<display-legacy>
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2015.
CSS 2 used a single-keyword syntax for the display property, requiring separate keywords for block-level and inline-level variants of the same layout mode. This page details those values.
Syntax
Valid <display-legacy> values:
inline-block-
The element generates a block element box that will be flowed with surrounding content as if it were a single inline box (behaving much like a replaced element would).
It is equivalent to
inline flow-root. inline-table-
The
inline-tablevalue does not have a direct mapping in HTML. It behaves like an HTML<table>element, but as an inline box, rather than a block-level box. Inside the table box is a block-level context.It is equivalent to
inline table. inline-flex-
The element behaves like an inline element and lays out its content according to the flexbox model.
It is equivalent to
inline flex. inline-grid-
The element behaves like an inline element and lays out its content according to the grid model.
It is equivalent to
inline grid.
Formal syntax
Examples
In the below example, we are creating an inline flex container with the legacy keyword inline-flex.
HTML
<div class="container">
<div>Flex Item</div>
<div>Flex Item</div>
</div>
Not a flex item
CSS
.container {
display: inline-flex;
}
Result
In the new syntax the inline flex container would be created using two values, inline for the outer display type, and flex for the inner display type.
.container {
display: inline flex;
}
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Display Module Level 3 # typedef-display-legacy |
Browser compatibility
css.properties.display.inline-block
BCD tables only load in the browser
css.properties.display.inline-table
BCD tables only load in the browser
css.properties.display.inline-flex
BCD tables only load in the browser
css.properties.display.inline-grid
BCD tables only load in the browser