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<pre class='metadata'>
Title: CSS Intrinsic & Extrinsic Sizing Module Level 3
Shortname: css-sizing
Level: 3
Status: ED
Work Status: Refining
Group: csswg
ED: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-sizing-3/
TR: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-sizing-3/
Editor: Tab Atkins, Google, http://xanthir.com/contact/, w3cid 42199
Editor: Elika J. Etemad / fantasai, Invited Expert, http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/contact, w3cid 35400
Previous version: https://www.w3.org/TR/2017/WD-css-sizing-3-20170207/
Abstract: This module extends the CSS sizing properties with keywords that represent content-based "intrinsic" sizes and context-based "extrinsic" sizes, allowing CSS to more easily describe boxes that fit their content or fit into a particular layout context.
Ignored Terms: content box, border box, non-replaced
</pre>
<pre class='link-defaults'>
spec:css-display-3; type:property; text:display
spec:css-display-3; type:dfn; text:box
spec:css21; type: property
text: min-width
text: min-height
text: max-width
text: max-height
spec:css-align-3; type:value; text:stretch; for:align-self
</pre>
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Swap definition of preferred size in for max-content.
Define current max-content as super-max-content.
Mark an isssue about whether it's a necessary concept;
I'm unsure, but I think it will show up in orthogonal flow sizing.
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<h2 id="intro">
Introduction</h2>
<p><em>This section is not normative.</em>
<p>
CSS layout has several different concepts of automatic sizing that are used in various layout calculations.
This section defines some more precise terminology
to help connect the layout behaviors of this spec to the calculations used in other modules,
and some new keywords for the 'width' and 'height' properties
to allow authors to assign elements the dimensions resulting from these size calculations.
Issue: This spec needs illustrations! See <a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/1938">issue</a>.
<h3 id="placement">
Module interactions</h3>
<p>This module extends the 'width', 'height', 'min-width', 'min-height', 'max-width', 'max-height', and 'column-width'
features defined in [[!CSS2]] chapter 10 and in [[!CSS3COL]]
<h3 id="values">
Values</h3>
This specification follows the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/about.html#property-defs">CSS property definition conventions</a> from [[!CSS2]].
Value types not defined in this specification are defined in CSS Values & Units [[!CSS-VALUES-3]].
Other CSS modules may expand the definitions of these value types.
In addition to the property-specific values listed in their definitions,
all properties defined in this specification
also accept the <a>CSS-wide keywords</a> keywords as their property value.
For readability they have not been repeated explicitly.
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<h2 id="terms">
Terminology</h2>
<dl export>
<dt><dfn>size</dfn>
<dd>
A one- or two-dimensional measurement:
a <a>block size</a> and/or <a>inline size</a>;
alternatively a width and/or height.
<dt><dfn>inner size</dfn>
<dd>
The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css2/box.html#box-dimensions">content-box</a> size of a <a>box</a>.
<dt><dfn>outer size</dfn>
<dd>
The <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css2/box.html#box-dimensions">margin-box</a> size of a <a>box</a>.
<dt><dfn id="definite" lt="definite|definite size">definite size</dfn>
<dd>
A size that can be determined without performing layout;
that is, a <<length>>,
a measure of text (without consideration of line-wrapping),
a size of the <a>initial containing block</a>,
or a <<percentage>> or other formula
(such the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#blockwidth">“stretch-fit” sizing of non-replaced blocks</a> [[CSS2]])
that is resolved solely against <a>definite</a> sizes.
Additionally, the size of the <a>containing block</a> of an absolutely positioned element is always <a>definite</a>
with respect to that element.
<dt><dfn id="indefinite" lt="indefinite|indefinite size">indefinite size</dfn>
<dd>
A size that is not <a>definite</a>.
<a>Indefinite</a> <a>available space</a> is essentially infinite.
<dt><dfn id="available" local-lt="available" lt="available space|available inline space|available block space">available space</dfn>
<dd>
A size representing the space into which a box is laid out,
as determined by
the rules of the formatting context in which it participates.
The space available to a box is usually
either a measurement of its <a>containing block</a> (if that is <a>definite</a>)
or an infinite size (when it is <a>indefinite</a>).
<a>Available space</a> can alternatively be either a
<a>min-content constraint</a> or
a <a>max-content constraint</a>.
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The space <a>available</a> to a box is determined by the formatting context in which it participates.
