# A preview of CSS Container Queries

DevFeed: [A preview of CSS Container Queries](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-preview-of-css-container-queries-28018.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tech.trivago.com/post/2022-02-07-css-container-queries/>)

Author: Kay Drechsler

Published: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Trivago](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/trivago.md>)

Topics: [container](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container.md>), [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [modern web development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modern-web-development.md>), [Google Chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-chrome.md>), [Chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chrome.md>), [web-standards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-standards.md>)

Tags: [chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chrome.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [experimental](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experimental.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [google-chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-chrome.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [layout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/layout.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [preview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/preview.md>)

## AI overview

This article previews experimental CSS container queries, which let child elements respond to their parent element's available space and layout state. It explains how they can support responsive components without relying on JavaScript and notes their proposal-stage status and potential bugs.

## Source excerpt

The still experimental feature of CSS container queries allows us to make child elements listen on the current layout state of their parent element via pure CSS declarations. With the recent implementation of Google Chrome's experimental flag for CSS container queries we're now able to play around with this upcoming feature and already get some insights into it.