Flash cards
Review the key moves
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Core idea
What is the main idea behind CSS Height and Width?
Lesson checks
Practice each idea before moving on
Short Mimo-style checks built from this lesson's code, terms, and sequence.
1Quick choice
Which statement best captures the main point of this lesson?
2Order
Put the learning moves in the order that makes the concept easiest to apply.
CSS height and width Values
CSS Set height and width
CSS Height and Width
The CSS height and width properties are used to set the height and width of an element.
CSS Set height and width
The height and width properties are used to set the height and width of an element.
The height and width do not include padding, borders, or margins. It sets the height and width of the area inside the padding, border, and margin of the element.
CSS height and width Values
The height and width properties can have the following values:
- auto - This is default. The browser calculates the height and width
- length - Defines the height or width in px, cm, em, etc.
- % - Defines the height or width in percent of the containing block
- initial - Sets the height or width to its default value
- inherit - The height or width will be inherited from its parent value