In block, table, and inline formatting contexts [[!CSS2]],
the <a>available space</a> is infinite in the block-axis dimension.
<span class="issue">What, exactly, is the available space in the inline axis??? What about other formatting models?</span>
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<dt><dfn>stretch fit</dfn>
<dd>
The <a>stretch fit</a> into a given size
is that size,
minus the element's computed margins (not collapsed, treating ''margin/auto'' as zero),
border, and padding in the given dimension
(such that the outer size is a perfect fit),
and flooring at zero
(so that the inner size is not negative).
<p class='note'>
Note: This is the formula used to calculate the ''width/auto'' widths
of non-replaced blocks in normal flow in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#blockwidth">CSS2.1§10.3.3</a>.
<dt><dfn lt="fallback|fallback size">fallback size</dfn>
<dd>
Some sizing algorithms do not work well with an infinite size.
In these cases, the <a>fallback size</a> is used instead.
Unless otherwise specified,
this is the size of the <a>initial containing block</a>.
</dl>
<h3 id='auto-box-sizes'>
Auto Box Sizes</h3>
There are four types of automatically-determined sizes in CSS
(sizes resulting from ''width/auto'' sizing rules, depending on context):
<dl export>
: <dfn>stretch-fit size</dfn>
: <dfn>stretch-fit inline size</dfn>
: <dfn>stretch-fit block size</dfn>
:: The <a>size</a> a box would take
if its <a>outer size</a> filled the <a>available space</a>
in the given axis;
in other words, the <a>stretch fit</a> into the <a>available space</a>,
if that is <a>definite</a>.
Undefined if the <a>available space</a> is <a>indefinite</a>.
Note: For the <a>inline axis</a>, this is called the “available width” in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#float-width">CSS2.1§10.3.5</a>
and computed by the rules in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#blockwidth">CSS2.1§10.3.3</a>.
Note: Calculations involving this size need to specify a fallback behavior
for when the <a>available space</a> is <a>indefinite</a>
if that happens to be possible.
: <dfn lt="max-content | max-content size">max-content size</dfn>
:: A box’s “ideal” <a>size</a> in a given axis when given infinite available space.
Usually this is the smallest <a>size</a> the box could take in that axis
while still fitting around its contents,
i.e. minimizing unfilled space while avoiding overflow.
: <dfn>max-content inline size</dfn>
:: The box's “ideal” <a>size</a> in the <a>inline axis</a>.
Usually the narrowest <a>inline size</a> it could take while fitting around its contents
if <em>none</em> of the soft wrap opportunities within the box were taken.
(See [[#intrinsic]].)
Note: This is called the “preferred width” in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#float-width">CSS2.1§10.3.5</a>
and the “maximum cell width” in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/tables.html#auto-table-layout">CSS2.1§17.5.2.2</a>.
: <dfn>max-content block size</dfn>
:: The box's “ideal” <a>size</a> in the <a>block axis</a>.
Usually the <a>block size</a> of the content after layout.
: <dfn lt="min-content | min-content size">min-content size</dfn>
:: The smallest <a>size</a> a box could take
that doesn't lead to overflow
that could be avoided by choosing a larger <a>size</a>.
(See [[#intrinsic]].)
: <dfn>min-content inline size</dfn>
:: The narrowest <a>inline size</a> a box could take
that doesn't lead to inline-dimension overflow
that could be avoided by choosing a larger <a>inline size</a>.
Roughly, the <a>inline size</a> that would fit around its contents
if <em>all</em> soft wrap opportunities within the box were taken.
Note: This is called the “preferred minimum width” in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#float-width">CSS2.1§10.3.5</a>
and the “minimum content width” in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/tables.html#auto-table-layout">CSS2.1§17.5.2.2</a>.
: <dfn>min-content block size</dfn>
:: Equivalent to the <a>max-content block size</a>.
Issue: Or should this be the minimum between allowed break points?
It might make sense in multi-col contexts
to have min-content and max-content block-sizes be different,
even if they are the same elsewhere.
: <dfn>fit-content size</dfn>
: <dfn>fit-content inline size</dfn>
: <dfn>fit-content block size</dfn>
:: If the <a>available space</a> in a given axis is <a>definite</a>,
equal to <code>min(<a>max-content size</a>, max(<a>min-content size</a>, <a>stretch-fit size</a>))</code>.
