inset-inline - CSS | MDN (original) (raw)

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inset-inline: 5% 10%;
writing-mode: horizontal-tb;

inset-inline: 10px 40px;
writing-mode: vertical-rl;

inset-inline: 5% 10%;
writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
direction: rtl;

<section id="default-example">
  <div class="example-container">
    <div id="example-element">I am absolutely positioned.</div>
    <p>
      As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the
      face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus,
      forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn
      Hill.
    </p>
  </div>
</section>

.example-container {
  border: 0.75em solid #ad1457;
  padding: 0.75em;
  text-align: left;
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 200px;
}

#example-element {
  background-color: #07136c;
  border: 6px solid #ffa000;
  color: white;
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
}

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

Syntax

/* <length> values */
inset-inline: 3px 10px;
inset-inline: 2.4em 3em;
inset-inline: 10px; /* value applied to start and end */
inset-inline: auto calc(anchor(self-start) + 20px);
inset-inline: 400px anchor-size(--my-anchor height, 100px);

/* <percentage>s of the width or height of the containing block */
inset-inline: 10% 5%;

/* Keyword value */
inset-inline: auto;

/* Global values */
inset-inline: inherit;
inset-inline: initial;
inset-inline: revert;
inset-inline: revert-layer;
inset-inline: unset;

Values

The inset-inline property takes the same values as the left property.

Formal definition

Initial value	as each of the properties of the shorthand:inset-inline-start: autoinset-inline-end: auto
Applies to	positioned elements
Inherited	no
Percentages	logical-width of containing block
Computed value	as each of the properties of the shorthand:inset-inline-start: same as box offsets: top, right, bottom, left properties except that directions are logicalinset-inline-end: same as box offsets: top, right, bottom, left properties except that directions are logical
Animation type	a length, percentage or calc();

Formal syntax

inset-inline =
<'top'>{1,2}

=
auto |
|
<anchor()> |
<anchor-size()>

=
|

<anchor()> =
anchor( ? &&
, ? )

<anchor-size()> =
anchor-size( || []? , ? )

Examples

Setting inline start and end offsets

HTML

<div>
  <p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>

CSS

div {
  background-color: yellow;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
}

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-lr;
  position: relative;
  inset-inline: 20px 50px;
  background-color: #c8c800;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # propdef-inset-inline
CSS Positioned Layout Module Level 3 # propdef-inset-inline