Web/CSS/display-inside

These keywords specify the element’s inner display type, which defines the type of formatting context that lays out its contents (assuming it is a non-replaced element). These keywords are used as values of the display property, and can be used for legacy purposes as a single keyword, or as defined in the Level 3 specification alongside a value from the <display-outside> keywords.

Syntax

Valid <display-inside> values:

flow '

The element lays out its contents using flow layout (block-and-inline layout).

If its outer display type is inline or run-in, and it is participating in a block or inline formatting context, then it generates an inline box. Otherwise it generates a block container box.

Depending on the value of other properties (such as position, float, or overflow) and whether it is itself participating in a block or inline formatting context, it either establishes a new block formatting context (BFC) for its contents or integrates its contents into its parent formatting context.

flow-root

The element generates a block element box that establishes a new block formatting context, defining where the formatting root lies.

table

These elements behave like HTML <table> elements. It defines a block-level box.

flex

The element behaves like a block element and lays out its content according to the flexbox model.

grid

The element behaves like a block element and lays out its content according to the grid model.

ruby '

The element behaves like an inline element and lays out its content according to the ruby formatting model. It behaves like the corresponding HTML <ruby> elements.

Note: Browsers that support the two value syntax, on finding the inner value only, such as when display: flex or display: grid is specified, will set their outer value to block. This will result in expected behavior; for example if you specify an element to be display: grid, you would expect that the box created on the grid container would be a block level box.

Examples

In this example the parent box has been given display: flow-root and so establishes a new BFC and contains the floated item.

HTML

<div class="box">
  <div class="float">I am a floated box!</div>
  <p>I am content inside the container.</p>
</div>

CSS

.box {
    background-color: rgb(224, 206, 247);
    border: 5px solid rebeccapurple;
    display: flow-root;
}

.float {
    float: left;
    width: 200px;
    height: 150px;
    background-color: white;
    border:1px solid black;
    padding: 10px;
}

Specifications

Specification	Status
CSS Display Module Level 3The definition of 'display-inside' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation

Browser compatibility

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Support of multiple keyword values

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
Multi-keyword values Experimental'	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 70	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No

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Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

• Chromium bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=804600

Support of flow-root

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
flow-root	Chrome Full support 58	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 53	IE No support No	Opera Full support 45	Safari Full support 13	WebView Android Full support 58	Chrome Android Full support 58	Firefox Android Full support 53	Opera Android Full support 43	Safari iOS Full support 13	Samsung Internet Android Full support 7.0

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Support of table

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
table, table-cell, table-column, table-column-group, table-footer-group, table-header-group, table-row, and table-row-group	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support 8	Opera Full support 7	Safari Full support 1	WebView Android Full support ≤37	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support 14	Safari iOS Full support 1	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

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Support of grid

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
grid	Chrome Full support 57	Edge Full support 16 Full support 16 Full support 12 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: -ms-	Firefox Full support 52	IE Partial support 10 Prefixed' Notes' Partial support 10 Prefixed' Notes' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: -ms- Notes' Internet Explorer implements an older version of the specification.	Opera Full support 44	Safari Full support 10.1	WebView Android Full support 57	Chrome Android Full support 57	Firefox Android Full support 52	Opera Android Full support 43	Safari iOS Full support 10.3	Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0 Notes' Full support 6.0 Notes' Notes' Samsung Internet added this earlier than the corresponding Chrome version would indicate.

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Partial support

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See implementation notes.

Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.'

Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.

Support of flex

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
flex	Chrome Full support 29 Full support 29 Full support 21 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 20 Notes' Full support 20 Notes' Notes' Firefox 28 added multi-line flexbox support. No support 18 — 28 Disabled' Disabled' From version 18 until version 28 (exclusive): this feature is behind the layout.css.flexbox.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE Partial support 11 Notes' Partial support 11 Notes' Notes' IE incorrectly positions inline block content inside flex containers. See the discussion on Microsoft Answers. Partial support 8 Notes' Alternate Name' Notes' IE incorrectly positions inline block content inside flex containers. See the discussion on Microsoft Answers. Alternate Name' Uses the non-standard name: -ms-flexbox	Opera Full support 16 Full support 16 Full support 15 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit- No support 12.1 — 15	Safari Full support 9 Full support 9 Full support 6.1 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-	WebView Android Full support 4.4 Full support 4.4 Full support ≤37 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-	Chrome Android Full support 29 Full support 29 Full support 25 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-	Firefox Android Full support 20 Notes' Full support 20 Notes' Notes' Firefox 28 added multi-line flexbox support. No support 18 — 28 Disabled' Disabled' From version 18 until version 28 (exclusive): this feature is behind the layout.css.flexbox.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support 16 Full support 16 Full support 14 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit- No support 12.1 — 14	Safari iOS Full support 9 Full support 9 Full support 7 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-	Samsung Internet Android Full support 2.0 Full support 2.0 Full support 1.5 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: -webkit-

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User must explicitly enable this feature.'

User must explicitly enable this feature.

Uses a non-standard name.'

Uses a non-standard name.

Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.'

Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.

Support of ruby

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
ruby, ruby-base, ruby-base-container, ruby-text, and ruby-text-container	Chrome No support No	Edge No support 12 — 79	Firefox Full support 38 Full support 38 No support 34 — 38 Disabled' Disabled' From version 34 until version 38 (exclusive): this feature is behind the layout.css.ruby.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE Full support 7	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android Full support 38 Full support 38 No support 34 — 38 Disabled' Disabled' From version 34 until version 38 (exclusive): this feature is behind the layout.css.ruby.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No

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No support

User must explicitly enable this feature.'

User must explicitly enable this feature.

See also

• display
  • <display-outside>
  • <display-listitem>
  • <display-internal>
  • <display-box>
  • <display-legacy>
• Basic Concepts of Flexbox
• Basic Concepts of Grid Layout

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