<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>CSS Test: 'shrink-to-fit' width of inline-block non-replaced elements - max-width</title> <link rel="author" title="Gérard Talbot" href="http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/"> <link rel="author" title="Daniel Schattenkirchner" href="crazy-daniel{at}gmx.de"> <link rel="help" title="Section 10.3.9 Width of 'inline-block', non-replaced elements in normal flow" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#inlineblock-width"> <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#min-max-widths"> <link rel="match" href="reference/absolute-non-replaced-width-017-ref.htm"> <meta content="If 'width' of an inline-block, non-replaced element in normal flow computes to 'auto', then the used value of 'width' is given by 'shrink-to-fit' width calculation. If 'width' of an inline-block, non-replaced element in normal flow is given by 'shrink-to-fit' width calculation, then such calculated width can be furthermore constrained, reduced by a max-width declaration. If 'width' of an inline-block, non-replaced element in normal flow computes to 'auto' but its own child uses a constrained length resulting from a max-width declaration, then such constrained length will define the preferred width in 'shrink-to-fit' width calculation." name="assert"> <meta content="ahem" name="flags"> <style type="text/css"> div { background-color: red; display: inline-block; font: 30px/4 Ahem; width: auto; } div > div { background-color: green; max-width: 4em; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Below there should be a green square. In the middle of such green square, a black horizontal stripe should be traversing it and protruding out of it toward the right. There should be no red in this page.</p> <div> <div>12345678</div> </div> </body> </html>