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CSS Height, Width and Max-width

The CSS height and width properties are used to set the height and width of an element.

The CSS max-width property is used to set the maximum width of an element.

CSS Setting height and width

The height and width properties are used to set the height and width of an element.

The height and width properties do not include padding, borders, or margins. It sets the height/width of the area inside the padding, border, and margin of the element.

CSS height and width Values

The height and width properties may have the following values:

• auto — This is default. The browser calculates the height and width
• length — Defines the height/width in px, cm, etc.
• % — Defines the height/width in percent of the containing block
• initial — Sets the height/width to its default value
• inherit — The height/width will be inherited from its parent value

CSS height and width Examples

Example

Set the height and width of a element:

Example

Set the height and width of another element:

Note: Remember that the height and width properties do not include padding, borders, or margins! They set the height/width of the area inside the padding, border, and margin of the element!

Setting max-width

The max-width property is used to set the maximum width of an element.

The max-width can be specified in length values, like px, cm, etc., or in percent (%) of the containing block, or set to none (this is default. Means that there is no maximum width).

The problem with the above occurs when the browser window is smaller than the width of the element (500px). The browser then adds a horizontal scrollbar to the page.

Using max-width instead, in this situation, will improve the browser’s handling of small windows.

Tip: Drag the browser window to smaller than 500px wide, to see the difference between the two divs!

Note: If you for some reason use both the width property and the max-width property on the same element, and the value of the width property is larger than the max-width property; the max-width property will be used (and the width property will be ignored).

Example

This element has a height of 100 pixels and a max-width of 500 pixels:

Try it Yourself — Examples

Set the height and width of elements
This example demonstrates how to set the height and width of different elements.

Set the height and width of an image using percent
This example demonstrates how to set the height and width of an image using a percent value.

Set min-width and max-width of an element
This example demonstrates how to set a minimum width and a maximum width of an element using a pixel value.

Set min-height and max-height of an element
This example demonstrates how to set a minimum height and a maximum height of an element using a pixel value.

All CSS Dimension Properties

Property	Description
height	Sets the height of an element
max-height	Sets the maximum height of an element
max-width	Sets the maximum width of an element
min-height	Sets the minimum height of an element
min-width	Sets the minimum width of an element
width	Sets the width of an element

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height

The height CSS property specifies the height of an element. By default, the property defines the height of the content area. If box-sizing is set to border-box , however, it instead determines the height of the border area.

Try it

The min-height and max-height properties override height .

Syntax

/* values */ height: 120px; height: 10em; height: 100vh; /* value */ height: 75%; /* Keyword values */ height: max-content; height: min-content; height: fit-content(20em); height: auto; /* Global values */ height: inherit; height: initial; height: revert; height: revert-layer; height: unset; 

Values

Defines the height as a distance value.

Defines the height as a percentage of the containing block’s height.

The browser will calculate and select a height for the specified element.

The intrinsic preferred height.

The intrinsic minimum height.

Box will use the available space, but never more than max-content

Uses the fit-content formula with the available space replaced by the specified argument, i.e. min(max-content, max(min-content, ))

Enables selecting a middle value within a range of values between a defined minimum and maximum

Accessibility concerns

Ensure that elements set with a height aren’t truncated and/or don’t obscure other content when the page is zoomed to increase text size.

Formal definition

Initial value	auto
Applies to	all elements but non-replaced inline elements, table columns, and column groups
Inherited	no
Percentages	The percentage is calculated with respect to the height of the generated box’s containing block. If the height of the containing block is not specified explicitly (i.e., it depends on content height), and this element is not absolutely positioned, the value computes to auto . A percentage height on the root element is relative to the initial containing block.
Computed value	a percentage or auto or the absolute length
Animation type	a length, percentage or calc();

Formal syntax

height =
auto |
|
min-content |
max-content |
fit-content( )

=
|

Examples

Setting height using pixels and percentages

HTML

div id="taller">I'm 50 pixels tall.div> div id="shorter">I'm 25 pixels tall.div> div id="parent"> div id="child">I'm half the height of my parent.div> div> 

CSS

div  width: 250px; margin-bottom: 5px; border: 2px solid blue; > #taller  height: 50px; > #shorter  height: 25px; > #parent  height: 100px; > #child  height: 50%; width: 75%; > 

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also

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height

Устанавливает высоту блочных или заменяемых элементов (к ним, например, относится тег ). Высота не включает толщину границ вокруг элемента, значение отступов и полей.

Если содержимое блока превышает указанную высоту, то высота элемента останется неизменной, а содержимое будет отображаться поверх него. Из-за этой особенности может получиться наложение содержимого элементов друг на друга, когда элементы в коде HTML идут последовательно. Чтобы этого не произошло, добавьте overflow : auto к стилю элемента.

Синтаксис

height: значение | проценты | auto | inherit

Значения

В качестве значений принимаются любые единицы длины, принятые в CSS — например, пикселы (px), дюймы (in), пункты (pt) и др. При использовании процентной записи высота элемента вычисляется в зависимости от высоты родительского элемента. Если родитель явно не указан, то в его качестве выступает окно браузера. auto устанавливает высоту исходя из содержимого элемента

HTML5 CSS2.1 IE Cr Op Sa Fx

Результат данного примера показан на рис. 1.

Рис. 1. Применение свойства height

Объектная модель

[window.]document.getElementById(» elementID «).style.height

Браузеры

Браузер Internet Explorer 6 некорректно определяет height как min-height .

В режиме совместимости (quirk mode) Internet Explorer до версии 8.0 включительно неправильно вычисляет высоту элемента, не добавляя к ней значение отступов, полей и границ.

Internet Explorer до версии 7.0 включительно не поддерживает значение inherit .

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