# Breakpoints don't work

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/breakpoints-dont-work/50909>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [September 10, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/breakpoints-dont-work/50909 "2025-09-10T15:53:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![siamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@siamon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/siamon)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/breakpoints-dont-work/50909/1 "2025-09-10T15:53:57Z")

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I’ve been fooling around with the Solo project. I can’t seem to figure out how my changes can work at phone breakpoints. Here is what I mean:

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**Author:** ![Godber](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/godber/32/26521_2.png) [@Godber](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Godber)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/breakpoints-dont-work/50909/2 "2025-09-10T15:56:21Z")

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you have to start at mobile then override as you work your way up

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**Author:** ![siamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@siamon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/siamon)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/breakpoints-dont-work/50909/3 "2025-09-10T16:31:57Z")

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Aha!

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**Author:** ![jbyfield](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jbyfield/32/82_2.png) [@jbyfield](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jbyfield)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/breakpoints-dont-work/50909/4 "2025-09-10T20:02:21Z")

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Yes, it is not intuitive because you are designing on a computer. I would wager that most users of Elements will do their first one or two sites by working backwards from desktop to mobile and getting really frustrated with breakpoints. I know I did.

Once you learn to start with mobile it saves so much hassle.

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**Author:** ![siamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@siamon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/siamon)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/breakpoints-dont-work/50909/5 "2025-09-10T20:31:47Z")

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Thanks for the advice. I’m learning slowly.