CSS min-height Property
Example
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min-height: 400px;
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Meaning
The min-height property defines the minimum height a region may reduce to if it is relatively sized and the browser window is adjusted.
Note: The element's height is set to the value of min-height whenever min-height is larger than max-height or height.
| Default value: | auto |
| Inherited: | No |
| Animatable: | Yes |
| Version: | CSS2 |
| JavaScript syntax: | |
Standard Syntax
min-height: auto|length|%|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset;Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
Status
Property Values
The following table describes the values of this property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| auto | The browser will calculate and select a min-height for the specified element. |
| length | Default value is 0. Specifies the minimum height in px, cm, etc. |
| %(percentage) | Specifies the minimum height in percent of the containing block. |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. |
| inherit | If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element animation-delay property. |
| revert | Reverts the cascaded value of the property from its current value to the value the property |
| revert-layer | Rollback styles to the ones specified in previous cascade layers. |
| unset | Resets a property to its inherited value if the property naturally inherits from its parent, and to its initial value if not. |
Default CSS Property Values
selectors {
min-height: auto;
}