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bottom Attribute | bottom Property

Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object in relation to the bottom of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy.

Syntax

HTML { bottom: sBottom }

Scripting object.style.bottom [ = sBottom ]

HTML	{ bottom: sBottom }
Scripting	object.style.bottom [ = sBottom ]

Possible Values

sBottom String that specifies one of the following values:

auto Default position, according to the regular HTML layout of the page.

length Floating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, pc, or px) or a relative units designator (em or ex). For more information about the supported length units, see CSS Length Units.

percentage Integer, followed by a %. The value is a percentage of the height of the parent object.

The property is read/write with a default value of auto; the cascading style sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see dynamic properties.

Remarks

The bottom attribute should be used only when the position attribute is set; otherwise, the value of the bottom attribute is ignored.

Because the value of the bottom property is a string, the property cannot be used in script to calculate the position of the object in the document; instead, the pixelBottom property or the posBottom property should be used.

For more information about how to access the dimension and location of objects on the page through the DHTML object model, see measuring element dimension and location.

Example

This example uses the bottom attribute to set a DIV object 50 pixels from the bottom of the client area.
<DIV STYLE = "position:absolute; bottom:50px">
. . .
</DIV>

Applies To

[ Object Name ]

Platform Version

Win16:

Win32:

Mac:

Unix:

WinCE:

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A, ADDRESS, APPLET, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BUTTON, CENTER, CITE, CODE, currentStyle, custom, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, FIELDSET, FORM, Hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OBJECT, OL, P, PRE, runtimeStyle, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, style, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TEXTAREA, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP