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inset-block-end

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨April 2021⁩.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

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

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

Try it

writing-mode: horizontal-tb;

writing-mode: vertical-rl;

writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
direction: rtl;

writing-mode: vertical-lr;

<section id="default-example">
  <div class="example-container" id="example-element">
    <div id="abspos">I am absolutely positioned with inset-block-end: 20px</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-element {
  border: 0.75em solid;
  padding: 0.75em;
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 200px;
  unicode-bidi: bidi-override;
}

#abspos {
  background-color: yellow;
  color: black;
  border: 3px solid red;
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-end: 20px;
  inline-size: 140px;
  min-block-size: 200px;
}

Syntax

css
/* <length> values */
inset-block-end: 3px;
inset-block-end: 2.4em;
inset-block-end: calc(anchor(start) + 20px);
inset-block-end: anchor-size(--my-anchor width, 10%);

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

/* Keyword value */
inset-block-end: auto;

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

Values

The inset-block-end property takes the same values as the left property.

Formal definition

Initial valueauto
Applies topositioned elements
Inheritedno
Percentageslogical-height of containing block
Computed valuesame as box offsets: top, right, bottom, left properties except that directions are logical
Animation typea length, percentage or calc();

Formal syntax

inset-block-end = 
  auto                 |
  <length-percentage>  

<length-percentage> = 
  <length>      |
  <percentage>

Examples

Setting block end offset

HTML

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

CSS

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

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
  position: relative;
  inset-block-end: 20px;
  background-color: #c8c800;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1
# propdef-inset-block-end
CSS Positioned Layout Module Level 3
# propdef-inset-block-end

Browser compatibility

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