HTML DOM Style marginTop Property


The DOM style marginTop property returns and modify the top margin of an element in an HTML document.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

  • Returning marginTop

object.style.marginTop
  • Modifying marginTop

object.style.marginTop = “value”

Example

Let us see an example of style marginTop property −

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
   body {
      color: #000;
      background: lightblue;
      height: 100vh;
   }
   p {
      border: 2px solid #fff;
   }
   .btn {
      background: #db133a;
      border: none;
      height: 2rem;
      border-radius: 2px;
      width: 40%;
      display: block;
      color: #fff;
      outline: none;
      cursor: pointer;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>DOM Style marginTop Property Example</h1>
<p>Hi! I'm awesome paragraph with some random text. Hi! I'm awesome paragraph with some random text.
Hi! I'm awesome paragraph with some random text. Hi! I'm awesome paragraph with some random text.
</p>
<button onclick="add()" class="btn">Add margin</button>
<script>
   function add() {
      document.querySelector('p').style.marginTop = "50px";
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Click on “Add margin” button to add top margin to paragraph element.

Updated on: 01-Jul-2020

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