The CSS width, height, min-width, min-height, max-width, and max-height properties are used to set the size (including minimum/maximum) of an element.
- width – sets the width of the element
- height – sets the height of the element
- min-width – sets the smallest width the element can have
- min-height – sets the smallest height the element can have
- max-width – sets the largest width the element can have
- max-height – sets the largest height the element can have
Setting the Size
This is the size that the element will appear on all screens.
div {
width: 100%;
height: 80px;
}
img {
width: 100%;
height: auto;
}
Setting the Minimum and Maximum Size
This is the smallest and largest that an element is to appear on the screen. For instance, if someone is using a very large screen and you simply have the width set to 100%, the content of the element will stretch entirely across the screen, which could look awkward, and be difficult to read. So you set a max-width to something where it will grow with the screen size, but only to a certain point.
Similarly, you may want to set a minimum size for times when having the element smaller would look awkward or perhaps unreadable.
div {
max-width: 1440px;
min-width: 325px;
}
Width and Height Properties
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CSS NOTES:
- The “inherit”, “initial” and “unset” keywords can be used with any CSS property to set its value
- In CSS there are many ways to express a color value in a property
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