As many CSS properties already discussed in previous chapters
like padding, margin, height and width. Theses properties has
the values which used by the units.In CSS3 there are many units
for measurement.These units divided into two categories
1) Absolute
2) Relative
Both of the categories are explained below with different units.
Relative units
As the word show relative unites are used for length relative to other's length. There are following length units are given below.
Unit | Description |
---|---|
px | This unit is used to specify length in pixels. |
em | This unit is used to specify length according to current font-size. |
ex | This unit is used for x-height, approximately the height of a lowercase “x” in the font |
rem | This unit is used as the equal size of the root element like html. |
vw | This unit is used for specify width according to the current view-port width. |
vh | This unit is used to specify height according to the current view-port height. |
vm | This unit used to specify length with respect to both height and width. |
% | This unit is used according the percentage of it's parents size. |
Absolute units
As the word show relative unites are used for predefined meanings or real-world equivalents. There are following length units are given below.
Unit | Description |
---|---|
px | This unit is used to specify absolute measurement in pixels. |
pt | This unit is used to specify length in points. |
pc | This unit is used to specify length in picas. |
mm | This unit is used to specify length in millimetres. |
cm | This unit is used to specify length in centimetres. |
in | This unit is used to specify length in inches. |
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