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width

Description

Specifies the width of the element. DIV and SPAN cannot be positioned unless a width is provided. Percentage values are based on the width of the parent element.

Syntax

{ width: length | percentage | auto}

Remarks

The width attribute, like all other CSS attributes, specifies a string value. When scripting the width property, use either the pixelWidth or posWidth property for numeric manipulation of a width value.

This attribute is not inherited.

Applies To

APPLET, DIV, EMBED, FIELDSET, HR, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT, INPUT type=button, MARQUEE, OBJECT, SELECT, SPAN, TABLE, TEXTAREA

Scripting Property

width

See Also

height, left, position, top

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