How to use CSS Media Queries with Styled Components in React.js

Just like regular CSS, you write your Media Queries in your CSS file. In Styled Components, you can include them as well.

import styled from 'styled-components'

export const Columns = styled.div`
    padding-top: 2rem;
    display: grid;
    gap: 2rem;
    @media (min-width: 769px) {
        grid-template-columns: 2fr 3fr;
    }
`

But if you want to make it smart, you set all the sizes in an Object and create a function to call them from your styled-components in React.

Create a file breakpoints.tsx.

const size = {
    xs: '320px',
    sm: '768px',
    lg: '1024px',
    xl: '1200px',
}

const mediaQueries = (key: keyof typeof size) => {
    return (style: TemplateStringsArray | String) => `@media (min-width: ${size[key]}) { ${style} }`
}
export { size, mediaQueries }

Import the file in the component where you defined your styled-components, and you can easily use your media queries without remembering your exact sizes.

// File where you defined your styled components
import { mediaQueries } from 'styles/components/breakpoints'

export const Columns = styled.div`
    padding-top: 2rem;
    display: grid;
    gap: 2rem;
    ${() => mediaQueries('sm')(`grid-template-columns: 2fr 3fr;`)}
`

I believe in making it yourself as simple as possible, so hopefully, this solution will help you further.

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