Otherwise, equal to the <a>max-content size</a> in that axis.
Note: This is called the “shrink-to-fit” width in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#float-width">CSS2.1§10.3.5</a>
and <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-multicol/#pseudo-algorithm">CSS Multi-column Layout § 3.4</a>.
</dl>
<h3 id='contributions' dfn export lt="intrinsic size contribution">
Intrinsic Size Contributions</h3>
<dl export>
<dt><dfn lt="max-content contribution|max-content inline-size contribution|max-content block-size contribution">max-content contribution</dfn>
<dd>
The size that a box contributes to its <a>containing block</a>'s <a>max-content size</a>.
<dt><dfn lt="min-content contribution|min-content inline-size contribution|min-content block-size contribution">min-content contribution</dfn>
<dd>
The size that a box contributes to its <a>containing block</a>'s <a>min-content size</a>.
</dl>
Intrinsic size contributions are based on the <a>outer size</a> of the box;
for this purpose ''margin/auto'' margins are treated as zero.
<h3 id='constraints' dfn export lt="intrinsic size constraint">
Intrinsic Size Constraints</h3>
<dl export>
<dt><dfn>max-content constraint</dfn>
<dd>
A sizing constraint imposed by the box's <a>containing block</a>
that causes it to produce its <a>max-content contribution</a>.
<dt><dfn>min-content constraint</dfn>
<dd>
A sizing constraint imposed by the box's <a>containing block</a>
that causes it to produce its <a>min-content contribution</a>.
</dl>
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<h2 id="specifying-sizes" oldids='size-keywords'>
Specifying Box Sizes</h2>
<h3 id="sizing-properties">
Sizing Properties</h3>
This section defines the <dfn lt="sizing property">sizing properties</dfn>
'width', 'height', 'min-width', 'min-height', 'max-width', and 'max-height'.
Their potential values are defined in the next section,
[[#sizing-values]].
Note: Additional <a>flow-relative</a> aliases to these properties are defined in [[CSS-LOGICAL-1]].
<h4 id="preferred-size-properties" dfn export lt="preferred size property">
Preferred Size Properties: the 'width' and 'height' properties</h4>
<pre class=propdef>
Name: width, height
Value: auto | <<length-percentage>> | min-content | max-content | <nobr>fit-content(<<length-percentage>>)</nobr>
Initial: auto
Applies to: all elements except <a>non-replaced</a> <a>inlines</a>
Inherited: no
Percentages: relative to width/height of <a>containing block</a>
Computed Value: as specified, with lengths made absolute
Animatable: As <<length-percentage>>, or keyword, or as ''fit-content()'' with the <<length-percentage>> argument interpolable
</pre>
The 'width' and 'height' properties specify
the <dfn export lt="preferred size">preferred</dfn> (<a>physical</a>)
<dfn export lt="width | preferred width">width</dfn>
and <dfn export lt="height | preferred height">height</dfn> of the box, respectively.
<h4 id="min-size-properties" dfn export lt="min size property">
Minimum Size Properties: the 'min-width' and 'min-height' properties</h4>
<pre class=propdef>
Name: min-width, min-height
Value: auto | <<length-percentage>> | min-content | max-content | <nobr>fit-content(<<length-percentage>>)</nobr>
Initial: auto
Applies to: all elements that accept 'width' or 'height'
Inherited: no
Percentages: relative to width/height of <a>containing block</a>
Computed Value: as specified, with lengths made absolute
Animatable: As <<length-percentage>>, or keyword, or as ''fit-content()'' with the <<length-percentage>> argument interpolable
</pre>
The 'min-width' and 'min-height' properties specify
the <dfn export lt="min width | minimum width | min size | minimum size">minimum width</dfn> (or “min width”)
and <dfn export lt="min height | minimum height">minimum height</dfn> (or “min height”)
of the box, respectively.
Note: The initial value of ''min-width/auto'' is new;
in [[CSS2]] the initial value was zero.
