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# Width

Syntax: | width: <value>
Possible Values: | <length> | <percentage> | auto
Initial Value: | auto
Applies to: | Block-level and replaced elements
Inherited: | No

Each block-level or replaced element can be given a width, specified as a length, a percentage, or as auto. (A replaced element is one for which only the intrinsic dimensions are known; HTML replaced elements include IMG, INPUT, TEXTAREA, SELECT, and OBJECT.) The initial value for the width property is auto, which results in the element's intrinsic width (i.e., the width of the element itself, for example the width of an image). Percentages refer to the parent element's width. Negative values are not allowed.

This property could be used to give common widths to some INPUT elements, such as submit and reset buttons:

    INPUT.button { width: 10em }

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