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Sunghyun Kim
Sunghyun Kim

Reputation: 9

Pixel distortion when rendering 1px squares on mobile (React)

I'm working on a project using React where I render individual pixels as elements (or in some cases). However, on mobile devices, some pixels appear distorted—they stretch into rectangles rather than staying as perfect squares.

Here’s a simplified snippet of how I render each pixel:

<div
    style={{
        position: "absolute",
        top: pixelPosition.y * PIXEL_SIZE,
        left: pixelPosition.x * PIXEL_SIZE,
        width: `${PIXEL_SIZE}px`,
        height: `${PIXEL_SIZE}px`,
        backgroundColor: `${selectedColor}`,
        boxSizing: "border-box",
        pointerEvents: "none",
        imageRendering: "pixelated"
    }}
/>

Even though PIXEL_SIZE is set to 1px, some pixels appear stretched on certain mobile screens.

I’ve attached an image showing the issue.

Desktop Mobile
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This is meta data from index.html

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />

Why does this happen specifically on mobile? Are there any CSS properties or rendering techniques that can ensure perfect 1:1 pixel mapping? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

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