<h4 id="max-size-properties" dfn export lt="max size property">
Maximum Size Properties: the 'max-width' and 'max-height' properties</h4>
<pre class=propdef>
Name: max-width, max-height
Value: none | <<length-percentage>> | min-content | max-content | <nobr>fit-content(<<length-percentage>>)</nobr>
Initial: none
Applies to: all elements that accept 'width' or 'height'
Inherited: no
Percentages: relative to width/height of <a>containing block</a>
Computed Value: as specified, with lengths made absolute
Animatable: As <<length-percentage>>, or keyword, or as ''fit-content()'' with the <<length-percentage>> argument interpolable
</pre>
The 'max-width' and 'max-height' properties specify
the <dfn export lt="max width | maximum width | max size | maximum size">maximum width</dfn> (or “max width”)
and <dfn export lt="max height | maximum height">maximum height</dfn> (or “max height”)
of the box, respectively.
<h3 id="sizing-values" oldids='width-height-keywords'>
Sizing Values: the <<length-percentage>>, ''width/auto'' | ''max-width/none'', ''width/min-content'', ''width/max-content'', and ''width/fit-content()'' values</h3>
<dl dfn-type=value dfn-for="width, min-width, max-width, height, min-height, max-height">
<dt><dfn><<length-percentage>></dfn>
<dd>
Specifies the size of the box using <<length>> and/or <<percentage>>.
The 'box-sizing' property indicates whether the <a>content box</a> or <a>border box</a> is measured.
Percentages are resolved against the width/height, as appropriate,
of the box's <a>containing block</a>.
If, in a particular axis,
the <a>containing block’s</a> size depends on the box’s size,
see the relevant layout module
for special rules on how to resolve percentages.
Negative values are invalid.
<dt><dfn for="width, height, min-width, min-height">auto</dfn>
<dd>
For 'width'/'height', specifies an <dfn export dfn for>automatic size</dfn>.
See the relevant layout module for how to calculate this.
For 'min-width'/'min-height',
specifies an <dfn export dfn for>automatic minimum size</dfn>.
Unless otherwise defined by the relevant layout module,
however,
it resolves to a used value of ''0''.
For backwards-compatibility,
the <a>resolved value</a> of this keyword is zero
for boxes of all [[!CSS2]] <a>display types</a>:
block and inline boxes,
inline blocks,
and all the table layout boxes.
<dt><dfn for="max-width, max-height">none</dfn>
<dd>
No limit on the size of the box.
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<dt><dfn>stretch</dfn>
<dd>
If 'align-self' or 'justify-self' (as appropriate to the relevant axis)
is defined to apply,
size the box as if ''align-self/stretch'' were specified for that property.
(If the box does not exactly fill its <a>alignment container</a>,
the <a>box alignment properties</a> will dictate how the size differential is handled.)
Otherwise,
this value behaves as the initial value.
NOTE: For the <a>inline size</a> of a <a>block-level box</a>,
this is exactly the formula used to calculate ''width/auto'' widths
for non-replaced blocks in normal flow, see <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#blockwidth">CSS2.1§10.3.3</a>.
It allows re-using this formula for boxes that are otherwise shrink-wrapped,
like tables.
-->
<dt><dfn>min-content</dfn>
<dd>
If specified for the inline axis,
use the <a>min-content inline size</a>;
otherwise compute to the property’s <a>initial value</a>.
<dt><dfn>max-content</dfn>
<dd>
If specified for the inline axis,
use the <a>max-content inline size</a>;
otherwise compute to the property’s <a>initial value</a>.
<!--
<dt><dfn>fit-content</dfn>
<dd>
If specified for the inline axis,
use the <a>fit-content inline size</a>
i.e.
<code>min(''width/max-content'', max(''width/min-content'', ''width/stretch''))</code>;
otherwise compute to the property’s <a>initial value</a>.
-->
<dt><dfn>fit-content(<<length-percentage>>)</dfn>
<dd>
If specified for the inline axis,
use the fit-content formula
with the <a>available space</a> replaced by the specified argument,
i.e.
<code>min(''width/max-content'', max(''width/min-content'', <<length-percentage>>))</code>;
otherwise compute to the property’s <a>initial value</a>.
Negative values are invalid.
</dl>
In all cases,
the used value is floored to preserve a non-negative <a>inner size</a>.
Note: The ''width/min-content'', ''width/max-content'', and ''width/fit-content()'' values
are new in Level 3.
Note: The 'flex-basis' property hereby also gains these new keywords,
as its values are defined by reference to <'width'>.
Note: This section previously defined ''width/stretch'' and ''width/fit-content''
as keywords representing the <a>stretch-fit size</a> and <a>fit-content size</a>,
respectively.
