Changing the Float Property with JavaScript

To change a CSS value in JavaScript, you would access the style object, converting the intended CSS property to “camel case”. For example, the CSS property “margin-left” becomes marginLeft; the property background-color becomes backgroundColor, and so on. But with the float property, it’s different, because float is already a reserved word in JavaScript. So, the following would be incorrect:

myDiv.style.float = “left”;

Instead, you would use one of the following:

// For Internet Explorer

myDiv.style.styleFloat = “left”;

// For all other browsers

myDiv.style.cssFloat = “left”;