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CSS - left
Description
The left property defines an offset of the left edge of an absolutely positioned element from the left edge of its positioning context, or the horizontal distance which a relatively positioned element will be displaced.
Possible Values
length − A fixed distance from the left of the positioning context.
percent − Some percentage of the width of the positioning context, assuming that the width of the context has been set explicitly.
auto − Default. Lets the browser calculate the left position.
Applies to
All the HTML positioned element.
DOM Syntax
object.style.left = "2px";
Example
Here is the example which shows effect of this property −
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p style = "position:absolute; left:100px;">
This line will be positioned 100px away from the left edge of this window.
</p>
</body>
</html>
It will produce the following result −
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