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Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc.
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Jul. 01, 2020
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc.  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading T. ROWE PRICE Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund Investor Class I Class Advisor Class SUMMARY
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective(s)
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock The fund seeks to provide, consistent with modest price fluctuation, a high level of income exempt from federal income taxes by investing primarily in short- and intermediate-term investment-grade municipal securities.
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the fund. You may also incur brokerage commissions and other charges when buying or selling shares of the Investor Class or I Class, which are not reflected in the table.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Fees and Expenses of the Fund Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when the fund’s shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 17.4% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 17.40%
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods, that your investment has a 5% return each year, and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading Investments, Risks, and Performance Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock The fund invests primarily in short-term municipal securities (maturities of less than three years) and intermediate-term municipal securities (maturities between three and ten years). The fund’s weighted average maturity normally ranges from two to five years and is not expected to exceed five years. Most investments are in investment-grade securities, which are securities rated in one of the four highest credit rating categories as determined by at least one established credit rating agency or, if unrated, deemed by T. Rowe Price to be of comparable quality. The fund may invest up to 5% of its total assets in noninvestment-grade securities, known as “junk” bonds, including those with the lowest credit ratings.

T. Rowe Price’s active investment management approach emphasizes the value of in-depth fundamental credit research, diversification, and risk management practices. By using fundamental research, T. Rowe Price seeks to select investments for the fund’s portfolio based on its outlook for the different sectors of the tax-free municipal market (for example, T. Rowe Price may emphasize revenue bonds instead of state and local general obligation debt) and specific issuers or securities. The goal of this approach is to seek higher yields while taking a risk-conscious approach. Risk management practices include managing the fund’s duration (which is a measurement of the price sensitivity of a bond or bond fund to changes in interest rates), while also focusing on striking a balance between (i) investing more heavily in certain sectors or issuers and (ii) diversifying the fund’s investments across the broader municipal market.

Normally, at least 80% of the fund’s income will be exempt from federal income taxes. However, up to 20% of the fund’s income could be derived from securities subject to the alternative minimum tax.

From time to time, the fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in sectors with special risks, such as health care, transportation, utilities, or private activity bonds. The fund may sell holdings for a variety of reasons, such as to adjust the portfolio’s average maturity, duration, or overall credit quality, or to shift assets into and out of higher- or lower-yielding securities or certain sectors.
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Principal Risks
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock As with any fund, there is no guarantee that the fund will achieve its objective(s). The fund’s share price fluctuates, which means you could lose money by investing in the fund. The principal risks of investing in this fund, which may be even greater during periods of market disruption or volatility, are summarized as follows:

Municipal securities The fund may be highly impacted by events tied to the overall municipal securities markets, which can be very volatile and significantly affected by unfavorable legislative or political developments and adverse changes in the financial conditions of municipal securities issuers and the global, national, and/or local economies. Income from municipal securities held by the fund could become taxable because of changes in tax laws or interpretations by taxing authorities, or noncompliant conduct of a state municipality. Other changes in tax laws, including changes to individual or corporate tax rates, could alter the attractiveness and overall demand for municipal bonds.

Certain sectors of the municipal bond market have special risks and could be affected by certain developments more significantly than the market as a whole. For example: health care can be negatively impacted by rising expenses and dependency on third party reimbursements; transportation can be negatively impacted by declining revenues or unexpectedly high construction or fuel costs; utilities are subject to governmental rate regulation; and private activity bonds (including industrial development bonds) rely on project revenues and the creditworthiness of the corporate user as opposed to governmental support. Investing significantly in municipal obligations backed by revenues of similar types of industries or projects may make the fund more susceptible to developments affecting those industries and projects.

Market conditions The value of the fund’s investments may decrease, sometimes rapidly or unexpectedly, due to factors affecting an issuer held by the fund, particular industries, or the overall securities markets. A variety of factors can increase the volatility of the fund’s holdings and markets generally, including political or regulatory developments, recessions, inflation, rapid interest rate changes, war or acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues. Certain events may cause instability across global markets, including reduced liquidity and disruptions in trading markets, while some events may affect certain geographic regions, countries, sectors, and industries more significantly than others. These adverse developments may cause broad declines in market value due to short-term market movements or for significantly longer periods during more prolonged market downturns.

Interest rates The prices of, and the income generated by, debt instruments held by the fund may be affected by changes in interest rates. A rise in interest rates typically causes the price of a fixed rate debt instrument to fall and its yield to rise. Conversely, a decline in interest rates typically causes the price of a fixed rate debt instrument to rise and the yield to fall. Generally, funds with longer weighted average maturities and durations carry greater interest rate risk.

Callable bonds While a rise in interest rates is the principal source of interest rate risk for bond funds, falling rates bring the possibility that a bond may be “called,” or redeemed before maturity, and that the proceeds may need to be reinvested in lower-yielding securities.

Credit quality An issuer of a debt instrument could suffer an adverse change in financial condition that results in a payment default (failure to make scheduled interest or principal payments), rating downgrade, or inability to meet a financial obligation. Securities that are rated below investment grade carry greater risk of default and should be considered speculative. Economic downturns often result in reduced levels of taxes collected and revenues earned by municipalities and insufficient funding to meet pension or health care obligations, which could lessen the overall financial strength of a municipality and increase the credit risk of the securities it issues. The fund’s credit risk is increased to the extent it invests in securities that are not backed by the taxing power of the municipal issuer.

