Layout mode

A CSS layout mode, sometimes simply called layout, is an algorithm that determines the position and size of boxes based on the way they interact with their sibling and ancestor boxes. There are several of them:

• The block layout, designed for laying out documents. The block layout contains document-centric features, like the ability to float elements or to lay them out over multiple columns.
• The inline layout, designed for laying out text.
• The table layout, designed for laying out tables.
• The positioned layout, designed for positioning elements without much interaction with other elements.
• The flexible box layout, designed for laying out complex pages that can be resized smoothly.
• The grid layout, designed for laying out elements relative to a fixed grid.

See also

• CSS Key Concepts: CSS syntax, at-rule, comments, specificity and inheritance, the box, layout modes and visual formatting models, and margin collapsing, or the initial, computed, resolved, specified, used, and actual values. Definitions of value syntax, shorthand properties and replaced elements.