left

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La propiedad left especifica parte de la posición de un elemento (posicionado - es decir, con una posición determinada por código).

Para los elementos con una posición absoluta (aquellos que tienen la propiedad position: absolute ó position: fixed), la propiedad left determina la distancia entre el margen izquierdo del elemento y el borde izquierdo de su bloque contenedor.

Pruébalo

left: 0;

left: 4em;

left: 10%;

left: 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;
}
Valor inicialauto
Applies topositioned elements
Heredableno
Percentagesrefer to the width of the containing block
Valor calculadoif specified as a length, the corresponding absolute length; if specified as a percentage, the specified value; otherwise, auto
Animation typea length, percentage or calc();

Sintaxis

left: <length> | <percentage> | auto | inherit ;

Valores

<length>

Una longitud, un valor negativo, cero, un valor positivo.

<percentage>

Un porcentaje del ancho del bloque contenedor.

Ejemplos

CSS

css
#wrap {
  width: 700px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  background: #5c5c5c;
}

pre {
  white-space: pre;
  white-space: pre-wrap;
  white-space: pre-line;
  word-wrap: break-word;
}

#example_1 {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  position: absolute;
  left: 20px;
  top: 20px;
  background-color: #d8f5ff;
}

#example_2 {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  position: relative;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  background-color: #c1ffdb;
}
#example_3 {
  width: 600px;
  height: 400px;
  position: relative;
  top: 20px;
  left: 20px;
  background-color: #ffd7c2;
}

#example_4 {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 10px;
  right: 20px;
  background-color: #ffc7e4;
}

HTML

html
<div id="wrap">
  <div id="example_1">
    <pre>
      position: absolute;
      left: 20px;
      top: 20px;
    </pre>
    <p>
      The only containing element for this div is the main window, so it
      positions itself in relation to it.
    </p>
  </div>

  <div id="example_2">
    <pre>
      position: relative;
      top: 0;
      right: 0;
    </pre>
    <p>Relative position in relation to its siblings.</p>
  </div>

  <div id="example_3">
    <pre>
      float: right;
      position: relative;
      top: 20px;
      left: 20px;
    </pre>
    <p>Relative to its sibling div above, but removed from flow of content.</p>

    <div id="example_4">
      <pre>
        position: absolute;
        bottom: 10px;
        right: 20px;
      </pre>
      <p>Absolute position inside of a parent with relative position</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Especificaciones

Specification
CSS Positioned Layout Module Level 3
# insets

Compatibilidad con navegadores

Ver también