Day 78: container query units

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Container queries come with their own units.

Container query units work the same as viewport units. 80cqi equals 80svi.

  div {
    outline: 10px solid;
  }

  h2 {
    background-color: yellow;
    border: 5px solid;
    inline-size: 80cqi;
  }

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The big difference is that if they're inside a size container, container query units aren't relative to the viewport anymore, but to the container.

  div {
    outline: 10px solid;
    container-type: inline-size;
  }

  h2 {
    background-color: yellow;
    border: 5px solid;
    inline-size: 80cqi;
  }

It's me, Mike D!

Container Units
unit relative to
cqw 1% of a query container’s width
cqh 1% of a query container’s height
cqi 1% of a query container’s inline size
cqb 1% of a query container’s block size
cqmin The smaller value of cqi or cqb
cqmax The larger value of cqi or cqb

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