The HTML Viewport meta tag is used for creating responsive website. So that web page can adjust its width according to viewport.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
< meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0” >
Attributes of viewport meta tag
| Attribute | Explanation |
|---|---|
| width | It specifies the virtual viewport width of the device. |
| height | It specifies the virtual viewport height of the device. |
| initial-scale | It specifies the zoom level when the page is first visited. |
| minimum-scale | It specifies the minimum zoom level to which the user can zoom the page. |
| maximum-scale | It specifies the maximum zoom level to which the user can zoom the page. |
| user-scalable | It specifies whether the user can zoom in or out. |
Example
Let us see an example of HTML viewport meta tag −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<style>
body {
color: #000;
height: 100vh;
background-color: #FBAB7E;
background-image: linear-gradient(62deg, #FBAB7E 0%, #F7CE68 100%);
text-align: center;
padding: 20px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML Viewport meta tag Demo</h1>
<p>
This is a paragraph with some dummy text.
This is a paragraph with some dummy text.
This is a paragraph with some dummy text.
This is a paragraph with some dummy text.
</p>
<p>
This is another paragraph with some dummy text.
This is another paragraph with some dummy text.
This is another paragraph with some dummy text.
This is another paragraph with some dummy text.
This is another paragraph with some dummy text.
This is another paragraph with some dummy text.
</p>
</body>
</html>Output
Now try to resize browser window to observe how the page display on smaller device.
