margin-left Attribute | marginLeft Property

Sets or retrieves the width of the left margin of the object.

Syntax

HTML	{ margin-left: sWidth }
Scripting	object.style.marginLeft [ = sWidth ]

Possible Values

sWidth

String that specifies one of the following values: auto Left margin is set equal to the right margin. width Floating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, pc, or px) or a relative units designator (em or ex). For more information about the supported length units, see CSS Length Units. percentage Integer, followed by a %. The value is a percentage of the width of the parent object.

The property is read/write with a default value of 0; the cascading style sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

As of Internet Explorer 4.0 and later, you can specify possible length values relative to the height of the element's font (em) or the height of the letter "x" (ex).

In Internet Explorer 3.0, the specified margin value is added to the default value of the object. In Internet Explorer 4.0 and later, the margin value is absolute. The margin properties do not work with the TD and TR objects in Internet Explorer 4.0, but they do work in Internet Explorer 3.0. To set margins in the cell for Internet Explorer 4.0 and later, apply the margin to an object, such as DIV or P, within the TD.

To use this property, inline objects must have an absolute position or layout. Element layout is set by providing a value for the height property or the width property.

Negative margins are supported, except for top and bottom margins on inline objects.

Example

The following examples use the margin-left attribute and the marginLeft property to change the margin of the object.

This example uses the IMG object as a selector to set the left margin to 2 centimeters for all images.

Sample Code

<STYLE>
    IMG { margin-left:2cm }
</STYLE>

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This example uses inline scripting to set the left margin of the image to 1 centimeter when an onclick event occurs.

<IMG src="sphere.jpg" onclick="this.style.marginLeft='1cm'">

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Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version Win16: Win32: Mac: Unix: WinCE: Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.

BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, currentStyle, custom, DD, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EMBED, FIELDSET, FORM, Hn, HR, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, ISINDEX, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, runtimeStyle, SPAN, style, TABLE, TD, TEXTAREA, TH, UL, XMP

See Also

CSS Length Units