Several properties like width, height, max-height, etc. in CSS allow user to control the dimensions of element content box.
Let’s see an example for the CSS max-height property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>CSS max-height</title> <style> form { width:70%; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; } * { padding: 2px; margin:5px; } #containerDiv { margin: 0 auto; max-height: 150px; } </style> </head> <body> <form> <fieldset> <legend>CSS max-height</legend> <div id="containerDiv"> <img id="image" src="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/machine_learning_with_python/images/machine-learning-with-python-mini-logo.jpg"> </div> </fieldset> </form> </body> </html>
Output
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After max-height was defined −
Let’s see another example of CSS min-width property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>CSS min-width Property</title> </head> <style> * { padding: 2px; margin:5px; } button { border-radius: 10px; } #containerDiv { width:70%; margin: 0 auto; padding:20px; background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #dc3545 0%, #9599E2 100%); text-align: center; border-radius: 10px; } .contentDiv{ min-width:200px; border: 1px solid black; } </style> <body> <div id="containerDiv"> <div class="contentDiv"> This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text. </div> <div class="contentDiv"> This is paragraph 2 with some dummy text. </div> <div class="contentDiv"> This is paragraph 2 with some dummy text. </div> <button onclick="add()" class="btn">Set minWidth</button> </div> <script> function add() { document.querySelectorAll('.contentDiv')[1].style.minWidth = "100%"; } </script> </body> </html>
Output
Before clicking ‘Set minWidth’ button −
After clicking ‘Set minWidth’ button −