TIL – CSS inset property shorthand
Evan Winter
Posted on February 16, 2022
I recently learned about inset
, a CSS shorthand for top
, right
, left
, and bottom
properties.
I've used it a lot as a more expressive way of saying, "this thing is full-screen".
For example, to make an element take over the entire screen:
.fullscreen {
position: fixed;
inset: 0;
}
It's effectively the same thing as:
.fullscreen {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
}
// or, what I always used to do...
.fullscreen {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100vh;
}
MDN Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/inset
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Evan Winter
Posted on February 16, 2022
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