react-responsive

What is react-responsive?

The react-responsive package is a utility for managing media queries in React applications. It allows developers to create responsive components that adapt to different screen sizes and orientations.

What are react-responsive's main functionalities?

Media Query Component

This feature allows you to use media queries directly within your React components. The useMediaQuery hook can be used to conditionally render content based on the screen size, orientation, and resolution.

import { useMediaQuery } from 'react-responsive';

const Example = () => {
  const isDesktopOrLaptop = useMediaQuery({ minWidth: 1224 });
  const isBigScreen = useMediaQuery({ minWidth: 1824 });
  const isTabletOrMobile = useMediaQuery({ maxWidth: 1224 });
  const isPortrait = useMediaQuery({ orientation: 'portrait' });
  const isRetina = useMediaQuery({ minResolution: '2dppx' });

  return (
    <div>
      {isDesktopOrLaptop && <p>You are a desktop or laptop</p>}
      {isBigScreen && <p>You have a huge screen</p>}
      {isTabletOrMobile && <p>You are a tablet or mobile phone</p>}
      {isPortrait && <p>You are in portrait orientation</p>}
      {isRetina && <p>You are retina</p>}
    </div>
  );
};

Media Query Component with Children

This feature allows you to use the MediaQuery component to wrap children elements that should only be rendered if the media query matches. This is useful for conditionally rendering parts of your component tree based on media queries.

import { MediaQuery } from 'react-responsive';

const Example = () => (
  <div>
    <MediaQuery minWidth={1224}>
      <p>You are a desktop or laptop</p>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery minWidth={1824}>
      <p>You have a huge screen</p>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery maxWidth={1224}>
      <p>You are a tablet or mobile phone</p>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery orientation="portrait">
      <p>You are in portrait orientation</p>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery minResolution="2dppx">
      <p>You are retina</p>
    </MediaQuery>
  </div>
);

Other packages similar to react-responsive

react-media

react-media is a similar package that provides a declarative way to use media queries in React. It offers a Media component that can be used to conditionally render content based on media queries. Compared to react-responsive, react-media is more focused on providing a simple and declarative API for media queries.

react-responsive-mixin

react-responsive-mixin is a mixin for React components that allows them to respond to media query changes. It is less commonly used in modern React applications due to the shift away from mixins in favor of hooks and higher-order components. However, it can still be useful for legacy codebases that rely on mixins.

react-socks

react-socks is another package for handling media queries in React. It provides a set of components and hooks for responsive design. Compared to react-responsive, react-socks offers a more modern API with hooks and context, making it a good alternative for developers looking for a more contemporary solution.

README

react-responsive

Information

Package	react-responsive
Description	Media queries in react for responsive design
Browser Version	>= IE6*
Demo

The best supported, easiest to use react media query module.

This module is pretty straightforward: You specify a set of requirements, and the children will be rendered if they are met. Also handles changes so if you resize or flip or whatever it all just works.

Install

$ npm install react-responsive --save

Usage

A MediaQuery element functions like any other React component, which means you can nest them and do all the normal jazz.

Using CSS Media Queries

import MediaQuery from 'react-responsive';

const Example = () => (
  <div>
    <div>Device Test!</div>
    <MediaQuery query="(min-device-width: 1224px)">
      <div>You are a desktop or laptop</div>
      <MediaQuery query="(min-device-width: 1824px)">
        <div>You also have a huge screen</div>
      </MediaQuery>
      <MediaQuery query="(max-width: 1224px)">
        <div>You are sized like a tablet or mobile phone though</div>
      </MediaQuery>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery query="(max-device-width: 1224px)">
      <div>You are a tablet or mobile phone</div>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery query="(orientation: portrait)">
      <div>You are portrait</div>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery query="(orientation: landscape)">
      <div>You are landscape</div>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery query="(min-resolution: 2dppx)">
      <div>You are retina</div>
    </MediaQuery>
  </div>
);

Using Properties

To make things more idiomatic to react, you can use camelcased shorthands to construct media queries.

For a list of all possible shorthands and value types see https://github.com/wearefractal/react-responsive/blob/master/src/mediaQuery.js#L9

Any numbers given as a shorthand will be expanded to px (1234 will become '1234px')

import MediaQuery from 'react-responsive';

const Example = () => (
  <div>
    <div>Device Test!</div>
    <MediaQuery minDeviceWidth={1224}>
      <div>You are a desktop or laptop</div>
      <MediaQuery minDeviceWidth={1824}>
        <div>You also have a huge screen</div>
      </MediaQuery>
      <MediaQuery maxWidth={1224}>
        <div>You are sized like a tablet or mobile phone though</div>
      </MediaQuery>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery maxDeviceWidth={1224}>
      <div>You are a tablet or mobile phone</div>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery orientation="portrait">
      <div>You are portrait</div>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery orientation="landscape">
      <div>You are landscape</div>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery minResolution="2dppx">
      <div>You are retina</div>
    </MediaQuery>
  </div>
);

Rendering with a child function

You may also specify a function for the child of the MediaQuery component. When the component renders, it is passed whether or not the given media query matches. This function must return a single element or null.

<MediaQuery minDeviceWidth={700}>
  {(matches) => {
    if (matches) {
      return <div>Media query matches!</div>;
    } else {
      return <div>Media query does not match!</div>;
    }
  }}
</MediaQuery>

Server rendering

Server rendering can be done by passing static values through the values property.

The values property can contain orientation, scan, aspectRatio, deviceAspectRatio, height, deviceHeight, width, deviceWidth, color, colorIndex, monochrome, resolution and type to be matched against the media query.

type can be one of: all, grid, aural, braille, handheld, print, projection, screen, tty, tv or embossed.

Note: The values property always takes precedence, even on the client where a window object exists and matchMedia can be used.

If you are using redux you can automatically pass width / deviceWidth values to your components with react-responsive-redux.

import MediaQuery from 'react-responsive';

const Example = () => (
  <div>
    <div>Device Test!</div>
    <MediaQuery minDeviceWidth={1224} values={{ deviceWidth: 1600 }}>
      <div>You are a desktop or laptop</div>
      <MediaQuery minDeviceWidth={1824}>
        <div>You also have a huge screen</div>
      </MediaQuery>
      <MediaQuery maxWidth={1224}>
        <div>You are sized like a tablet or mobile phone though</div>
      </MediaQuery>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery maxDeviceWidth={1224}>
      <div>You are a tablet or mobile phone</div>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery orientation="portrait">
      <div>You are portrait</div>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery orientation="landscape">
      <div>You are landscape</div>
    </MediaQuery>
    <MediaQuery minResolution="2dppx">
      <div>You are retina</div>
    </MediaQuery>
  </div>
);

Common use cases

import Responsive from 'react-responsive';

const Desktop = props => <Responsive {...props} minWidth={992} />;
const Tablet = props => <Responsive {...props} minWidth={768} maxWidth={991} />;
const Mobile = props => <Responsive {...props} maxWidth={767} />;
const Default = props => <Responsive {...props} minWidth={768} />;

const Example = () => (
  <div>
    <Desktop>Desktop or laptop</Desktop>
    <Tablet>Tablet</Tablet>
    <Mobile>Mobile</Mobile>
    <Default>Not mobile (desktop or laptop or tablet)</Default>
  </div>
);

export default Example;

Browser Support

Out of the box

Chrome	9
Firefox (Gecko)	6
MS Edge	All
Internet Explorer	10
Opera	12.1
Safari	5.1

With Polyfills

Pretty much everything. Check out these polyfills:

• matchMedia.js by Paul Irish
• media-match (faster, but larger and lacking some features)