CSS dominant-baseline Property Reference

The CSS dominant-baseline property is a standard property in CSS Inline. Review its formal syntax, computed behavior, and practical declarations.

Updated 2026-08-12

dominant-baseline overview

The CSS dominant-baseline property is a standard property in CSS Inline. Review its formal syntax, computed behavior, and practical declarations.

The computed value normally inherits from the parent element when no declaration wins the cascade.

Syntax and formal definition

dominant-baseline formal syntax

Field	Value
Formal syntax	auto \| text-bottom \| alphabetic \| ideographic \| middle \| central \| mathematical \| hanging \| text-top
Initial value	auto
Applies to	blockContainersFlexContainersGridContainersInlineBoxesTableRowsSVGTextContentElements
Inherited	Yes
Percentages	no
Computed value	asSpecified
Animation type	discrete
Media	all
Specification group	CSS Inline
Status	Standard

Practical examples

These declarations demonstrate valid ways to set dominant-baseline. The initial and inherit global keywords remain available even when a property-specific value is preferable.

dominant-baseline live example

CSS

.reset-example {
  dominant-baseline: initial;
}

.inherit-example {
  dominant-baseline: inherit;
}

@supports (dominant-baseline: initial) {
  .supported {
    dominant-baseline: initial;
  }
}