min-block-size
Quick Summary for min-block-size
The
min-block-size
CSS property defines the minimum horizontal or vertical 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-block-size
/* <length> values */ min-block-size: 100px; min-block-size: 5em; /* <percentage> values */ min-block-size: 10%; /* Keyword values */ min-block-size: max-content; min-block-size: min-content; min-block-size: fit-content(20em); /* Global values */ min-block-size: inherit; min-block-size: initial; min-block-size: revert; min-block-size: unset;
More Details for min-block-size
min-block-size
The min-block-size
CSS property defines the minimum horizontal or vertical 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
.
If the writing mode is vertically oriented, the value of min-block-size
relates to the minimum width of the element; otherwise, it relates to the minimum height of the element. A related property is min-inline-size
, which defines the other dimension of the element.
Syntax
/* <length> values */ min-block-size: 100px; min-block-size: 5em; /* <percentage> values */ min-block-size: 10%; /* Keyword values */ min-block-size: max-content; min-block-size: min-content; min-block-size: fit-content(20em); /* Global values */ min-block-size: inherit; min-block-size: initial; min-block-size: revert; min-block-size: unset;
Values
The min-block-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 | block-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 block size for vertical text
HTML<p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
CSS .exampleText { writing-mode: vertical-rl; background-color: yellow; min-block-size: 200px; }
ResultSpecifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # propdef-min-block-size |
See also
The mapped physical properties:min-width
and min-height
writing-mode
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