# Getting started with CSS container queries

DevFeed: [Getting started with CSS container queries](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/getting-started-with-css-container-queries-4053.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/getting-started-with-css-container-queries/>)

Author: michelle-barker

Published: 2023-11-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [MDN Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mdn-blog.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [Media Queries](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/media-queries.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [getting-started](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/getting-started.md>), [layout](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/layout.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial introduces CSS container queries and explains how they can create more robust, flexible layouts. Using a news feed as an example, it compares querying a container's size with querying the viewport through media queries, showing how container queries can reduce component complexity and respond better to changing available space.

## Source excerpt

CSS container queries are a powerful new tool for our CSS layout toolbox. In this post we'll dive into the practicalities of building a layout with container queries.