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      CSS Tutorial

      This CSS tutorial is designed for beginners to navigate through the essentials and intricate aspects of CSS styling. Upon finishing this tutorial, participants will possess a comprehensive understanding of CSS, setting a solid foundation for further exploration and mastery. This guide aims to equip you with the skills necessary to transform your visions into visually appealing web designs, laying the groundwork for your journey towards becoming an accomplished web designer.

      min-block-size

      CSS min-block-size property sets the minimum size, either horizontally or vertically, of an element's block based on its writing mode, which corresponds to either the min-width or min-height property based on the writing_mode value.
      The min-block-size determines the minimum width for vertically oriented writing modes, and the minimum height for horizontally oriented mode.The min-inline-size property defines the other dimension.

      Possible Values

      The min-block-size property accepts the same values as min-height and min-width.

      Applies To

      Same as width and height.

      Syntax

      <length> Values

      min-block-size: 100px;
      min-block-size: 5em;

      <percentage> Values

      min-block-size: 10%;

      Keyword Values

      min-block-size: max-content;
      min-block-size: min-content;
      min-block-size: fit-content;
      min-block-size: fit-content(20em);

      CSS min-block-size - <length> Value

      The following example demonstrates the min-block-size: 100px property sets the height of the div element to a minimum of 100px 
      <html>
      <head>
      <style>
         div {
            background-color: orange;
            border: 2px solid blue;
            min-block-size: 100px;   
         }
      </style>
      </head>
      <body>
         <div>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.</div>
      </body>
      </html>

      CSS min-block-size - max-content Value

      The following example demonstrates the min-block-size: max-content property sets minimum height that fits the content inside it 
      <html>
      <head>
      <style>
         div {
            background-color: orange;
            border: 2px solid blue;
            min-block-size: max-content;   
         }
      </style>
      </head>
      <body>
         <div>Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.</div>
      </body>
      </html>

      CSS min-block-size - With Horizontal and Vertical Text

      The following example demonstrates how to use min-block-size property with writing-modes to display text in vertical direction 
      <html>
      <head>
      <style>
         div {
            background-color: pink;
            border: 2px solid blue;
            min-block-size: 200px;
            writing-mode: vertical-rl;
         }
      </style>
      </head>
      <body>
         <div>
            <p>CSS min-block-size</p>
         </div>
      </body>
      </html>