files/en-us/web/css/reference/properties/inset/index.md
The inset CSS property is a shorthand that corresponds to the {{cssxref("top")}}, {{cssxref("right")}}, {{cssxref("bottom")}}, and/or {{cssxref("left")}} properties. It has the same multi-value syntax of the {{cssxref("margin")}} shorthand.
This {{glossary("inset properties")}}, including inset, have no effect on non-positioned elements.
{{InteractiveExample("CSS Demo: inset")}}
inset: 1em;
inset: 5% 0;
inset: 2em 50px 20px;
inset: 10px 30% 20px 0;
inset: 0;
<section id="default-example">
<div class="example-container">
<div id="example-element">I am absolutely positioned.</div>
<p>
As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the
face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus,
forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn
Hill.
</p>
</div>
</section>
.example-container {
border: 0.75em solid #ad1457;
padding: 0.75em;
text-align: left;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
min-height: 200px;
}
#example-element {
background-color: #07136c;
border: 6px solid #ffa000;
color: white;
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
}
While part of the CSS logical properties and values module, it does not define logical offsets. It defines physical offsets, regardless of the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation.
This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:
/* <length> values */
inset: 10px; /* value applied to all edges */
inset: 4px 8px; /* top/bottom left/right */
inset: 5px 15px 10px; /* top left/right bottom */
inset: 2.4em 3em 3em 3em; /* top right bottom left */
inset: calc(anchor(50%) + 10px) anchor(self-start) auto auto;
inset: anchor-size(block) calc(anchor(50%) + 10px) auto
calc(anchor-size(width) / 4);
/* <percentage>s of the width (left/right) or height (top/bottom) of the containing block */
inset: 10% 5% 5% 5%;
/* Keyword value */
inset: auto;
/* Global values */
inset: inherit;
inset: initial;
inset: revert;
inset: revert-layer;
inset: unset;
The inset property takes the same values as the {{cssxref("top")}} property.
{{cssinfo}}
{{csssyntax}}
<div>
<span class="exampleText">Example text</span>
</div>
div {
background-color: yellow;
width: 150px;
height: 120px;
position: relative;
}
.exampleText {
writing-mode: sideways-rl;
position: absolute;
inset: 20px 40px 30px 10px;
background-color: #c8c800;
}
{{EmbedLiveSample("Setting_offsets_for_an_element", 140, 140)}}
{{Specifications}}
{{Compat}}