max-inline-size
Quick Summary for max-inline-size
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.
Code Usage for max-inline-size
/* <length> values */ max-inline-size: 300px; max-inline-size: 25em;  /* <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(20em);  /* Global values */ max-inline-size: inherit; max-inline-size: initial; max-inline-size: revert; max-inline-size: unset; 
More Details for max-inline-size

max-inline-size

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.

Syntax

/* <length> values */ max-inline-size: 300px; max-inline-size: 25em;  /* <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(20em);  /* Global values */ max-inline-size: inherit; max-inline-size: initial; max-inline-size: revert; 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 value0
Applies tosame as width and height
Inheritedno
Percentagesinline-size of containing block
Computed valuesame as max-width and max-height
Animation typea length, percentage or calc();

Formal syntax

<'max-width'>

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

See also

The mapped physical properties: max-width and max-height writing-mode

Last modified: Feb 8, 2022, by MDN contributors

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