Which Are The CSS Units Used For Expressing A Length

Posted By Bajarangi soft , Posted On 05-11-2020

In CSS has several different units for expressing a length value .Many CSS properties take "length" values, such as width, margin, padding, font-size, etc.Length is a number followed by a length unit, such as 10px, 2em, etc.So today we discuss how to use it.

Which Are The CSS Units Used For Expressing A Length

Absolute Lengths
The absolute length units are fixed and a length expressed in any of these will appear as exactly that size.

Unit	Description
cm	centimeters
mm	millimeters
in	inches (1in = 96px = 2.54cm)
px *	pixels (1px = 1/96th of 1in)
pt	points (1pt = 1/72 of 1in)
pc	picas (1pc = 12 pt)

Relative Lengths

Relative length units specify a length relative to another length property. Relative length units scales better between different rendering mediums.

Unit	Description
em	Relative to the font-size of the element (2em means 2 times the size of the current font)
ex	Relative to the x-height of the current font (rarely used)
ch	Relative to width of the "0" (zero)
rem	Relative to font-size of the root element
vw	Relative to 1% of the width of the viewport*
vh	Relative to 1% of the height of the viewport*
vmin	Relative to 1% of viewport's* smaller dimension
vmax	Relative to 1% of viewport's* larger dimension

Complete Code For CSS Units Used For Expressing A Length.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Which Are The CSS Units Used For Expressing A Length</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css"/>

</head>
<style>
    body {
        background: #c7254e;
    }

    h2 {
        font-size: 60px;
    }

    p {
        font-size: 25px;
        line-height: 50px;
    }
</style>
<body>
<br/><br/>
<div class="container">
    <br>
    <div class="text-center">
        <h1 id="color" style="color: white;">CSS Units Used For Expressing A Length</h1>
    </div>
    <br>
    <div class="well">
        <h2>This is heading 2</h2>
        <h3>This is heading 3</h3>
        <p>This is a paragraph.</p>
        <p>This is another paragraph.</p>
    </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>