Percentage Units vs Viewport Units
Developers should learn and use percentage units when building responsive web designs that need to adjust fluidly across devices, such as in grid layouts, image sizing, or typography scaling meets developers should learn and use viewport units when building responsive web applications that need to maintain consistent proportions across various screen sizes, such as full-screen hero sections, modals, or typography that scales with the viewport. Here's our take.
Percentage Units
Developers should learn and use percentage units when building responsive web designs that need to adjust fluidly across devices, such as in grid layouts, image sizing, or typography scaling
Percentage Units
Nice PickDevelopers should learn and use percentage units when building responsive web designs that need to adjust fluidly across devices, such as in grid layouts, image sizing, or typography scaling
Pros
- +They are essential for creating flexible components that maintain proportions relative to their containers, improving accessibility and user experience on varying viewports
- +Related to: css-units, responsive-design
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Viewport Units
Developers should learn and use viewport units when building responsive web applications that need to maintain consistent proportions across various screen sizes, such as full-screen hero sections, modals, or typography that scales with the viewport
Pros
- +They are particularly useful for mobile-first design, ensuring elements like buttons or containers resize appropriately without complex media queries, and for creating immersive experiences like landing pages that fill the entire screen regardless of device
- +Related to: css, responsive-design
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Percentage Units if: You want they are essential for creating flexible components that maintain proportions relative to their containers, improving accessibility and user experience on varying viewports and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Viewport Units if: You prioritize they are particularly useful for mobile-first design, ensuring elements like buttons or containers resize appropriately without complex media queries, and for creating immersive experiences like landing pages that fill the entire screen regardless of device over what Percentage Units offers.
Developers should learn and use percentage units when building responsive web designs that need to adjust fluidly across devices, such as in grid layouts, image sizing, or typography scaling
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