens
</MediaQuery>

<MediaQuery when={{ screen: true, orientation: 'landscape' }}>
  matches orientation landscape screens
</MediaQuery>

<MediaQuery not when={{ min: 'large' }}>
  matches all, but beneath large screens
</MediaQuery>

<MediaQuery matchOnSSR when={{ min: 'small', max: 'medium' }}>
  matches small and medium screens and during SSR
</MediaQuery>

<MediaQuery when={[{ min: 'small', max: 'large' }, { print: true }]}>
  matches all between small and large screens or all print media
</MediaQuery>

<MediaQuery when={{ max: '60em' }}>
  matches screens to a max of 60em
</MediaQuery>

<MediaQuery query="(min-width: 40em) and (max-width: 72em)">
  matches screens between 40em and 72em
</MediaQuery>

you can find the properties on this page.

#Interceptor on change listener

import { onMediaQueryChange } from '@dnb/eufemia/shared/MediaQuery'

const remove = onMediaQueryChange({ min: 'medium' }, (match, event) => {
  // callback
})

// Will remove the listeners
remove()

#Use different breakpoints

It is possible to change the used breakpoint types by providing them to the Eufemia Provider.

Both the MediaQuery component and the hooks useMedia and useMediaQuery will merge and use these custom breakpoints.

NB: It should be done only temporary, because DNB should align on one set of breakpoints for best UX and consistency.

import { Provider } from '@dnb/eufemia/shared'
...
<Provider
  value={{
    breakpoints: {
      small: '40em',
      medium: '60em',
      large: '72em',
    },
  }}
>
  <App />
</Provider>

#Import breakpoints into JavaScript

You get an object with the values and the types as the keys.

import { defaultBreakpoints } from '@dnb/eufemia/shared/MediaQueryUtils'

#SASS / SCSS mixins

You can re-use the SASS mixins from Eufemia:

// breakpoints.scss
@import '@dnb/eufemia/style/core/utilities';
$layout-small: map-get($breakpoints, 'small');
$layout-medium: map-get($breakpoints, 'medium');
$layout-large: map-get($breakpoints, 'large');

or like this:

@import '@dnb/eufemia/style/core/utilities';

@include allBelow(large) {
  /* Your CSS */
}

@include allAbove(small) {
  /* Your CSS */
}

#Media Queries Examples

@media screen and (max-width: 40em) {
  /* small */
}
@media screen and (max-width: 60em) {
  /* medium */
}
@media screen and (max-width: 72em) {
  /* large */
}

Based of the findings of this article and this webkit bug Eufemia recommends to use em units for media query usage to meet the best overall browser support. Read more about units.

#How to deal with Jest

You can mock window.matchMedia with e.g. jest-matchmedia-mock.

import MatchMediaMock from 'jest-matchmedia-mock'

const matchMedia = new MatchMediaMock()

it('your test', () => {
  matchMedia.useMediaQuery('(min-width: 40em) and (max-width: 60em)')
  ...
})