These keywords have been deferred to Level 4
(along with an additional ''width/contain'' keyword that
behaves similarly to ''width/stretch''
but preserves the intrinsic aspect ratio, if any)
to better work out the implications in situations with
<a>indefinite</a> <a>available space</a>.
<h4 id="behave-auto">
“Behaving as ''width/auto''”</h4>
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Note: Percentages resolved against the intrinsic sizes
(''width/max-content'', ''width/min-content'', ''width/fit-content'')
will behave as ''width/auto''.
-->
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<!-- Restore the above when 2.1 is updated and published with the new "behaves as" text we resolved on. -->
To have a common term for both when
'width'/'height' computes to ''width/auto''
and when it is defined to behave as if ''width/auto'' were specified
(as in the case of <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#the-height-property">block percentage heights</a>
resolving against an <a>indefinite</a> size,
see <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#the-height-property">CSS2§10.5</a>),
the property is said to <dfn export lt="behave as auto|behaves as auto|behaving as auto">behave as auto</dfn>
in both of these cases.
Note: Legacy spec prose defining layout behavior
might explicitly refer to 'width'/'height' having a computed value of ''width/auto'' as a condition;
these should be interpreted as meaning <a>behaves as auto</a>,
and reported to the CSSWG for updating.
ISSUE: Replace this section with references to the new term <a>automatic size</a>.
<h4 id='the-contain-floats-value'>
Containing or Excluding Floats</h4>
<em>This section is non-normative.</em>
Although <a>block box</a> boundaries are typically pervious to floats,
sometimes an author needs them to contain their own (descendant) floats
or to exclude floats from outside.
For Block layout,
specifying ''display: flow-root''
will make the box a <a>formatting context</a> root,
which has this behavior.
Note: Boxes participating in Flex, Grid, or Table layout will automatically have this behavior.
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<h3 id="box-sizing">
Inner vs Outer Sizes: the 'box-sizing' property</h3>
<pre class="propdef">
Name: box-sizing
Value: content-box | border-box
Initial: content-box
Applies to: all elements that accept 'width' or 'height'
Inherited: no
Percentages: N/A
Animation type: discrete
</pre>
The 'box-sizing' property switches the box model
between assigning fixed sizes such as <<length>>s and <<percentage>>s
to the <a>content box</a> and the <a>border box</a>.
It affects the interpretation of all <a>sizing properties</a>,
including 'flex-basis'.
Values have the following meanings:
<dl dfn-type=value dfn-for=box-sizing>
<dt><dfn>content-box</dfn>
<dd>
Sizes specified on <a>sizing properties</a>
as <<length-percentage>>
represent <a>inner sizes</a>:
they are applied to the <a>content box</a>.
The padding and border of the box
are laid out and drawn <em>outside</em> the specified 'width' and 'height'.
Note: This is the behavior of width and height as specified by CSS2.1,
and is thus the default.
<dt><dfn>border-box</dfn>
<dd>
Sizes specified on <a>sizing properties</a>
as <<length-percentage>>
represent <a>outer sizes</a>:
they are applied to the <a>border box</a>.
The padding and border of the box
are laid out and drawn <em>inside</em> the specified 'width' and 'height',
with the <a>content box</a> sized to fill the remaining space,
floored at zero.
The content width and height are calculated
by subtracting the border and padding widths of the respective sides
from the specified <<length-percentage>>.
As the content width and height
[[#sizing-values|cannot be negative]],
this computation is floored at zero.
Used values, as exposed for instance through {{getComputedStyle()}},
also refer to the border box.
</dl>
Values affected by 'box-sizing' include
both raw <<length-percentage>> values
and those used in functional notations such as ''width/fit-content()''.
In contrast,
non-quantitative values such as ''width/auto'' and ''width/min-content''
are not influenced by the 'box-sizing' property
(unless otherwise specified).
<div class=example>
For example, the following properties set the <a>inner size</a> of the box to ''100px'',
and the <a>outer size</a> to ''120px'':
<pre class=lang-css>
.box {
box-sizing: content-box; /* default */
width: 100px;
padding-left: 10px;
border-left: 10px solid;
}
</pre>
On the other hand, by changing to ''border-box'',
the <a>inner size</a> is now ''80px'',
while the <a>outer size</a> is ''100px'':
<pre class=lang-css>
.box {
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100px;
padding-left: 10px;
border-left: 10px solid;
}
</pre>
The <a>inner size</a> can't be less than zero,
so if the 'padding' + 'border' is greater than the specified <a>outer size</a>,
the box will end up larger than specified.
