CSS Property height
This defines the height of an element's content area. This property is ignored for inline nonreplaced elements.
Summary
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Initial value | auto |
| Inherited | No. |
| Version | CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax | object.style.height="50px" |
| Applies to | Block-level |
CSS Syntax
height: length | percentage | auto | inherit
Property Values
The property values are listed in the following table.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| auto | Default value. The browser calculates the height. |
| length | Set the height in px, cm, etc. |
| % | Set the height in percent of the containing element |
| inherit | Inherit the height property from the parent element |
Browser compatibility
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height |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Example
The following code uses px and em based value to set the height.
img.icon {height: 50px;}
h1 {height: 1.75em;}
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.one {<!-- w ww. ja v a 2 s .co m-->
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
padding: 5px;
margin: 10px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #000000;
border-width: 2px;
}
p.two {
width: 300px;
height: 100px;
padding: 5px;
margin: 10px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #000000;
border-width: 2px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class="one">
This paragraph should be
200 pixels wide by 300 pixels high.
</p>
<p class="two">
This paragraph should be
300 pixels wide by 100 pixels high.
</p>
</body>
</html>