Desktop Responsive Test

Large Screen Layout Problems

• •Content stretching to full viewport width at 2560px, creating unreadable line lengths
• •Navigation items spreading too far apart on ultrawide screens
• •Hero sections with background images that don't scale well beyond 1920px
• •Grid layouts with too many columns at large viewports, making each cell too narrow

Missing Desktop Breakpoints

• •No styles between 1024px (tablet breakpoint) and 1440px, causing awkward in-between layouts
• •Fixed layouts that don't expand between 1280px and 1920px
• •Sidebar-to-content ratios that work at 1440px but become too sidebar-heavy at 1920px
• •Navigation that wraps to two lines at certain desktop widths

Image and Media Quality

• •Blurry images on Retina displays due to insufficient image resolution
• •Videos that don't scale to fill large desktop hero sections appropriately
• •Icons served as raster images that appear pixelated on high-DPI monitors
• •Background images that tile or stretch awkwardly at ultrawide resolutions

Set Content Max-Width for Large Screens

Prevent content from becoming uncomfortably wide on large monitors while allowing full-bleed backgrounds:

/* Content container with centered max-width */
.container {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 1280px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 24px;
}

/* Wide container for less text-heavy content */
.container-wide {
  max-width: 1600px;
}

/* Full bleed section with contained content */
.section-full-bleed {
  width: 100%;
  background: var(--brand-color); /* Background goes full width */
}

.section-full-bleed .container {
  max-width: 1280px; /* Content stays contained */
  margin: 0 auto;
}

Add Large Screen Breakpoints

Most responsive frameworks stop at 1280px or 1440px. Add breakpoints for larger screens to optimize layout density and spacing:

/* Standard breakpoints */
@media (min-width: 1024px) { /* Desktop */ }
@media (min-width: 1280px) { /* Large desktop */ }

/* Add these for large and ultrawide screens */
@media (min-width: 1536px) {
  .grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); /* 4 columns on large screens */
  }

  body {
    font-size: 1.0625rem; /* Slightly larger base font */
  }
}

@media (min-width: 1920px) {
  .hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(3rem, 4vw, 5rem); /* Scale with viewport */
  }

  .sidebar {
    width: 320px; /* Wider sidebar on large screens */
  }
}

Serve Retina Images

Ensure images appear crisp on high-DPI desktop displays with srcset and 2x image variants:

/* HTML srcset for Retina images */
<img
  src="logo.png"
  srcset="logo.png 1x, logo@2x.png 2x, logo@3x.png 3x"
  alt="Logo"
  width="200"
  height="60"
/>

/* CSS for Retina background images */
.hero {
  background-image: url('hero-bg.jpg');
}

@media (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),
       (min-resolution: 192dpi) {
  .hero {
    background-image: url('hero-bg@2x.jpg');
    background-size: 100% auto;
  }
}

/* Best approach: use SVG for logos and icons */
.icon {
  background-image: url('icon.svg'); /* Always crisp */
}