`inset-inline` CSS property

The inset-inline CSS shorthand property defines the logical start and end offsets of an element in the inline direction, which maps to physical offsets depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the top and bottom, or right and left properties depending on the values defined for writing-mode, direction, and text-orientation.

This inset property has no effect on non-positioned elements.

Try it

inset-inline: 5% 10%;
writing-mode: horizontal-tb;

inset-inline: 10px 40px;
writing-mode: vertical-rl;

inset-inline: 5% 10%;
writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
direction: rtl;

<section id="default-example">
  <div class="example-container">
    <div id="example-element">I am absolutely positioned.</div>
    <p>
      As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the
      face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus,
      forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn
      Hill.
    </p>
  </div>
</section>

.example-container {
  border: 0.75em solid #ad1457;
  padding: 0.75em;
  text-align: left;
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 200px;
}

#example-element {
  background-color: #07136c;
  border: 6px solid #ffa000;
  color: white;
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
}

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

• inset-inline-end
• inset-inline-start

Syntax

/* <length> values */
inset-inline: 3px 10px;
inset-inline: 2.4em 3em;
inset-inline: 10px; /* value applied to start and end */
inset-inline: auto calc(anchor(self-start) + 20px);
inset-inline: 400px anchor-size(--my-anchor height, 100px);

/* <percentage>s of the width or height of the containing block */
inset-inline: 10% 5%;

/* Keyword value */
inset-inline: auto;

/* Global values */
inset-inline: inherit;
inset-inline: initial;
inset-inline: revert;
inset-inline: revert-layer;
inset-inline: unset;

Values

The inset-inline property takes the same values as the top property.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

inset-inline = 
  <'top'>{1,2}

Examples

Setting inline start and end offsets

HTML

<div>
  <p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>

CSS

div {
  background-color: yellow;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
}

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-lr;
  position: relative;
  inset-inline: 20px 50px;
  background-color: #c8c800;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• The mapped physical properties: top, right, bottom, and left
• The mapped physical shortcut: inset
• The mapped block shortcut: inset-block
• writing-mode, direction, text-orientation