Twitter Bootstrap - how to detect when media queries starts

Question

which is the fastest and easy way to fire when bootstrap-responsive.css media queries go in action?

go in action = when you resize window to mobile width and site is changed to responsive mobile

hope question is clear

Answer 1

I came up with an approach that uses window resize event, but relying on Twitter Bootstrap's media queries without hard coding their breakpoints:

<span id="mq-detector">
    <span class="visible-xs"></span>
    <span class="visible-sm"></span>
    <span class="visible-md"></span>
    <span class="visible-lg"></span>
</span>

---

#mq-detector {
    visibility: hidden;
}

---

var currMqIdx = undefined;
var mqDetector = $("#mq-detector");
var mqSelectors = [
    mqDetector.find(".visible-xs"),
    mqDetector.find(".visible-sm"),
    mqDetector.find(".visible-md"),
    mqDetector.find(".visible-lg")
];

var checkForResize = function() {
    for (var i = 0; i <= mqSelectors.length; i++) {
        if (mqSelectors[i].is(":visible")) {
            if (currMqIdx != i) {
                currMqIdx = i;
                console.log(mqSelectors[i].attr("class"));
            }
            break;
        }
    }
};

$(window).on('resize', checkForResize);

checkForResize();

Answer 2

One issue with the other answers is the change event is triggered EVERY resize. This can be very costly if your javascript is doing something significant.

The code below calls your update function only one time, when a threshold is crossed.

To test, grab your window size handle, and drag resize it quickly to see if the browser chokes.

<script>
// Global state variable
var winSize = '';

window.onresize = function () {
    var newWinSize = 'xs'; // default value, check for actual size
    if ($(this).width() >= 1200) {
        newWinSize = 'lg';
    } else if ($(this).width() >= 992) {
        newWinSize = 'md';
    } else if ($(this).width() >= 768) {
        newWinSize = 'sm';
    }

    if( newWinSize != winSize ) {
        doSomethingOnSizeChange();
        winSize = newWinSize;
    }
};
</script>

Answer 3

Using jquery you can find the size of current window and then accordingly do your stuff.

$(window).resize(function() {
  if ($(this).width() >= 1280) {
    //do something
  }
  else if ($(this).width() < 1280 && $(this).width()>= 980) {
    //do something
  }
  ...
});

CSS:: Twitter-Bootsrap-layouts

/* Large desktop */
@media (min-width: 1200px) { ... }

/* Portrait tablet to landscape and desktop */
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 979px) { ... }

/* Landscape phone to portrait tablet */
@media (max-width: 767px) { ... }

/* Landscape phones and down */
@media (max-width: 480px) { ... }