Viewport
The viewport is the user’s visible area of a web page. It varies with the device and will be smaller on a mobile phone than on a computer screen.
The rise of mobile devices changed how we view and build for the web. HTML5 introduced a method to let web designers take control over the viewport through the meta tag.
You should include the following <meta>
viewport element in all your web pages:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Other meta elements -->
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head>
</html>
A <meta>
viewport element gives the browser instructions on controlling the page’s dimensions and scale.
The width=device-width
part sets the page’s width to follow the screen-width of the device (which will vary depending on the device).
The initial-scale=1.0
part sets the initial zoom level when the browser first loads it.
Include this in your head elements so that your pages display more appropriately on mobile browsers.
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