CSS – Set Width for Paragraph

To set a specific width for Paragraph element using CSS, set width property with required value for the selected paragraph elements in styles(inline/external).

Example

In the following HTML script, we have set width property for paragraphs with different values.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <style>
            p {
                border: 1px solid;
            }
            #p1 {
                width: 50px;
            }
            #p2 {
                width: 150px;
            }
            #p3 {
                width: 250px;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>Default paragraph.</p>
        <p id="p1">Paragraph 1.</p>
        <p id="p2">Paragraph 2.</p>
        <p id="p3">Paragraph 3.</p>
    </body>
</html>

Conclusion

In this CSS Tutorial, we learned how to set width for paragraph element(s) using CSS.