--- title: Container Queries and Units in Action | daily.dev description: CSS container queries and container units (like `cqi`) enable components to adapt their layout based on their parent container's size rather than the viewport.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/container-queries-and-units-in-action-fngqaphz7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Container Queries and Units in Action | daily.dev og:description: CSS container queries and container units (like `cqi`) enable components to adapt their layout based on their parent container's size rather than the viewport.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/container-queries-and-units-in-action-fngqaphz7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fngQAphZ7.png og:image:alt: Container Queries and Units in Action og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Container Queries and Units in Action **[OddBird](https://daily.dev/sources/oddbird)** · 1 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary CSS container queries and container units (like `cqi`) enable components to adapt their layout based on their parent container's size rather than the viewport. By declaring `container-type: inline-size` on elements like `product-list` and `shopping-cart`, you can use `@container` rules as breakpoints that respond to the container's dimensions. This approach is demonstrated through a store layout where a product component must fit into multiple list layouts including a sidebar. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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