Sizing

Min-Height

Utilities for setting the minimum height of an element.

Quick reference

Class
Properties
min-h-0min-height: 0px;
min-h-fullmin-height: 100%;
min-h-screenmin-height: 100vh;
min-h-minmin-height: min-content;
min-h-maxmin-height: max-content;
min-h-fitmin-height: fit-content;

Basic usage

Setting the minimum height

Set the minimum height of an element using the min-h-0, min-h-full, or min-h-screen utilities.

  1. <div class="h-48">
  2. <div class="h-24 min-h-full">
  3. <!-- ... -->
  4. </div>
  5. </div>

Applying conditionally

Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:min-h-full to only apply the min-h-full utility on hover.

  1. <div class="h-24 min-h-0 hover:min-h-full">
  2. <!-- ... -->
  3. </div>

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:min-h-full to apply the min-h-full utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

  1. <div class="h-24 min-h-0 md:min-h-full">
  2. <!-- ... -->
  3. </div>

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.


Using custom values

Customizing your theme

You can customize your min-height scale by editing theme.minHeight or theme.extend.minHeight in your tailwind.config.js file.

tailwind.config.js

  1. module.exports = { theme: { minHeight: { '1/2': '50%', } }}

Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.

Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off min-height value that doesn’t make sense to include in your theme, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.

  1. <div class="min-h-[50%]">
  2. <!-- ... -->
  3. </div>

Learn more about arbitrary value support in the arbitrary values documentation.