Liquidity The fund may not be able to sell a holding in a timely manner at a desired price. Reduced liquidity in the bond markets can result from a number of events, such as limited trading activity, reductions in bond inventory, and rapid or unexpected changes in interest rates. The secondary market for certain municipal bonds tends to be less developed and less liquid than many other bond markets. Less liquid markets could lead to greater price volatility and limit the fund’s ability to sell a holding at a suitable price.

Alternative minimum tax Although the fund seeks to distribute tax-exempt income, a portion of the fund’s otherwise tax-exempt dividends may be taxable to those shareholders subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.

Active management The fund’s overall investment program and holdings selected by the fund’s investment adviser may underperform the broad markets, relevant indices, or other funds with similar objectives and investment strategies.

Cybersecurity breaches The fund could be harmed by intentional cyber-attacks and other cybersecurity breaches, including unauthorized access to the fund’s assets, customer data and confidential shareholder information, or other proprietary information. In addition, a cybersecurity breach could cause one of the fund’s service providers or financial intermediaries to suffer unauthorized data access, data corruption, or loss of operational functionality.
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney The fund’s share price fluctuates, which means you could lose money by investing in the fund.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The fund’s performance information represents only past performance (before and after taxes) and is not necessarily an indication of future results.

The following bar chart illustrates how much returns can differ from year to year by showing calendar year returns and the best and worst calendar quarter returns during those years for the fund’s Investor Class. Returns for other share classes vary since they have different expenses.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The following bar chart illustrates how much returns can differ from year to year by showing calendar year returns and the best and worst calendar quarter returns during those years for the fund’s Investor Class. Returns for other share classes vary since they have different expenses. The following table shows the average annual total returns for each class of the fund that has been in operation for at least one full calendar year, and also compares the returns with the returns of a relevant broad-based market index, as well as with the returns of one or more comparative indexes that have investment characteristics similar to those of the fund, if applicable.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress troweprice.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture The fund’s performance information represents only past performance (before and after taxes) and is not necessarily an indication of future results.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading TAX-FREE SHORT-INTERMEDIATE FUND Calendar Year Returns
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock
  Quarter Ended    Total Return  Quarter Ended     Total Return
Best Quarter             6/30/11             2.01%      Worst Quarter            12/31/16            -1.62%

The fund’s return for the three months ended 3/31/20 was -0.51%.
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading Average Annual Total Returns Periods ended December 31, 2019
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a 401(k) account or an IRA.
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text] rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class and will differ for other share classes.
Performance Table Narrative rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock The following table shows the average annual total returns for each class of the fund that has been in operation for at least one full calendar year, and also compares the returns with the returns of a relevant broad-based market index, as well as with the returns of one or more comparative indexes that have investment characteristics similar to those of the fund, if applicable.

In addition, the table shows hypothetical after-tax returns to demonstrate how taxes paid by a shareholder may influence returns. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a 401(k) account or an IRA. After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class and will differ for other share classes.
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock Updated performance information is available through troweprice.com.
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | Investor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum account fee rr_MaximumAccountFee $ 20 [1]
Management fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.39%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets
Other expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.12%
Total annual fund operating expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.51%
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 52
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 164
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 285
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 640
2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 2.09%
2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 4.59%
2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 2.14%
2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 0.53%
2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 1.90%
2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 1.06%
2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 (0.30%)
2017 rr_AnnualReturn2017 1.74%
2018 rr_AnnualReturn2018 1.13%
2019 rr_AnnualReturn2019 3.65%
Year to Date Return, Label rr_YearToDateReturnLabel The fund’s return for the three months ended
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate Mar. 31, 2020
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn (0.51%)
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Best Quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Jun. 30, 2011
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 2.01%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Worst Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2016
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (1.62%)
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 3.65%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 1.45%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.84%
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 23, 1983
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | I Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum account fee rr_MaximumAccountFee
Management fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.39%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets
Other expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.02%
Total annual fund operating expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.41%
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 42
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 132
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 230
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 518
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 3.94%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 2.36%
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Nov. 29, 2016
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | Advisor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum account fee rr_MaximumAccountFee
Management fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.39%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.18%
Total annual fund operating expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.82%
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 84
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 262
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 455
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,014
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 3.32%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 1.11%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 0.98%
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Aug. 08, 2012
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | Returns after taxes on distributions | Investor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 3.65%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 1.45%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.84%
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 23, 1983
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares | Investor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 2.83%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 1.44%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 1.81%
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 23, 1983
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | Bloomberg Barclays 1-5 Year Blend (1-6 Year Maturity) Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 4.03%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 1.82%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 2.03%
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | Bloomberg Barclays 1-5 Year Blend (1-6 Year Maturity) Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | I Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 2.52% [2]
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Nov. 29, 2016
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | Bloomberg Barclays 1-5 Year Blend (1-6 Year Maturity) Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | Advisor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 1.65% [3]
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Aug. 08, 2012
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | Lipper Short-Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Average  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 4.46%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 1.78%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 2.18%
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | Lipper Short-Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Average | I Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 2.73% [4]
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Nov. 30, 2016
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. | Lipper Short-Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Average | Advisor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 1.64% [5]
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Jul. 31, 2012
[1] Subject to certain exceptions, accounts with a balance of less than $10,000 are charged an annual $20 fee.
[2] Return since 11/29/16.
[3] Return since 8/8/12.
[4] Return since 11/30/16.
[5] Return since 7/31/12.