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CSS – min-block-size Property

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CSS min-block-size property sets the minimum size, either horizontally or vertically, of an element”s block based on its writing mode, which corresponds to either the min-width or min-height property based on the writing_mode value.

The min-block-size determines the minimum width for vertically oriented writing modes, and the minimum height for horizontally oriented mode.The min-inline-size property defines the other dimension.

Possible Values

The min-block-size property accepts the same values as min-height and min-width.

Applies To

Same as width and height.

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;
min-block-size: fit-content(20em);

CSS min-block-size – <length> Value

The following example demonstrates the min-block-size: 100px property sets the height of the div element to a minimum of 100px −


<html>
<head>
<style>
   div {
      background-color: orange;
      border: 2px solid blue;
      min-block-size: 100px;   
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <div>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.</div>
</body>
</html>

CSS min-block-size – max-content Value

The following example demonstrates the min-block-size: max-content property sets minimum height that fits the content inside it −


<html>
<head>
<style>
   div {
      background-color: orange;
      border: 2px solid blue;
      min-block-size: max-content;   
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <div>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.</div>
</body>
</html>

CSS min-block-size – With Horizontal and Vertical Text

The following example demonstrates how to use min-block-size property with writing-modes to display text in vertical direction −


<html>
<head>
<style>
   div {
      background-color: pink;
      border: 2px solid blue;
      min-block-size: 200px;
      writing-mode: vertical-rl;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <div>
      <p>CSS min-block-size</p>
   </div>
</body>
</html>

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CSS – Min Block Size