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CSS Margin
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The CSS margin properties define the space around elements.
Margin
The margin clears an area around an element (outside the border). The margin does not have a background color, and is completely transparent.
The top, right, bottom, and left margin can be changed independently using separate properties. A shorthand margin property can also be used, to change all margins at once.
Possible Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| auto | The browser sets the margin. The result of this is dependant of the browser |
| length | Defines a fixed margin (in pixels, pt, em, etc.) |
| % | Defines a margin in % of the containing element |
It is possible to use negative values, to overlap content.
Margin - Individual sides
In CSS, it is possible to specify different margins for different sides:
Example
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Margin - Shorthand property
To shorten the code, it is possible to specify all the margin properties in one property. This is called a shorthand property.
The shorthand property for all the margin properties is "margin":
Example
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The margin property can have from one to four values.
- margin:25px 50px 75px 100px;
- top margin is 25px
- right margin is 50px
- bottom margin is 75px
- left margin is 100px
- margin:25px 50px 75px;
- top margin is 25px
- right and left margins are 50px
- bottom margin is 75px
- margin:25px 50px;
- top and bottom margins are 25px
- right and left margins are 50px
- margin:25px;
- all four margins are 25px
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More Examples |
Set the top margin of a text using a cm value
This example demonstrates how to set the top margin of a text using a cm value.
Set the bottom margin of a text using a percent value
This example demonstrates how to set the bottom margin of a text using a percent value.
All CSS Margin Properties
The number in the "CSS" column indicates in which CSS version the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
| Property | Description | Values | CSS |
|---|---|---|---|
| margin | A shorthand property for setting the margin properties in one declaration | margin-top margin-right margin-bottom margin-left |
1 |
| margin-bottom | Sets the bottom margin of an element | auto length % |
1 |
| margin-left | Sets the left margin of an element | auto length % |
1 |
| margin-right | Sets the right margin of an element | auto length % |
1 |
| margin-top | Sets the top margin of an element | auto length % |
1 |
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