In this case, the <a>inner size</a> will be ''0px''
while the <a>outer size</a> is ''120px'',
even though ''width: 100px'' is specified:
<pre class=lang-css>
.box {
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100px;
padding-left: 60px;
border-left: 60px solid;
/* padding + border = 120px */
}
</pre>
</div>
Note: Certain HTML elements,
such as <{button}>,
default to ''border-box'' behavior.
See HTML for details on which elements have this behavior.
In the CSS specifications,
the terms <a>width</a>, <a>height</a>,
<a lt="min width">minimum (min) width</a>,
<a lt="min height">minimum (min) height</a>,
<a lt="max width">maximum (max) width</a>, and
<a lt="max height">maximum (max) height</a>
refer to the <a lt="inner size">inner</a> size
(<a lt="content box">content-box</a> size)
of a <a>box</a>
unless otherwise indicated.
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<h3 id='column-sizing'>
New Column Sizing Values: the ''column-width/min-content'', ''column-width/max-content'', and ''column-width/fit-content()'' values</h3>
<pre class="propdef partial">
Name: column-width
New values: min-content | max-content | fit-content(<<length-percentage>>)
</pre>
<p>When used as values for 'column-width',
the new keywords specify the optimal column width:
<dl dfn-type=value dfn-for="column-width">
<!--
<dt><dfn>stretch</dfn>
<dd>Specifies the optimal column width as the <a>stretch-fit inline size</a>
of the multi-column element.
-->
<dt><dfn>min-content</dfn>
<dd>Specifies the optimal column width as the <a>min-content inline size</a>
of the multi-column element's contents.
<dt><dfn>max-content</dfn>
<dd>Specifies the optimal column width as the <a>max-content inline size</a>
of the multi-column element's contents.
<!--
<dt><dfn>fit-content</dfn>
<dd>Specifies the optimal column width as
<code>min(<a>max-content inline size</a>, max(<a>min-content inline size</a>, <a>stretch-fit inline size</a>))</code>.
-->
<dt><dfn>fit-content(<<length-percentage>>)</dfn>
<dd>
Specifies the optimal column width as
<code>min(<a>max-content size</a>, max(<a>min-content size</a>, <<length-percentage>>))</code>
</dl>
Note: The column width never varies by column.
When the column width is informed by the multi-column element's contents
(as in the keywords above),
all of its contents are taken under consideration
and the calculated width is shared by all the columns.
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<h2 id='intrinsic'>
Intrinsic Size Determination</h2>
<p>
<dfn export>Intrinsic sizing</dfn> determines sizes based on the contents of an element,
without regard for its context.
<h3 id='intrinsic-sizes'>
Intrinsic Sizes</h3>
The <a>min-content size</a> of a box in each axis
is the size it would have if it was
a float given an ''width/auto'' size in that axis
(and no <a lt="min size">minimum</a> or <a>maximum size</a> in that axis)
and if its containing block was <em>zero</em>-sized in that axis.
(In other words, the minimum size it has when sized as “shrink-to-fit”.)
The <a>max-content size</a> of a box in each axis
is the size it would have if it was
a float given an ''width/auto'' size in that axis
(and no <a lt="min size">minimum</a> or <a>maximum size</a> in that axis),
and if its containing block was <em>infinitely</em>-sized in that axis.
(In other words, the maximum size it has when sized as “shrink-to-fit”.)
Note: Note that when the box has an intrinsic aspect ratio,
size constraints in the opposite dimension will transfer through
and can affect the ''width/auto'' size in the considered one.
See <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html">CSS2§10</a>.
For replaced elements,
if the <a>max-content size</a> size would depend
on the size of the containing block
(as it does for images with an intrinsic aspect ratio but no intrinsic size,
see <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#inline-replaced-width">CSS2§10.3.2</a>)
and therefore can't be calculated against an infinitely-sized containing block
then:
<dl>
<dt>For boxes with an intrinsic aspect ratio, but no intrinsic size:
<dd>
* If the <a>available space</a> is <a>definite</a>
in the <a>inline axis</a>,
use the <a>stretch fit</a> into that size for the inline size
and calculate the block size using the aspect ratio.
