In css3 you can specify the height of any element or box.You can specify
the height of any element by using height
element.
Values for height
1) You can specify with auto
value
2) You can specify with px
value
3) You can specify with %
value
4) You can specify with vh
value
Height using value with auto
<
style
type
="
text/css
"
>
.in-p1
{
background
:
lightyellow
;
height
:
auto
;
}
<
/style
>
<
p
class
="
in-p1
"
>
This is paragraph having background color lightyellow.
This paragraph has height with auto value.As you put more
text in this paragraph it's height will changed automatically
according to the paragraph height
<
/p
>
Out put of the above code
This is paragraph having background color lightyellow. This paragraph has height with auto value.As you put more text in this paragraph it's height will changed automatically according to the paragraph height
Height using value with px
<
style
type
="
text/css
"
>
.in-p1
{
background
:
lightyellow
;
height
:
100px
;
}
<
/style
>
<
p
class
="
in-p1
"
>
This is paragraph having background color lightyellow.
This paragraph has height of 100px fixed.
<
/p
>
Out put of the above code
This is paragraph having background color lightyellow. This paragraph has height of 50px fixed.
Height using value with %
<
style
type
="
text/css
"
>
.in-p1
{
background
:
lightyellow
;
height
:
80%
;
}
<
/style
>
<
p
class
="
in-p1
"
>
This is paragraph having background color lightyellow.
This paragraph has height of 80% .
<
/p
>
Output of the above code
This is paragraph having background color lightyellow. This paragraph has height of 80%.
Note
Output of height using persentage will be different of different screen.
Height using value with vh(view height)
<
style
type
="
text/css
"
>
.in-p1
{
background
:
lightyellow
;
height
:
30vh
;
}
<
/style
>
<
p
class
="
in-p1
"
>
This is paragraph having background color lightyellow.
This paragraph has height of 30vh .
<
/p
>
Out put of the above code
This is paragraph having background color lightyellow. This paragraph has height of 80%.
Note
Out put of height using vh will be different according to height of the screen.
Height using value with max-height property
The max-height
property is used to specify the
maximum height of the of the element or any targeted box.
Height using max-height
<
style
type
="
text/css
"
>
.in-p1
{
background
:
lightyellow
;
max-height
:
200px
;
}
<
/style
>
<
p
class
="
in-p1
"
>
This is paragraph having background color lightyellow.
This paragraph has max-height of 200px .
<
/p
>
Out put of the above code
This is paragraph having background color lightyellow. This paragraph has max-height 200px.
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