min-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 min-inline-size
CSS property defines the horizontal or vertical minimal 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
.
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Syntax
/* <length> values */
min-inline-size: 100px;
min-inline-size: 5em;
min-inline-size: anchor-size(width);
/* <percentage> values */
min-inline-size: 10%;
/* Keyword values */
min-inline-size: max-content;
min-inline-size: min-content;
min-inline-size: fit-content;
min-inline-size: fit-content(20em);
/* Global values */
min-inline-size: inherit;
min-inline-size: initial;
min-inline-size: revert;
min-inline-size: revert-layer;
min-inline-size: unset;
If the writing mode is vertically oriented, the value of min-inline-size
relates to the minimum height of the element; otherwise, it relates to the minimum width of the element. A related property is min-block-size
, which defines the other dimension of the element.
Values
The min-inline-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 | inline-size of containing block |
Computed value | same as min-width and min-height |
Animation type | a length, percentage or calc(); |
Formal syntax
min-inline-size =
<'min-width'>
<min-width> =
auto |
<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-name> || <anchor-size> ]? , <length-percentage>? )
<calc-size-basis> =
<intrinsic-size-keyword> |
<calc-size()> |
any |
<calc-sum>
<calc-sum> =
<calc-product> [ [ '+' | '-' ] <calc-product> ]*
<anchor-name> =
<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 minimum inline size for vertical text
HTML
<p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
CSS
.exampleText {
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
background-color: yellow;
block-size: 5%;
min-inline-size: 200px;
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # propdef-min-inline-size |
CSS Box Sizing Module Level 4 # sizing-values |
Browser compatibility
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See also
- The mapped physical properties:
min-width
andmin-height
writing-mode