* Otherwise
if the box has a <a>definite</a> non-zero 'min-width' or 'min-height',
use that size and calculate the other dimension using the aspect ratio;
if both dimensions have a definite minimum,
choose the one that results in the larger overall size.
Note: This case was previous calculated from a 300x150 default size,
rather than the box's min size.
This is believed to be a better behavior,
and likely to be web compatible,
but please send feedback to the CSSWG if there are any problems.
* Otherwise
use a width of ''300px''
(height of ''150px'' in <a>vertical writing modes</a>)
and calculate the other dimension using the aspect ratio.
<dt>For boxes without an intrinsic aspect ratio:
<dd>
* If the <a>available space</a> is <a>definite</a>
in the appropriate dimension,
use the <a>stretch fit</a> into that size in that dimension.
* Otherwise,
if the box has a <a>definite</a> non-zero minimum size ('min-width'/'min-height') in that dimension,
use that size.
* Otherwise,
use ''300px'' for the width
and/or ''150px'' for the height
as needed.
</dl>
Since a block-level or inline-level replaced element
whose 'height' or 'width' <a>behaves as auto</a>
is effectively defined to use its <a>max-content size</a>
(<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#inline-replaced-width">CSS2§10.3.2</a>),
this specification applies the rules above
to the undefined case of a replaced element
whose 'height' and 'width' both <a>behave as auto</a>.
Note: This specification does not define how to determine
the size of a float.
Please refer to [[CSS2]],
the relevant CSS specification for that display type,
and/or existing implementations
for further details.
A future specification will define this in detail,
replacing the CSS2 “definition”,
such as it is.
<hr>
Although the ''width/auto'' size of text input controls
such as HTML’s <code><input type=text></code> and <code><textarea></code> elements
is typically a fixed size,
the contents of such elements can be used to determine a content-based intrinsic size,
as for non-replaced block containers.
The ''width/min-content'' and ''width/max-content'' keywords of the <a>sizing properties</a>
thus represent content-based sizes
for form controls which render their value
as text contained within their box,
allowing such controls to size to fit their visible contents
similarly to regular non-replaced elements.
The content in this case is defined to be the input control's values
(the <l spec=html>[=raw value=]</l> in the case of <{textarea}>,
or the <a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-control-infrastructure.html#concept-fe-value">value</a> in the case of <{input}>),
possibly transformed to a more human-readable and/or localized display format,
which is then treated as child <a>text runs</a> of the input control,
allowing <a>soft wrap opportunities</a>
only where the input control would actually allow wrapping
(whether keyed off of CSS properties or other, UA-internal constraints).
If the input control has designated placeholder text
to be overlaid in its value display area,
then that text is also measured for the purpose of calculating the content-based size--
whether or not the placeholder text is visible at the moment.
(Thus the content-based intrinsic size of the input control
is the larger of the size to fit the placeholder text and the size to fit the value.)
The UA may enforce a minimum
(such as the size required to contain a single zero-width character,
or the smallest usable size of a touch target)
on the form control’s
<a lt="min-content size">min-content</a> and <a>max-content sizes</a>
to ensure sufficient space for the caret
and otherwise maintain usability of the form control.
Note:
This might be extended to <{iframe}> or other content-containing replaced elements
(see <a href="https:
9E69
//github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/1771">discussion</a>),
but text inputs are a major use-case;
and being document-internal,
have the least additional complications.
<h3 id="intrinsic-contribution">
Intrinsic Contributions</h3>
A box’s <a>min-content contribution</a>/<a>max-content contribution</a> in each axis
is the size of the content box
of a hypothetical ''width/auto''-sized float
that contains only that box,
if that hypothetical float's containing block is zero-sized/infinitely-sized.
If the box is [=non-replaced=],
then the value of any [=sizing property=] specified on it
as an expression containing a percentage
(such as ''10%'' or ''calc(10px + 0%)'')
is treated <em>for the purpose of calculating the box’s intrinsic size contribution only</em>
as that property’s initial value.
For example, given a box with ''width: calc(20px + 50%)'',
its max-content contribution is calculated as if its 'width' were ''width/auto''.
The percentage is honored as usual, however, during the actual sizing of the box itself.
However, in the case of a [=replaced element|replaced=] box with a percentage-based 'width'/'max-width'/'height'/'max-height',
the percentage is resolved to zero
when calculating the <a>min-content contribution</a> in the corresponding axis.
