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.
<display-legacy>
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.
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
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
display-legacy |
57
|
16
12
|
52
|
10
Internet Explorer implements an older version of the specification.
|
44
|
10.1
|
57
|
57
|
52
|
43
|
10.3
|
6.0
Samsung Internet added this earlier than the corresponding Chrome version would indicate.
|
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
display-legacy |
29
21
|
12
|
20
Firefox 28 added multi-line flexbox support.
|
11
8
|
16
15
|
9
7
|
≤37
4.4
|
29
25
|
20
Firefox 28 added multi-line flexbox support.
|
16
14
|
9
7
|
2.0
1.5
|
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
display-legacy |
1
|
12
|
3
|
8
|
7
|
1
|
≤37
|
18
|
4
|
14
|
1
|
1.0
|
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
display-legacy |
1
|
12
|
1
|
8
6
Until Internet Explorer 8,
inline-block is only for natural inline elements.
|
7
|
1
|
≤37
|
18
|
4
|
14
|
1
|
1.0
|
Support of inline-block
BCD tables only load in the browser
Support of inline-table
BCD tables only load in the browser
Support of inline-flex
BCD tables only load in the browser
Support of inline-grid
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/display-legacy
