max-width

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Description

The max-width property for CSS specifies the maximum width of the box.

Syntax

CSS

max-width: value;

JS

object.style.maxWidth = "value";

Values

<'max-width'> = none | <length-percentage> | min-content | max-content | fit-content( <length-percentage> )

none

No limit on the size of the box.

<length-percentage> =
    <length> |
    <percentage>

<length>

Specifies the length using a number followed by a unit of measurement.

<percentage>

Specifies the percentage using a number followed by a percent sign (%).

min-content

Represents the largest min-content contribution of the items occupying the track.

max-content

Represents the largest max-content contribution of the items occupying the track.

fit-content()

Represents the formula max(minimum, min(limit, max-content)), where minimum represents an auto minimum (which is often, but not always, equal to a min-content minimum), and limit is the track sizing function passed as an argument to fit-content(). This is essentially calculated as the smaller of minmax(auto, max-content) and minmax(auto, limit).

Initial

none

Examples

1 · fit-content

2 · length

3 · max-content

4 · min-content

5 · none

6 · percentage

7 · JS

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <style>
        div
        {
            background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, white, lightgray);
            width: 100px;
        }
        div:nth-of-type(1)
        {
            background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, white, yellow);
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <button>initial</button>
    <button value="fit-content(50px)">fit-content</button>
    <button value="50px">length</button>
    <button>max-content</button>
    <button>min-content</button>
    <button>none</button>
    <button value="50%">percentage</button>
    <div>max-width</div>
    <div>max-width</div>
    <div>max-width</div>
    <script>
        function myfunction(myparameter)
        {
            const mytarget = myparameter.target;
            const myproperty = mytarget.value || mytarget.innerHTML;
            document.querySelector("div").style.maxWidth = myproperty;
        }
        for(const mybutton of document.querySelectorAll("button"))
        {
            mybutton.addEventListener("mouseover", myfunction);
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>