Style textIndent Property

Indent the first line of a <div> element with 50 pixels:

document.getElementById("myDiv").style.textIndent = "50px";

Description

The textIndent property sets or returns the indentation of the first line of text.

Note: Negative values are allowed. The first line will be indented to the left if the value is negative.

Property
textIndent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Return the textIndent property:

object.style.textIndent

Set the textIndent property:

object.style.textIndent = "length|%|initial|inherit"

Value	Description
length	Defines the indentation in length units. Default value is 0
%	Defines the indentation in % of the width of the parent element
initial	Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

Default Value:	0
Return Value:	A String, representing the indentation of the first line of text in the element
CSS Version	CSS1

Return the text indentation of a <div> element:

alert(document.getElementById("myDiv").style.textIndent);

CSS tutorial: CSS Text