The Style marginTop property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the top margin of an element.
Syntax:
- It returns the marginTop property.
object.style.marginTop
- It is used to set the marginTop property.
object.style.marginTop = "length|percentage|auto|initial| inherit"
Return Values: It returns a string value that represents the top margin of an element
Property Values:
- length: It is used to specify the margin in fixed units. Its default value is 0.
- percentage: It is used to specify the amount of margin as a percentage relative to the width of the containing element.
- auto: If the value is set to ‘auto’, then the browser automatically calculates a suitable value for the margin size.
- initial: It is used to set the property to its default value.
- inherit: It is used to inherit the value from its parent element.
Example: In this example, we are using object.style.marginTop = length property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style marginTop Property
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style marginTop Property</b>
<div class="container">
<div class="div1">Line One</div>
<div class="div2">Line Two</div>
<button onclick="setMargin()">
Change marginTop
</button>
</div>
<!-- Script to set top margin -->
<script>
function setMargin() {
elem = document.querySelector('.div1');
elem.style.marginTop = '50px';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Example: In this example, we are using object.style.marginTop = percentage property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style marginTop Property
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style marginTop Property</b>
<div class="container">
<div class="div1">Line One</div>
<div class="div2">Line Two</div>
<button onclick="setMargin()">
Change marginTop
</button>
</div>
<!-- Script to set top margin -->
<script>
function setMargin() {
elem = document.querySelector('.div1');
elem.style.marginTop = '20%';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Example: In this example, we are using object.style.marginTop = auto property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style marginTop Property
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style marginTop Property</b>
<div class="container">
<div class="div1" style="margin-top: 50px;">
Line One
</div>
<div class="div2">
Line Two
</div>
<button onclick="setMargin()">
Change marginTop
</button>
</div>
<!-- Script to set top margin -->
<script>
function setMargin() {
elem = document.querySelector('.div1');
elem.style.marginTop = 'auto';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
Output:
Example: In this example, we are using object.style.marginTop = initial property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style marginTop Property
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style marginTop Property</b>
<div class="container">
<div class="div1"
style="margin-top: 50px;">
Line One
</div>
<div class="div2">
Line Two
</div>
<button onclick="setMargin()">
Change marginTop
</button>
</div>
<!-- Script to set top margin -->
<script>
function setMargin() {
elem = document.querySelector('.div1');
elem.style.marginTop = 'initial';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
Output:
Example: In this example, we are using object.style.marginTop = inherit property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style marginTop Property
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style marginTop Property</b>
<div class="container">
<div class="div1"
style="margin-top: 50px;">
Line One
</div>
<div class="div2">
Line Two
</div>
<button onclick="setMargin()">
Change marginTop
</button>
</div>
<!-- Script to set top margin -->
<script>
function setMargin() {
elem = document.querySelector('.div1');
elem.style.marginTop = 'inherit';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Style marginTop property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge 12
- Internet Explorer 3
- Firefox 1
- Opera 3.5
- Safari 1