HTML - DOM Style Object marginRight Property

Quiz

HTML DOM Style Object marginRight property sets or returns the right margin of an element.

Syntax

Set the marginRight property:

object.style.marginRight= "percent | length | auto | initial | inherit";

Get the marginRight property:

object.style.marginRight;

Property Values

Value	Description
percent	It specifies right margin in percentage of the width of the parent element.
length	It specifies right margin in length units.
auto	It lets browser to set right margin value.
initial	It is used to set this property to it's default value.
inherit	It is used to inherit the property of it's parent element.

Return Value

It returns a string value which represents right margin of an element.

Examples of HTML DOM Style Object 'marginRight' Property

The following examples sets and gets the right margin of div element.

Set the right Margin Property

The following example sets the right margin using length value and percentage.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Style Object marginRight Property
    </title>
    <style>
        div {
            border: 2px solid #04af2f;
        }
        #margin {
            border: 1px solid black;
            margin: 15px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h3>
        Click to set right margin.
    </h3>
    <button onclick="fun()">Set Margin</button>
    <button onclick="funTwo()">
        Set Margin in Percentage
    </button>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div>
        <div id="margin">
            <p>Welcome to Tutorials Point.</p>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script>
        function fun() {
            document.getElementById("margin")
                .style.marginRight = "40px";
        }
        function funTwo() {
            document.getElementById("margin")
                .style.marginRight = "10%";
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Get the right Margin Property

The following example gets the right margin value applied on div element.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <style>
        div {
            border: 2px solid #04af2f;
        }
        #margin {
            border: 1px solid black;
            margin: 15px;
        }
    </style>
    <title>
        HTML DOM Style Object marginRight Property
    </title>
</head>
<body>
    <h3>
        Click to set right margin.
    </h3>
    <button onclick="fun()">Get Margin</button>
    <button onclick="funTwo()">
        Get Margin in Percentage
    </button>
    <br>
    <br>
    <p id="result"></p>
    <br><br>
    <div>
        <div id="margin">
            <p>Welcome to Tutorials Point.</p>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script>
        function fun() {
            let x=document.getElementById("margin")
                .style.marginRight = "40px";
            document.getElementById("result")
                .innerHTML="right Margin: " +x;
        }
        function funTwo() {
            let x =document.getElementById("margin")
                .style.marginRight = "10%";
            document.getElementById("result")
                .innerHTML="right Margin: " +x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Supported Browsers

Property
marginRight	Yes 1	Yes 12	Yes 1	Yes 1	Yes 3.5

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