min-inline-size
Quick Summary for min-inline-size
min-inline-size CSS property defines the horizontal or vertical minimal size of an element's block, depending on its writing mode. It corresponds to either the min-width or the min-height property, depending on the value of writing-mode.
Code Usage for min-inline-size
<pre class="brush: css notranslate"><code><span class="token comment">/ <length> values /</span> <span class="token property">min-inline-size</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> 100px<span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token property">min-inline-size</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> 5em<span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token comment">/ <percentage> values /</span> <span class="token property">min-inline-size</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> 10%<span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token comment">/ Keyword values /</span> <span class="token property">min-inline-size</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> max-content<span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token property">min-inline-size</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> min-content<span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token property">min-inline-size</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> <span class="token function">fit-content</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span>20em<span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token comment">/ Global values /</span> <span class="token property">min-inline-size</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> inherit<span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token property">min-inline-size</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> initial<span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token property">min-inline-size</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> revert<span class="token punctuation">;</span> <span class="token property">min-inline-size</span><span class="token punctuation">:</span> unset<span class="token punctuation">;</span> </code></pre>
More Details for min-inline-size
min-inline-size
The min-inline-size CSS property defines the horizontal or vertical minimal size of an element's block, depending on its writing mode. It corresponds to either the min-width or the min-height property, depending on the value of writing-mode.
Syntax
/* <length> values */ min-inline-size: 100px; min-inline-size: 5em; /* <percentage> values */ min-inline-size: 10%; /* Keyword values */ min-inline-size: max-content; min-inline-size: min-content; min-inline-size: fit-content(20em); /* Global values */ min-inline-size: inherit; min-inline-size: initial; min-inline-size: revert; min-inline-size: unset; If the writing mode is vertically oriented, the value of min-inline-size relates to the minimum height of the element; otherwise, it relates to the minimum width of the element. A related property is min-block-size, which defines the other dimension of the element.
Values
The min-inline-size property takes the same values as the min-width and min-height properties.
Formal definition
| Initial value | 0 |
|---|---|
| Applies to | same as width and height |
| Inherited | no |
| Percentages | inline-size of containing block |
| Computed value | same as min-width and min-height |
| Animation type | a length, percentage or calc(); |
Formal syntax
<'min-width'>
Examples
Setting minimum inline size for vertical text
HTML<p class="exampleText">Example text</p> CSS .exampleText { writing-mode: vertical-rl; background-color: yellow; block-size: 5%; min-inline-size: 200px; } ResultSpecifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # propdef-min-inline-size |
See also
The mapped physical properties:min-width and min-height writing-mode Last modified: Aug 12, 2021, by MDN contributors
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