css - Media queries for tablet min-resolution and max-resolution

Question

Currently working on a responsive design website. I use media query for targeting different devices based on the width and screen resolution.

1. I have a scenario were i wanted to use the screen resolution to target the devices, but i don't understand how this works.

2. I wanted to check both min-width and max-width, with that the screen resolution may also range from 97dpi to ipad max resolution 264dpi. But this does not seems to work. If i give a single resolution min-width:155dpi for hp loaded tablet it works. But min to max resolution condition seems not working. Could you guys share your idea.

For this i have used like the below code

@media only screen and (min-width:768px) 
and (max-width:1024px) and (min-resolution:96dpi) and (max-resolution:264dpi){ 

Answer 1

The resolution media query doesn't have good support in webkit browsers yet so you may have more success using device-pixel-ratio instead.

http://bjango.com/articles/min-device-pixel-ratio/

So we can restate your media query using resolution for those browsers that understand it (Firefox, IE9+, Opera), and device-pixel-ratio for all things webkit (Chrome, Safari, iOS and Android):

@media only screen and (min-resolution:96dpi) and (max-resolution:264dpi) and (min-width:768px) and (max-width:1024px),
       only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1) and (-webkit-max-device-pixel-ratio:2) and (min-width:768px) and (max-width:1024px) {}