CSS max-lines Property

Description

The max-lines property forces a fragment to break after a specified number of lines. This forces a break after the given number of lines contained within the element or its descendants, as long as those lines are in the same block formatting context.

  • Initial valuenone
  • Applies toFragment boxes
  • InheritedNo
  • MediaVisual
  • Computed valueSpecified value
  • AnimatableNo
  • CSS VersionCSS3
  • JavaScript syntaxobject.style.maxLines

Syntax

Formal syntax: none | <integer>

Values

  • noneBreaks occur only as specified elsewhere.
  • <integer>In addition to any breaks specified elsewhere, a break is forced before any line that would exceed the given number of lines being placed inside the element. Only positive numbers are allowed.

Example

.class {
   max-lines: 3;
}

Browser Support

?Firefox?Explorer?Chrome?Safari?Opera

Last updated on 23rd March 2014 By Rene Spronk

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