How do I set inline styles in internet explorer?

Question

In all other browsers, element.style seems to work fine. But Internet Explorer 8 doesn't know it...

Getting this error when x is a div:

Error: 'x.style.left' is null or not an object

x.style itself is undefined. I looked at http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/changess.html but it doesn't say anything about styles on specific elements, just like http://help.dottoro.com/ljuefnvw.php doesn't say anything either.

Answer 1

<div id="example">
    Test
</div>
<script>
    document.getElementById('example').style.marginLeft = '50px';
</script>

works

Answer 2

instead of using element.style, use the specific tag name.