March 1Mar 1 Administrators CSS Margins This element has a margin of 70px. Try it Yourself » CSS Margins The CSS margin properties are used to create space around elements, outside of any defined borders. Margins define the distance between an element's border and the surrounding elements. With CSS, you have full control over the margins. CSS has properties for setting the margin for each individual side of an element (top, right, bottom, and left), and a shorthand property for setting all the margin properties in one declaration. Margin - Individual Sides CSS has properties for specifying the margin for each side of an element: margin-top - sets the top margin of an element margin-right - sets the right margin of an element margin-bottom - sets the bottom margin of an element margin-left - sets the left margin of an element All the margin properties can have the following values: auto - the browser calculates the margin length - specifies a margin in px, pt, cm, etc. % - specifies a margin in % of the width of the containing element inherit - specifies that the margin should be inherited from the parent element Tip: Negative values are also allowed. Example Set different margins for all four sides of a <p> element: p { margin-top: 100px; margin-bottom: 100px; margin-right: 150px; margin-left: 80px;} Try it Yourself » Margin - Shorthand Property To shorten the code, it is possible to specify all the margin properties in one declaration. The margin property is a shorthand property for the following individual margin properties: margin-top margin-right margin-bottom margin-left Here is how it works: If the margin property has four values: margin: 25px 50px 75px 100px; top margin is 25px right margin is 50px bottom margin is 75px left margin is 100px Example Use the margin shorthand property with four values: p { margin: 25px 50px 75px 100px;} Try it Yourself » If the margin property has three values: margin: 25px 50px 75px; top margin is 25px right and left margins are 50px bottom margin is 75px Example Use the margin shorthand property with three values: p { margin: 25px 50px 75px;} Try it Yourself » If the margin property has two values: margin: 25px 50px;top and bottom margins are 25px right and left margins are 50px Example Use the margin shorthand property with two values: p { margin: 25px 50px;} Try it Yourself » If the margin property has one value: margin: 25px;all four margins are 25px Example Use the margin shorthand property with one value: p { margin: 25px;} Try it Yourself » The auto Value You can set the margin property to auto to horizontally center the element within its container. The element will then take up the specified width, and the remaining space will be split equally between the left and right margins. Example Use margin: auto: div { width: 300px; margin: auto; border: 1px solid red;} Try it Yourself » The inherit Value You can set the margin property to inherit to let the margin be inherited from the parent element. This example lets the left margin of the <p class="ex1"> element be inherited from the parent element (<div>): Example Use of the inherit value: div { border: 1px solid red; margin-left: 100px;}p.ex1 { margin-left: inherit;} Try it Yourself » All CSS Margin Properties Property Description margin A shorthand property for setting all the margin properties in one declaration margin-bottom Sets the bottom margin of an element margin-left Sets the left margin of an element margin-right Sets the right margin of an element margin-top Sets the top margin of an element ★ +1 Sign in to track progress
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