CSS Height / 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

CSS height and width Examples

Example

div {
  height:
200px;
  width: 50%;
  background-color: powderblue;
}

Example

div {

height:
100px;
  width: 500px;
  background-color: powderblue;
}

Note: Remember that the height and width properties do not include padding, borders, or margins! They set the height/width of the area inside the padding, border, and margin of the element!