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The right CSS property participates in specifying the horizontal position of a positioned element. This {{glossary("inset properties", "inset property")}}  has no effect on non-positioned elements.

{{InteractiveExample("CSS Demo: right")}} 

right: 0;

right: 4em;

right: 10%;

right: 20px;

<section id="default-example">
  <div class="example-container">
    <div id="example-element">I am absolutely positioned.</div>
    <p>
      As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the
      face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus,
      forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn
      Hill.
    </p>
  </div>
</section>

.example-container {
  border: 0.75em solid;
  padding: 0.75em;
  text-align: left;
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 200px;
}

#example-element {
  background-color: #264653;
  border: 4px solid #ffb500;
  color: white;
  position: absolute;
  width: 140px;
  height: 60px;
}

Syntax

/* <length> values */
right: 3px;
right: 2.4em;
right: anchor(--myAnchor 50%);
right: anchor-size(--myAnchor height, 65px);

/* <percentage>s of the width of the containing block */
right: 10%;

/* Keyword value */
right: auto;

/* Global values */
right: inherit;
right: initial;
right: revert;
right: revert-layer;
right: unset;

Values

Description

The effect of right depends on how the element is positioned (i.e., the value of the {{cssxref("position")}}  property):

When both {{cssxref("left")}}  and right are defined, if not prevented from doing so by other properties, the element will stretch to satisfy both. If the element cannot stretch to satisfy both — for example, if a width is declared — the position of the element is over-constrained. When this is the case, the left value has precedence when the container is left-to-right; the right value has precedence when the container is right-to-left.

Formal definition

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Formal syntax

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Examples

Absolute and relative positioning using right

HTML

<div id="relative">Relatively positioned</div>
<div id="absolute">Absolutely positioned</div>

CSS

#relative {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background-color: #ffc7e4;
  position: relative;
  top: 20px;
  left: 20px;
}

#absolute {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background-color: #ffd7c2;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 10px;
  right: 20px;
}

Result

{{ EmbedLiveSample('Absolute_and_relative_positioning_using_right', 500, 220) }} 

Declaring both left and right

When both left and right are declared, the element will stretch to meet both, unless other constraints prevent it from doing so. If the element will not stretch or shrink to meet both. When the position of the element is overspecified, the precedence is based on the container’s direction: The left will take precedence if the container’s direction is left-to-right. The right will take precedence if the container’s direction is right-to-left.

HTML

<div id="parent">
  Parent
  <div id="noWidth">No width</div>
  <div id="width">width: 100px</div>
</div>

CSS

div {
  outline: 1px solid #cccccc;
}
#parent {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  background-color: #ffc7e4;
  position: relative;
}
/* declare both a left and a right */
#width,
#noWidth {
  background-color: #c2ffd7;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
}
/* declare a width */
#width {
  width: 100px;
  top: 60px;
}

Result

{{ EmbedLiveSample('Declaring_both_left_and_right', 500, 220) }} 

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

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