Mediaqueries always at the end? -...

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In this thread
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are views exchanged about standard breakpoints. Depending on where the lay-out breaks you have several different points in your stylesheet , i.e. the menu, content, sub-grids and whatever. My stylesheet is rather long by now and the switching up and down in the stylesheet is somewhat tiresome. I am beginning to think of writing mediaqueries directly in the concerning element. What is your view on the best practice in this case (besides using Sass)?
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I write mine in various places depending on the need. If I only need a few I place them near the original rule but if I'm in need of several I place them at the end. I'll even write a separate style sheet if each page requires a lot of unique queries.
A lot depends on your need for speed or clearer code so you can easily make changes.
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...of writing mediaqueries directly in the concerning element.

I have done this in the past, but it can quickly get out of hand. Now I put a section at the bottom of the CSS file for all media queries and try to keep them in some order; sections or flexbox stuff first, <h> tags and text next, maps, slideshows, etc. last.

Sometimes I make a separate CSS file to work the media queries out in first, then move it into the main CSS when done.
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Thanks guys for feeding my thoughts. I appreciate it.
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