<display-legacy>
CSS 2 used a single-keyword syntax for the display property, requiring separate keywords for block-level and inline-level variants of the same layout mode. This page details those values.
Syntax
Valid <display-legacy> values:
- inline-block
- 
The element generates a block element box that will be flowed with surrounding content as if it were a single inline box (behaving much like a replaced element would). It is equivalent to inline flow-root.
- inline-table
- 
The inline-tablevalue does not have a direct mapping in HTML. It behaves like an HTML<table>element, but as an inline box, rather than a block-level box. Inside the table box is a block-level context.It is equivalent to inline table.
- inline-flex
- 
The element behaves like an inline element and lays out its content according to the flexbox model. It is equivalent to inline flex.
- inline-grid
- 
The element behaves like an inline element and lays out its content according to the grid model. It is equivalent to inline grid.
Formal syntax
<display-legacy> =
inline-block |
inline-table |
inline-flex |
inline-grid
Examples
In the below example, we are creating an inline flex container with the legacy keyword inline-flex.
HTML
<div class="container">
  <div>Flex Item</div>
  <div>Flex Item</div>
</div>
Not a flex item
CSS
.container {
  display: inline-flex;
}
Result
In the new syntax the inline flex container would be created using two values, inline for the outer display type, and flex for the inner display type.
.container {
  display: inline flex;
}
Specifications
| Specification | 
|---|
| CSS Display Module Level 3> # typedef-display-legacy> | 
Browser compatibility
>css.properties.display.inline-block
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css.properties.display.inline-table
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css.properties.display.inline-flex
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css.properties.display.inline-grid
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