CSSMediaRule

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The CSSMediaRule interface represents a single CSS @media rule.

CSSRule CSSGroupingRule CSSConditionRule CSSMediaRule

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its ancestors CSSConditionRule, CSSGroupingRule, and CSSRule.

CSSMediaRule.media Read only

Returns a MediaList representing the intended destination medium for style information.

Instance methods

No specific methods; inherits methods from its ancestors CSSConditionRule, CSSGroupingRule, and CSSRule.

Examples

The CSS below includes a media query with one style rule. The MDN live sample infrastructure combines all the CSS blocks in the example into a single inline style with the id css-output, so we first use document.getElementById() to find that sheet. myRules[0] returns a CSSMediaRule object, from which we can get the mediaText.

html
<p id="log"></p>
css
@media (width >= 500px) {
  body {
    color: blue;
  }
}
js
const log = document.getElementById("log");
const myRules = document.getElementById("css-output").sheet.cssRules;
const mediaList = myRules[0]; // a CSSMediaRule representing the media query.
log.textContent += ` ${mediaList.media.mediaText}`;

Specifications

Specification
CSS Conditional Rules Module Level 3
# the-cssmediarule-interface

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
CSSMediaRule
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote
footnote Before Firefox 20, conditionText could not be set.
Opera – Full support
Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote
footnote Before Firefox for Android 20, conditionText could not be set.
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
media
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support
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