max-inline-size
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2021.
The max-inline-size
CSS property defines the horizontal or vertical maximum size of an element's block, depending on its writing mode. It corresponds to either the max-width
or the max-height
property, depending on the value of writing-mode
.
If the writing mode is vertically oriented, the value of max-inline-size
relates to the maximal height of the element; otherwise, it relates to the maximal width of the element. A related property is max-block-size
, which defines the other dimension of the element.
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Syntax
/* <length> values */
max-inline-size: 300px;
max-inline-size: 25em;
max-inline-size: anchor-size(width);
max-inline-size: anchor-size(--myAnchor self-block, 200px);
/* <percentage> values */
max-inline-size: 75%;
/* Keyword values */
max-inline-size: none;
max-inline-size: max-content;
max-inline-size: min-content;
max-inline-size: fit-content;
max-inline-size: fit-content(20em);
/* Global values */
max-inline-size: inherit;
max-inline-size: initial;
max-inline-size: revert;
max-inline-size: revert-layer;
max-inline-size: unset;
Values
The max-inline-size
property takes the same values as the max-width
and max-height
properties.
Formal definition
Initial value | none |
---|---|
Applies to | same as width and height |
Inherited | no |
Percentages | inline-size of containing block |
Computed value | same as max-width and max-height |
Animation type | a length, percentage or calc(); |
Formal syntax
max-inline-size =
<'max-width'>
<max-width> =
none |
<length-percentage [0,∞]> |
min-content |
max-content |
fit-content( <length-percentage [0,∞]> ) |
<calc-size()> |
<anchor-size()>
<length-percentage> =
<length> |
<percentage>
<calc-size()> =
calc-size( <calc-size-basis> , <calc-sum> )
<anchor-size()> =
anchor-size( [ <anchor-element> || <anchor-size> ]? , <length-percentage>? )
<calc-size-basis> =
<intrinsic-size-keyword> |
<calc-size()> |
any |
<calc-sum>
<calc-sum> =
<calc-product> [ [ '+' | '-' ] <calc-product> ]*
<anchor-element> =
<dashed-ident>
<anchor-size> =
width |
height |
block |
inline |
self-block |
self-inline
<calc-product> =
<calc-value> [ [ '*' | '/' ] <calc-value> ]*
<calc-value> =
<number> |
<dimension> |
<percentage> |
<calc-keyword> |
( <calc-sum> )
<calc-keyword> =
e |
pi |
infinity |
-infinity |
NaN
Examples
Setting maximum inline size in pixels
HTML
<p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
CSS
.exampleText {
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
background-color: yellow;
block-size: 100%;
max-inline-size: 200px;
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # propdef-max-inline-size |
CSS Box Sizing Module Level 4 # sizing-values |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- The mapped physical properties:
max-width
andmax-height
writing-mode