{"id":14071,"date":"2011-09-05T20:49:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T03:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/css-tricks.com\/?page_id=14071"},"modified":"2021-05-26T07:13:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T14:13:20","slug":"min-height","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/m\/min-height\/","title":{"rendered":"min-height"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <code>min-height<\/code> property in <abbr title=\"cascading stylesheets\">CSS<\/abbr> is used to set the <b>minimum height<\/b> of a specified element. The <code>min-height<\/code> property always overrides both <code>height<\/code> and <code>max-height<\/code>. Authors may use any of the <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/the-lengths-of-css\">length values<\/a> as long as they are a positive value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre rel=\"CSS\" class=\"wp-block-csstricks-code-block language-css\" data-line=\"\"><code markup=\"tt\">.wrapper {\n  height: 100%;     \/* full height of the content box *\/\n  min-height: 20em; \/* Will be AT LEAST 20em tall *\/\n}\n\n.wrapper {\n  height: 600px;\n  min-height: 400px; \/* Will be AT LEAST 400px tall : overrides height *\/\n}\n\n.wrapper {\n  min-height: 400px; \/* overrides height and max-height *\/\n  height: 200px;\n  max-height: 300px;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-codepen-gutenberg-embed-block cp_embed_wrapper\"><iframe id=\"cp_embed_BDylq\" src=\"\/\/codepen.io\/anon\/embed\/BDylq?height=750&amp;theme-id=1&amp;slug-hash=BDylq&amp;default-tab=result\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allowpaymentrequest name=\"CodePen Embed BDylq\" title=\"CodePen Embed BDylq\" class=\"cp_embed_iframe\" style=\"width:100%;overflow:hidden\">CodePen Embed Fallback<\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If either value is greater (<code>height<\/code> &gt; <code>min-height<\/code> or vice-versa), the value that is greatest will be the one rendered. The <code>min-height<\/code> property will apply to all elements except <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/html5\/rendering.html#non-replaced-elements\" rel=\"noopener\">non-replaced inline elements<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/html401\/struct\/tables.html#h-11.2.4\" rel=\"noopener\">table columns, and column groups<\/a> (i.e. <code>colgroup<\/code>, <code>col<\/code> ).<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"browser-support\">Browser support<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table ticss-2969c85c\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">IE<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Edge<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Firefox<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chrome<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Safari<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Opera<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table ticss-1679a4e0\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Android Chrome<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Android Firefox<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Android Browser<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">iOS Safari<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Opera Mobile<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">59+<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/caniuse.com\/mdn-css_properties_width\" rel=\"noopener\">caniuse<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-related-properties\">Related properties<\/h3>\n\n\n    \t\t\n    <div class=\"in-article-cards\">\n      <article class=\"in-article-card \" id=\"mini-post-14071\">\n\n  <time datetime=\"2011-09-05\" title=\"Originally published Sep 5, 2011\">\n    <strong>\n                \n      Almanac\n      <\/strong>\n\n    on\n\n    Jan 15, 2021  <\/time>\n\n  <h3>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/h\/height\/\">\n      height    <\/a>\n  <\/h3>\n\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/h\/height\/\" class=\"almanac-example\">\n      <code class=\"language-css\">.element { height: 500px; }<\/code>\n    <\/a>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"author-row\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/author\/saracope\/\" aria-label=\"Author page of Sara Cope\">\n      <img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84da92f298e5b124d92fb581b82cfdf4?s=80&#038;d=retro&#038;r=pg' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84da92f298e5b124d92fb581b82cfdf4?s=160&#038;d=retro&#038;r=pg 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' \/>    <\/a>\n  \n    <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/author\/saracope\/\">\n      Sara Cope    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"in-article-card \" id=\"mini-post-14071\">\n\n  <time datetime=\"2011-09-05\" title=\"Originally published Sep 5, 2011\">\n    <strong>\n                \n      Almanac\n      <\/strong>\n\n    on\n\n    Jan 15, 2021  <\/time>\n\n  <h3>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/m\/max-height\/\">\n      max-height    <\/a>\n  <\/h3>\n\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/m\/max-height\/\" class=\"almanac-example\">\n      <code class=\"language-css\">.element { max-height: 3rem; }<\/code>\n    <\/a>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"author-row\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/author\/saracope\/\" aria-label=\"Author page of Sara Cope\">\n      <img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84da92f298e5b124d92fb581b82cfdf4?s=80&#038;d=retro&#038;r=pg' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84da92f298e5b124d92fb581b82cfdf4?s=160&#038;d=retro&#038;r=pg 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' \/>    <\/a>\n  \n    <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/author\/saracope\/\">\n      Sara Cope    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"in-article-card \" id=\"mini-post-14071\">\n\n  <time datetime=\"2011-09-05\" title=\"Originally published Sep 5, 2011\">\n    <strong>\n                \n      Almanac\n      <\/strong>\n\n    on\n\n    Jan 15, 2021  <\/time>\n\n  <h3>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/m\/max-width\/\">\n      max-width    <\/a>\n  <\/h3>\n\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/m\/max-width\/\" class=\"almanac-example\">\n      <code class=\"language-css\">.element { max-width: 100%; }<\/code>\n    <\/a>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"author-row\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/author\/saracope\/\" aria-label=\"Author page of Sara Cope\">\n      <img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84da92f298e5b124d92fb581b82cfdf4?s=80&#038;d=retro&#038;r=pg' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84da92f298e5b124d92fb581b82cfdf4?s=160&#038;d=retro&#038;r=pg 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' \/>    <\/a>\n  \n    <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/author\/saracope\/\">\n      Sara Cope    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"in-article-card \" id=\"mini-post-14071\">\n\n  <time datetime=\"2011-09-05\" title=\"Originally published Sep 5, 2011\">\n    <strong>\n                \n      Almanac\n      <\/strong>\n\n    on\n\n    Jan 15, 2021  <\/time>\n\n  <h3>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/m\/min-width\/\">\n      min-width    <\/a>\n  <\/h3>\n\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/m\/min-width\/\" class=\"almanac-example\">\n      <code class=\"language-css\">.element { min-width: 300px; 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