(See [[#min-content-zero]] for a list of which elements in HTML this applies to.)
The UA may additionally floor this size based on UI considerations,
such as ensuring certain UI elements remain visible
(for example, the dropdown arrow on a <{select}>).
<div class=example>
For example,
an <{input}> assigned ''width: calc(50% + 50px)''
has a <a>min-content contribution</a> of ''50px'',
plus any horizontal margin/border/padding.
</div>
Note: We are not 100% sure if zeroing out a percentage 'max-width' on form controls is web-compatible.
See <a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/765">Issue 765</a>.
Note: This specification does not define how to determine these sizes.
Please refer to [[CSS2]],
the relevant CSS specification for that display type,
and/or existing implementations
for further details.
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<h2 id='extrinsic'>
Extrinsic Size Determination</h2>
<p>
<dfn export>Extrinsic sizing</dfn> determines sizes based on the context of an element,
without regard for its contents.
<h3 id="percentage-sizing">
Percentage Sizing</h3>
Percentages specify sizing of a box with respect to the box’s <a>containing block</a>.
<div class="example">
For example, in the following markup:
<xmp class='lang-html'>
<article style="height: 60em">
<aside style="height: 50%;">
</aside>
</article>
</xmp>
the <code><aside></code> would be 30em tall.
</div>
Sometimes the size of a percentage-sized box's containing block
depends on the intrinsic size contribution of the box itself,
creating a cyclic dependency.
When calculating the containing block's size,
the percentage <a>behaves as auto</a>.
Then, unless otherwise specified,
when calculating the used sizes and positions of the containing block’s <em>contents</em>:
* If the cyclic dependency was introduced due to
a 'block-size' or 'max-block-size' on the containing block
that causes it to depend on the size of its contents,
the box’s percentage is not resolved and instead <a>behaves as auto</a>.
Note: <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css-grid/">Grid containers</a> (<a href="https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/1679">and flex items?</a>) do allow percentages to resolve in this case.
* Otherwise, the percentage is resolved against the containing block’s size.
(The containing block’s size is not re-resolved based on the resulting size of the box;
the contents might thus overflow or underflow the containing block).
Note: These rules specify the previously-undefined behavior of this cyclic case in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#the-width-property">CSS2§10.2</a>.
Note also, the behavior in <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visudet.html#the-height-property">CSS2§10.5</a>
is superseded in their respective specifications for layout modes
(such as <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css-flexbox/">flex layout</a>)
not described in CSS2.
Similarly, percentage margins and padding behave as zero in such cyclic cases
when calculating the containing block's size,
and then resolve when calculating the used sizes and positions of its content.
(This defines the previously-undefined behavior of this cyclic case in
<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/box.html#margin-properties">CSS2§8.3</a>
and
<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/box.padding-properties">CSS2§8.4</a>.
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For example, in the following markup:
<xmp class='lang-html'>
<article style="width: min-content">
<aside style="width: 50%;">
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG
</aside>
</article>
</xmp>
When calculating the width of the outer <code><article></code>,
the inner <code><aside></code> behaves as ''width: auto'',
so the <code><article></code> sets itself to the width of the long word.
Since the <code><article></code>’s width didn't depend on "real" layout,
though, it's treated as <a>definite</a>
for resolving the <code><aside></code>,
whose width resolves to half that of the <code><article></code>.
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In this example,
<xmp class=lang-html>
<article style="height:auto">
<aside style="height: 50%;">
<div class=block style="height: 150px;"></div>
</aside>
<section style="height: 30px;"></section>
</article>
</xmp>
because the percentage <a>block size</a> ('height', in this case) on block-level elements
is defined to not resolve inside content-sized containing blocks,
the percentage height on the <code><aside></code> is ignored,
that is, it behaves exactly as if ''height/auto'' were specified.
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Issue: Letting %s still resolve against a definite 'height'
when the min-height is intrinsic is an open issue.
(CSS2 has a general statement about "height depending on contents",
which this technically is,
even though CSS2 didn't have content-dependent keywords for 'min-height'.
Since this is new, we think we could have this different behavior.)
The following examples illustrate how block-axis percentages resolve against a containing block whose size depends on its contents.
<xmp class=lang-html>
<article style="height:100px; min-height: min-content;">
<aside style="height: 50%;">
<div style="height: 150px;"></div>
</aside>