CSS right Property

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Description

The right property determines the distance from the right edge of the parent element, not including the indent, margin, and border width, to the right edge of the child element. The coordinate count depends on the value of the position property. If it is absolute, the browser window acts as the parent and the position of the element is determined from its right edge. In the case of a relative value, right is counted from the right edge of the initial position of the element. If position: relative is specified for the parent element, then the absolute positioning of the child elements determines their position from the right edge of the parent.

Initial value: auto
Applies to: Positioned elements
Inherited: No
Computed value: If specified as a length, the corresponding absolute length; if specified as a percentage, the specified value; otherwise, 'auto'.
Animatable: Yes
JavaScript syntax: object.style.right

Interactive Demo

right: 0;

right: 30px;

right: 20%;

right: 5em;

I am absolutely positioned.

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Syntax

right: auto | <length> | <percentage>

Values

<length>Floating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, or pc) or a relative units designator (em, ex, or px).
<percentage>Integer, followed by a percent sign (%). The value is a percentage of the height of the parent object.
autoDefault position, according to the regular HTML layout of the page.

Example

HTML

<div class="leftcol">Column 1</div> <div class="centercol">Column 2</div> <div class="rightcol">Column 3</div>

CSS

.leftcol { 
   position: absolute;
   top: 20px;
   left: 10px;
   width: 100px;
   background: #fc3; 
   border: 1px solid #000;
   padding: 10px; 
} 
.centercol { 
   position: relative;
   background: maroon;
   padding: 10px;
   color: white; 
   border: 1px solid #000; 
   margin: 20px 240px 0 140px;
} 
.rightcol { 
   position: absolute;
   top: 20px;
   right: 10px;
   width: 200px;
   background: #ccc; 
   border: 1px solid black; 
   padding: 10px; 
}

Result

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