Round Table: Editor X Live Q&A; April 14th @ 11:00 AM EST

Viewing on different breakpoints and having to add elements more than once

I am so excited to start working in Editor X and am thrilled that responsive design can be drag and drop, this is a huge feat, thank you EditorX team.

I have a question based on viewport sizes and creating/removing elements. I generally have been working in the “Laptop” breakpoint (as that is the most comfortable for me ), adding and customizing elements. In checking how the site looks at a very wide breakpoint (as I have a 27" iMac) to check how the site is aligning. After checking the wider view, I then return to the “Laptop” breakpoint to add more elements and continue to edit the site. When I preview the site on my 27" iMac, many of the elements I added are not displaying. When returning to the editor, I see the elements need to be added again to the wider breakpoint. This has been frustrating. I understand that working in a responsive editor will mean a changing of how we look at designing a page and I want to understand what the best practices are.

Is the fact I need to add the elements a second time to the site because I initially tested the view to a wider breakpoint? Since I did that, I must then create all new elements at the browser width from that point forward for the rest of the design process? It appears that when adding elements to your page, you need to be careful to always use the exact same breakpoint when adding elements, otherwise, they will need to be added a second, and possibly a third time to larger breakpoints. If I never checked the editor to the wider breakpoint (Approx 2200px wide) wound this not be happening? (I am thinking maybe I should not be doing this). Are there any tools or ways to work that will assist with this? I find it difficult to edit a site at such a wider breakpoint, but I want to be sure the site displays properly at this wide width, as most 27" iMacs will display at this larger size. I hope my explanation is clear. Thanks very much!