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Value:
Initial:
Applies to:
| | none | inherit
none
all elements except non-replaced inline elements and table
elements
no
Inherited:
Percentages: refer to height of containing block
Media: visual
These two properties allow authors to constrain box heights to a certain range.
Values have the following meanings:
Specifies a fixed minimum or maximum computed height.
Specifies a percentage for determining the computed value. The percentage
is calculated with respect to the height of the generated box’s containing
block [p. 96] . If the height of the containing block is not specified explicitly
(i.e., it depends on content height), the percentage value is interpreted like
’auto’.
none
(Only on ’max-height’) No limit on the height of the box.
The following algorithm describes how the two properties influence the
computed value [p. 70] of the ’height’ property:
1. The height is computed (without ’min-height’ and ’max-height’) following the
rules under "Computing heights and margins" [p. 138] above.
2. If the computed value of ’min-height’ is greater than the value of
’max-height’, ’max-height’ is set to the value of ’min-height’.
3. If the computed height is greater than ’max-height’, the rules above [p. 138]
are applied again, but this time using the value of ’max-height’ as the specified
value for ’height’.
4. If the computed height is smaller than ’min-height’, the rules above [p. 138]
are applied again, but this time using the value of ’min-height’ as the specified
value for ’height’.
10.8 Line height calculations: the ’line-height’
and ’vertical-align’ properties
As described in the section on inline formatting contexts [p. 105] , user agents
flow inline boxes into a vertical stack of line boxes [p. 105] . The height of a line
box is determined as follows:
1. The height of each inline box in the line box is calculated (see "Computing
heights and margins" [p. 138] and the ’line-height’ property).
2. The inline boxes are aligned vertically according to their ’vertical-align’ property.
3. The line box height is the distance between the uppermost box top and the
lowermost box bottom.
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