CSS Height, Width

The height and width properties are used to set the height and width of an element.

• auto - This is default. The browser calculates the height and width
• length - Defines the height/width in px, cm, etc.
• % - Defines the height/width in percent of the containing block
• initial - Sets the height/width to its default value
• inherit - The height/width will be inherited from its parent value

Example

Set the height and width of a <Div> element:

Output :

Example

Set the height and width of another <Div> element:

Output :

Setting max-width

The max-width property is used to set the maximum width of an element.

The max-width can be specified in length values, like px, cm, etc., or in percent (%) of the containing block, or set to none (this is default. Means that there is no maximum width).

The problem with the <Div> above occurs when the browser window is smaller than the width of the element (500px). The browser then adds a horizontal scrollbar to the page.

In this situation, using max-width will improve the browser's handling of small windows.

Tip: Drag the browser window to smaller than 500px wide, to see the difference between the two divs!

Note: If you for some reason use both the width property and the max-width property on the same element, and the value of the width property is larger than the max-width property; the max-width property will be used (and the width property will be ignored).

Example

This <Div> element has a height of 100 pixels and a max-width of 500 pixels:

Output :

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