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MozMarginStart style property | webkitMarginStart style property

Browser support:

MozMarginStart

webkitMarginStart

Specifies or retrieves the width of the left or the right margin, depends on the writing direction.

If the writing direction is set to left-to-right, use the marginLeft property, else use the marginRight property for cross-browser compatibility.

Syntax:

object.MozMarginStart;
object.webkitMarginStart;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

MozMarginStart:	This property is read/write.
webkitMarginStart:	This property is read/write.

CSS page for this property: -moz-margin-start

Possible values:

The type of this property is string.

One of the following values:

auto

Default. The sizes of the 'auto' margins are equal.

inherit

Takes the value of this property from the computed style of the parent element.

width in length

The width of the margin in length units. For the supported length units, see the length page.

width in percentage

The width is the specified percentage of the width of the parent element.

Default: 0.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the -moz-margin-start and the -webkit-margin-start properties:

<head>
    <style>
        .ltr {
            direction: ltr;
            border: 2px solid red;
            -moz-margin-start : 20px;
            -webkit-margin-start : 20px;
        }
        .rtl {
            direction: rtl;
            border: 2px solid red;
            -moz-margin-start : 20px;
            -webkit-margin-start : 20px;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <a style="border: 2px solid green;">previous object</a>
    <a class="ltr">margin-start: 20px (ltr)</a>
    <a style="border: 2px solid green;">next object</a>
    <br /><br />
    <a style="border: 2px solid green;">previous object</a>
    <a class="rtl">margin-start: 20px (rtl)</a>
    <a style="border: 2px solid green;">next object</a>
</body>

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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the MozMarginStart and webkitMarginStart properties in JavaScript:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function ChangeMarginStart () {
            var anchor = document.getElementById ("myAnchor");
            var input = document.getElementById ("myInput");

            if ('MozMarginStart' in anchor.style) {
                anchor.style.MozMarginStart = input.value + "px";
            } else if ('webkitMarginStart' in anchor.style) {
                anchor.style.webkitMarginStart = input.value + "px";
            } else {
                alert ("Your browser doesn't support this example!");
            }
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <a id="myAnchor" style="border: 2px solid red;">anchor with margin</a>
    <a style="border: 2px solid green;">next object</a>

    <input id="myInput" type="text" value="40" />
    <button onclick="ChangeMarginStart ();">Change MozMarginStart!</button>
</body>