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CSS min-block-size property

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Description

CSS min-block-size specifies the minimum block-size of an element.

  • It behaves like min-width for the horizontal-tb writing mode.

  • It behaves like min-height for the vertical-* writing-mode.

Change the direction of flow of text.

horizontal-tb vertical-lr vertical-rl

Syntax

min-block-size : none | min-content | max-content | +ve length | +ve percentage | auto

Property values

noneDefault

No limit of block-size is applied to an element.

min-block-size: none;
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min-content

min-content value specifies that the minimum block-size of element must be equal to or greater than the largest minimum block-size of some descendant item.

min-block-size: min-content;
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max-content

max-content value represents that the minimum block-size of element must be equal to or greater than the largest maximum block-size of some descendant item.

min-block-size: max-content;
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+ve length

300

The block-size of element should be at least 300px.

min-block-size: 300px;
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+ve percentage

30

The block-size of element should be at least 30% of the parent box.

min-block-size: 30%;
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auto

auto value means the block-size will be changed automatically according to the content.

min-block-size: auto;
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Applicable to

It applies to all elements