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HTML DOM clientWidth Property

Element Object

Example

Get the width of a div element, including padding:

var elmnt = document.getElementById("myDIV");
var txt = "Height of the div element, including padding: " + elmnt.clientHeight + "px<br>";
txt += "Width of the div element, including padding: " + elmnt.clientWidth + "px";

Definition and Usage

The clientWidth property is a read-only property that returns the width of the element in pixels, including padding but excluding borders, margins, and scrollbars. It returns an integer value in pixels.

Inline elements and elements without CSS styles have a clientWidth property value of 0.

Note: To understand this property, refer to the CSS Box Model.

Tip: This property is often used together with the clientHeight property.

Tip: Use the offsetHeight and offsetWidth properties to return the visible height and width of the element, including padding and borders.

Tip: To add scrollbars to an element, use the overflow property.

This is a read-only property.


Browser Support

Property Chrome Edge Firefox Safari Opera
clientWidth Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Syntax

element.clientWidth

Technical Details

| Return Value: | Returns an integer representing the width of the element in pixels. | | --- | --- |


More Examples

Example

The following example demonstrates the difference between clientHeight/clientWidth and offsetHeight/offsetWidth properties:

var elmnt = document.getElementById("myDIV");
var txt = "";
txt += "Height including padding: " + elmnt.clientHeight + "px<br>";
txt += "Height including padding and border: " + elmnt.offsetHeight + "px<br>";
txt += "Width including padding: " + elmnt.clientWidth + "px<br>";
txt += "Width including padding and border: " + elmnt.offsetWidth + "px";

Example

The following example demonstrates the difference between clientHeight/clientWidth and offsetHeight/offsetWidth properties after adding scrollbars to the element:

var elmnt = document.getElementById("myDIV");
var txt = "";
txt += "<b>Style information of the div:</b><br>";
txt += "Height including padding: " + elmnt.clientHeight + "px<br>";
txt += "Height including padding, border, and scrollbar: " + elmnt.offsetHeight + "px<br>";
txt += "Width including padding: " + elmnt.clientWidth + "px<br>";
txt += "Width including padding, border, and scrollbar: " + elmnt.offsetWidth + "px";

Element Object

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