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Created July 1, 2014 12:33
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javascriptmediaqueries
// HTML:
<div class="display-type"></div>
// CSS:
// set the content of an element depending on the media query
@media (min-width: @screen-sm-min) and (max-width: @screen-sm-max) {
.display-type {
content: "tablet";
}
}
@media (max-width: @screen-xs-max) {
.display-type {
content: "phone";
}
}
// JAVASCRIPT
if($('.display-type').css('content') == "tablet"){
// Actions for tablets
}
if($('.display-type').css('content') == "phone"){
// Actions for smartphones
}
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Jeremy Keith wrote a bit about this technique too, back in the day

http://adactio.com/journal/5429/

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