`right` CSS property

The right CSS property participates in specifying the horizontal position of a positioned element. This inset property has no effect on non-positioned elements.

Try it

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(--my-anchor 50%);
right: anchor-size(--my-anchor 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

<length>

A negative, null, or positive <length>:

• for absolutely positioned elements, it represents the distance to the right edge of the containing block.
• for anchor-positioned elements, the anchor() function resolves to a <length> value relative to the position of the associated anchor element's left or right edge (see Using inset properties with anchor() function values), and the anchor-size() function resolves to a <length> value relative to the associated anchor element's width or height (see Setting element position based on anchor size).
• for relatively positioned elements, it represents the distance that the element is moved to the left of its normal position.

<percentage>

A <percentage> of the containing block's width.

auto

Specifies that:

• for absolutely positioned elements, the position of the element is based on the left property, while width: auto is treated as a width based on the content; or if left is also auto, the element is positioned where it should horizontally be positioned if it were a static element.
• for relatively positioned elements, the distance of the element from its normal position is based on the left property; or if left is also auto, the element is not moved horizontally at all.

Description

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

• When position is set to absolute or fixed, the right property specifies the distance between the element's outer margin of right edge and the inner border of the right edge of its containing block. If the positioned element has an associated anchor element, and the property value includes an anchor() function, right positions the right edge of the positioned element relative to the specified <anchor-side> edge. The right property is compatible with the left, right, start, end, self-start, self-end, center, and <percentage> values.
• When position is set to relative, the right property specifies the distance the element's right edge is moved to the left from its normal position.
• When position is set to sticky, the right property is used to compute the sticky-constraint rectangle.
• When position is set to static, the right property has no effect.

When both 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

Formal syntax

right = 
  auto |
  <length-percentage> |
  <anchor()> |
  <anchor-size()>

<length-percentage> = 
  <length> |
  <percentage>

<anchor()> = 
  anchor( <anchor-name>? &&
  <anchor-side>, <length-percentage>? )

<anchor-size()> = 
  anchor-size( [ <anchor-name> || <anchor-size> ]? , <length-percentage>? )

<anchor-name> = 
  <dashed-ident>

<anchor-side> = 
  inside |
  outside |
  top |
  left |
  right |
  bottom |
  start |
  end |
  self-start |
  self-end |
  <percentage> |
  center

<anchor-size> = 
  width |
  height |
  block |
  inline |
  self-block |
  self-inline

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

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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• top, bottom, and left
• inset shorthand
• inset-block-start, inset-block-end, inset-inline-start, and inset-inline-end
• inset-block and inset-inline shorthands
• position
• CSS positioned layout module