The DOM Style minWidth Property is used to set or return the minimum width of an element. It works on block-level elements or on elements with absolute or fixed position only.
Syntax:
- Return minWidth property:
object.style.minWidth
object.style.minWidth = "length|%|initial|inherit"
Properties:
- length: It sets the minimum width in length units.
- %: It sets the minimum width in % of the parent.
- initial: It sets the property to the default value.
- inherit: It inherits the property values from the parent element.
Return Value: It returns a string, representing the minimum width of the selected element.
Example-1:
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML | DOM Style minWidth Property
</ title >
< style >
h1 {
color: green;
}
#gfgg {
width: 60%;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body >
< center >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< button onclick="min()">
Press
</ button >
< h4 >Click on the 'Press' button to
set the minWidth of the div element.</ h4 >
< div id="gfgg">
< p >DOM Style minWidth Property: It is
used to set the minWidth of an element.</ p >
< p >Here, the DIV element is used to
showcase the min.width property.</ p >
< p >Clicking on the press button
will execute the property.</ p >
</ div >
< script >
function min() {
document.getElementById(
"gfgg").style.minWidth = "500px";
}
</ script >
</ center >
</ body >
</ html >
|
Output:
- Before clicking on the button:

- After clicking on the button:

Example-2:
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML | DOM Style minWidth Property
</ title >
< style >
h1 {
color: green;
}
#gfgg {
width: 60%;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body >
< center >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< button onclick="min()">Press</ button >
< h4 >Click on the 'Press' button to see the
embedded box displaying the minWidth of the div element.</ h4 >
< div style="background:lightgreen;
min-width:200px;"
id="gfgg">
< p >DOM Style minWidth Property: It is used
to set the minWidth of an element.</ p >
< p >Here, the DIV element is used to
showcase the min.width property.</ p >
< p >Clicking on the press button
will execute the property.</ p >
</ div >
< script >
function min() {
alert(document.getElementById(
"gfgg").style.minWidth);
}
</ script >
</ center >
</ body >
</ html >
|
Output:
- Before clicking on the button:

- After clicking on the button:

Browser Support: The browsers supported by HTML DOM Style minWidth property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge 12
- Internet Explorer 7
- Firefox 1
- Opera 4
- Safari 1