CSS3 box-orient Property

Example

Lay out the children of a div element horizontally:

div
{
width:350px;
height:100px;
border:1px solid black;

/* Firefox */
display:-moz-box;
-moz-box-orient:horizontal;

/* Safari and Chrome */
display:-webkit-box;
-webkit-box-orient:horizontal;

/* W3C */
display:box;
box-orient:horizontal;
}

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Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The box-orient property is not supported in any of the major browsers.

Firefox supports an alternative, the -moz-box-orient property.

Safari and Chrome support an alternative, the -webkit-box-orient property.


Definition and Usage

The box-orient property specifies whether the children of a box should be laid out horizontally or vertically.

Tip: Children within a horizontal box are displayed from left to right, and children within a vertical box are displayed top to bottom. However, the box-direction and box-ordinal-group properties can change this ordering.

Default value: inline-axis
Inherited: no
Version: CSS3
JavaScript syntax: object.style.boxOrient="vertical"


Syntax

box-orient: horizontal|vertical|inline-axis|block-axis|inherit;

Value Description
horizontal Lay out children from left to right in a horizontal line
vertical Lay out children from top to bottom vertically
inline-axis Lay out children along the inline axis (map to horizontal)
block-axis Lay out children along the block axis (map to vertical)
inherit The value of the box-orient property should be inherited from the parent element