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CSS - width
Description
The width sets the width of an element's content area.
Possible Values
length − Any length unit. Negative length values are not permitted for this property.
percentage − The width is calculated with respect to the width of the element's containing block, assuming that the containing block's width has been explicitly set.
auto − Default. The browser calculates the actual width.
Applies to
All the HTML elements except non-replaced inline elements, table rows, and row groups.
DOM Syntax
object.style.width = "100px";
Example
Here is the example −
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p style = "width:400px; height:100px; border:1px solid red; padding:5px; margin:10px;">
This paragraph is 400pixels wide and 100 pixels high
</p>
</body>
</html>
This will produce following result −
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