max-content CSS keyword

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The max-content sizing keyword represents the maximum intrinsic size of an element. The keyword expands the element to the largest size needed to display its content without any soft wraps. For text content, this keyword does not wrap the content at all, even if it causes overflow.

The interpolate-size property and calc-size() function can be used to enable animations to and from max-content.

Syntax

css
/* Used as a length value */
width: max-content;
inline-size: max-content;
height: max-content;
block-size: max-content;

/* Used in grid tracks */
grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr max-content;

Examples

Sizing boxes with max-content

HTML

html
<div id="container">
  <div class="item">Item</div>
  <div class="item">
    Item with more text in it which will overflow the fixed width box.
  </div>
</div>

CSS

css
#container {
  background-color: #8cffa0;
  padding: 10px;
  width: 200px;
}

.item {
  width: max-content;
  background-color: #8ca0ff;
  padding: 5px;
  margin-bottom: 1em;
}

Result

Sizing grid columns with max-content

HTML

html
<div id="container">
  <div>Item</div>
  <div>Item with more text in it.</div>
  <div>Flexible item</div>
</div>

CSS

css
#container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: max-content max-content 1fr;
  grid-gap: 5px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  height: 200px;
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #8cffa0;
  padding: 10px;
}

#container > div {
  background-color: #8ca0ff;
  padding: 5px;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Box Sizing Module Level 3
# valdef-width-max-content

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
max-content
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 22 (Release date: 2012-09-25)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 46 (Release date: 2015-10-13)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 3 (Release date: 2008-06-17)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -moz-
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 66 (Release date: 2019-03-19)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 44 (Release date: 2017-03-21)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 2 (Release date: 2005-04-29)
altname
altname Alternate name: intrinsic
Safari – Full support
Safari 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 25 (Release date: 2013-02-27)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 46 (Release date: 2015-10-14)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -moz-
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 66 (Release date: 2019-03-19)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
altname
altname Alternate name: intrinsic
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1.5 (Release date: 2013-09-25)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
prefix
prefix Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 46 (Release date: 2015-10-14)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
altname
altname Alternate name: intrinsic
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support
Uses a non-standard name
Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
Has more compatibility info.

See also