HTML | DOM Style marginRight Property

The Style marginRight property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the right margin of an element.

Syntax:

It returns the marginRight property.

object.style.marginRight

It is used to set the marginRight property.

object.style.marginRight = "length|percentage|auto|initial|
inherit"

Return Values: It returns a string value, which representing the right margin of an element.

Property Values:

length: It is used to specify the margin in fixed length units. The default value is 0.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    
<head>
    <title>
        DOM Style marginRight Property
    </title>
    
    <style>
        .container {
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: row;
            padding: 10px 1px;
        }

        .div1, .div2 {
            padding: 5px;
            border: 2px solid;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    
    <b>DOM Style marginRight Property</b>
    
    <div class="container">
        <div class="div1">Block One</div>
        <div class="div2">Block Two</div>
    </div>
    
    <button onclick="setMargin()">
        Change marginRight
    </button>

    <!-- Script to set marginRight to a fixed value -->
    <script>
        function setMargin() {
            elem = document.querySelector('.div1');
            elem.style.marginRight = '50px';
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:
- Before clicking the button:

length-before

After clicking the button:

length-after

percentage: It is used to specify the amount of margin as a percentage relative to the width of the containing element.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    
<head>
    <title>
        DOM Style marginRight Property
    </title>
    
    <style>
        .container {
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: row;
            padding: 10px 1px;
        }

        .div1, .div2 {
            padding: 5px;
            border: 2px solid;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    
    <b>DOM Style marginRight Property</b>
    
    <div class="container">
        <div class="div1">Block One</div>
        <div class="div2">Block Two</div>
    </div>
    
    <button onclick="setMargin()">
        Change marginRight
    </button>

    <!-- Script to set marginRight to a fixed value -->
    <script>
        function setMargin() {
            elem = document.querySelector('.div1');
            elem.style.marginRight = '20%';
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:
- Before clicking the button:

percentage-before

After clicking the button:

percentage-after

auto: If the value is set to 'auto', then the browser automatically calculates a suitable value for the margin size.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    
<head>
    <title>
        DOM Style marginRight Property
    </title>
    
    <style>
        .container {
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: row;
            padding: 10px 1px;
        }

        .div1, .div2 {
            margin-right: 50px;
            padding: 5px;
            border: 2px solid;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    
    <b>DOM Style marginRight Property</b>
    
    <div class="container">
        <div class="div1">Block One</div>
        <div class="div2">Block Two</div>
    </div>
    
    <button onclick="setMargin()">
        Change marginRight
    </button>
    
    <!-- Script to set marginRight to auto -->
    <script>
        function setMargin() {
            elem = document.querySelector('.div1');
            elem.style.marginRight = 'auto';
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:
- Before clicking the button:

auto-before

After clicking the button:

auto-after

initial: It is used to set the property to its default value.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    
<head>
    <title>
        DOM Style marginRight Property
    </title>
    
    <style>
        .container {
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: row;
            padding: 10px 1px;
        }

        .div1, .div2 {
            margin-right: 20px;

            padding: 5px;
            border: 2px solid;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    
    <b>DOM Style marginRight Property</b>
    
    <div class="container">
        <div class="div1">Block One</div>
        <div class="div2">Block Two</div>
    </div>
    
    <button onclick="setMargin()">
        Change marginRight
    </button>

    <!-- Script to set marginRight to initial -->
    <script>
        function setMargin() {
            elem = document.querySelector('.div1');
            elem.style.marginRight = 'initial';
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:
- Before clicking the button:

initial-before

After clicking the button:

initial-after

inherit: It is used to inherit the value from its parent element.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    
<head>
    <title>
        DOM Style marginRight Property
    </title>
    
    <style>
        .container {
            margin-right: 50px;
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: row;
        }

        .div1, .div2 {
            padding: 5px;
            border: 2px solid;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    
    <b>DOM Style marginRight Property</b>
    
    <div class="container">
        <div class="div1">Block One</div>
        <div class="div2">Block Two</div>
    </div>
    
    <button onclick="setMargin()">
        Change marginRight
    </button>

    <!-- Script to set marginRight to inherit -->
    <script>
        function setMargin() {
            elem = document.querySelector('.div1');
            elem.style.marginRight = 'inherit';
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:
- Before clicking the button:

inherit-before

After clicking the button:

inherit-after

Supported Browsers:

Google Chrome 1 and above
Edge 12 and above
Internet Explorer 3 and above
Firefox 1 and above
Opera 3.5 and above
Safari 1 and above

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