MediaQueryList: media property

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.

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The media read-only property of the MediaQueryList interface is a string representing a serialized media query.

Value

A string representing a serialized media query.

Examples

This example runs the media query (width <= 600px) and displays the value of the resulting MediaQueryList's media property in a <span>.

JavaScript

let mql = window.matchMedia("(width <= 600px)");

document.querySelector(".mq-value").innerText = mql.media;

The JavaScript code passes the media query to match into matchMedia() to compile it, then sets the <span>'s innerText to the value of the result's media property.

HTML

html

<span class="mq-value"></span>

A <span> to receive the output.

.mq-value {
  font:
    18px "Arial",
    sans-serif;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #8888ff;
  padding: 0.4em;
  border: 1px solid #ddddee;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSSOM View Module # dom-mediaquerylist-media

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
`media`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 9 (Release date: 2011-02-03) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 6 (Release date: 2011-08-16) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 5.1 (Release date: 2011-07-20) 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 6 (Release date: 2011-08-16) 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 5 (Release date: 2011-10-12) 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 5 (Release date: 2011-10-12) footnote Full support

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MediaQueryList: media property

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