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Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
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Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

by Eric A. Meyer
March 2004
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
528 pages
16h 33m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

max-height

Synopsis

The value of this property sets a maximum constraint on the height of the element. Thus, the element can be shorter than the specified value, but not taller. Negative values are not permitted.

Values:

<length> | <percentage> | none | inherit

Initial value:

none

Applies to:

all elements except inline nonreplaced elements and table elements

Inherited:

no

Percentages:

refer to the height of the containing block

Computed value:

for percentages, as specified; for length values, the absolute length; otherwise, none

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