Baseline Widely available *
The max-width
CSS property sets the maximum width of an element. It prevents the used value of the width
property from becoming larger than the value specified by max-width
.
<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
<div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
Change the maximum width.
</div>
</section>
#example-element {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
background-color: #5b6dcd;
height: 80%;
justify-content: center;
color: #ffffff;
}
max-width
overrides width
, but min-width
overrides max-width
.
/* <length> value */
max-width: 3.5em;
max-width: anchor-size(--myAnchor inline, 245px);
max-width: calc(anchor-size(width) + 4em);
/* <percentage> value */
max-width: 75%;
/* Keyword values */
max-width: none;
max-width: max-content;
max-width: min-content;
max-width: fit-content;
max-width: fit-content(20em);
max-width: stretch;
/* Global values */
max-width: inherit;
max-width: initial;
max-width: revert;
max-width: revert-layer;
max-width: unset;
Values
<length>
Defines the max-width
as an absolute value.
<percentage>
Defines the max-width
as a percentage of the containing block's width.
none
No limit on the size of the box.
max-content
The intrinsic preferred max-width
.
min-content
The intrinsic minimum max-width
.
fit-content
Use the available space, but not more than max-content, i.e., min(max-content, max(min-content, stretch))
.
fit-content(<length-percentage>
)
Uses the fit-content
formula with the available space replaced by the specified argument, i.e., min(max-content, max(min-content, argument))
.
stretch
Limits the maximum width of the element's margin box to the width of its containing block. It attempts to make the margin box fill the available space in the containing block, so in a way behaving similar to 100%
but applying the resulting size to the margin box rather than the box determined by box-sizing.
Note: To check aliases used by browsers for the stretch
value and its implementation status, see the Browser compatibility section.
Ensure that elements set with a max-width
are not truncated and/or do not obscure other content when the page is zoomed to increase text size.
max-width =Examples Setting max width in pixels
none |
<length-percentage [0,â]> |
min-content |
max-content |
fit-content( <length-percentage [0,â]> ) |
<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
In this example, the "child" will be either 150 pixels wide or the width of the "parent," whichever is smaller.
HTML<div id="parent">
<div id="child">
Fusce pulvinar vestibulum eros, sed luctus ex lobortis quis.
</div>
</div>
CSS
#parent {
background: lightblue;
width: 300px;
}
#child {
background: gold;
width: 100%;
max-width: 150px;
}
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