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Foundation

Height and width

Reset the height and width of an element. All height and width classes include responsive prefixes.

Height

Height

CSS property: height

.vads-u-height--0
0px

Sets height to zero

.vads-u-height--full
100%

Sets height to full width of container

.vads-u-height--auto
auto

Sets height to height of content

.vads-u-height--viewport
100vh

Sets hight to height of viewport

Min-height

Min-height

CSS property: min-height

.vads-u-min-height--none
none

Removes min-height

.vads-u-min-height--viewport
100vh

Height cannot be less than height of viewport

Max-height

Max-height

CSS property: max-height

.vads-u-max-height--none
none

Removes max-height

.vads-u-max-height--viewport
100vh

Prevents height from exceeding height of viewport

Width

Width

CSS property: width

.vads-u-width--0
0px

Sets width to zero

.vads-u-width--full
100%

Sets width equal to width of container

.vads-u-width--auto
auto

Sets width to width of content

Min-width

Min-width

CSS property: min-width

.vads-u-min-width--none
none

Removes min-width

Max-width

Max-height

CSS property: max-height

.vads-u-max-width--none
none

Removes max-width

.vads-u-max-width--100
100%

Prevents width from exceeding width of container

Responsive prefixes

All height and width utilities include responsive prefixes.

<div class="vads-u-min-height--viewport large-screen:vads-u-min-height--none">
VADS Breakpoint Sass Variable USWDS Breakpoint Custom Property Width
$xsmall-screen --mobile 320px
$small-screen --mobile-lg 481px
-- --tablet 640px
$medium-screen --medium-screen 768px
$small-desktop-screen --desktop 1024px
$large-screen --desktop-lg 1201px

Read more about breakpoints.

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Last updated: Apr 25, 2022