CSS Margin
CSS margin define the space around the HTML element. You can use negative values to overlap content.
Top, bottom, left and right margin can be changed independently using separate margin properties.
The CSS margin properties are as follows:
- margin-left
- margin-right
- margin-top
- margin-bottom
CSS margin left:
The margin-left property is used to set the margin at left side of an element.
The margin-left property accepts length and percentage values, and auto keyword also.
CSS margin right:
The margin-right property is used to set the margin at right side of an element.
The margin-right property accepts length and percentage values, and the auto keyword.
CSS margin top:
The margin-top property which used to set the margin at top of an element.
The margin-top property accepts length and percentage values, as well as the auto keyword.
CSS margin bottom:
The margin-bottom property which used to set the margin at bottom of an element.
The margin-bottom property accepts length and percentage values, and the auto keyword.
The Margin Shorthand Property:
The CSS margin property uses a shorthand property for setting margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, and margin-left in one place. This method is faster and it has less code than the previous method.
Explanation of above code:
margin: 25px; – All four sides have a margin of 25 pixels.
margin: 25px 10px; – Top and bottom have a margin of 25 pixels and Right and left have a margin of 10 pixels.
margin: 25px 10px 20px; – Top is 25px, Left and right are 10px, and Bottom is 20px.
margin: 25px 10px 20px 25px; – Top is 25px, Right is 10px, Bottom is 20px, and Left is 25px.
The auto Value:
The margin property is set to auto to horizontally center the element.
The inherit Value:
It is used to inherit the margin values from the parent element.
CSS Padding
The CSS padding properties are used to set the padding area for an element that separates its border from its content.
In padding, negative values are not allowed.
Top, bottom, left and right padding can be changed independently using separate padding properties.
The CSS padding properties are as follows:
- padding-left
- padding-right
- padding-top
- padding-bottom
CSS padding left:
The padding-left property is used to set the left padding of an element.
The padding-left property accepts the length and percentage value as well as the inherit keyword.
CSS padding right:
The padding-right property is used to set the right padding of an element.
The padding-right property accepts the length and percentage value as well as the inherit keyword.
CSS padding top:
The padding-top property is used to set the top padding of an element.
The padding-top property accepts the length and percentage value as well as the inherit keyword.
CSS padding bottom:
The padding-bottom property is used to set the bottom padding of an element.
The padding-bottom property accepts the length and percentage value as well as the inherit keyword.
The Padding Shorthand Property:
The CSS padding property uses a shorthand property for setting padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom, and padding-left in one place. This method is faster and it has less code than the previous method.
Explanation of above code:
padding: 25px; – All four sides have a padding of 25 pixels.
padding: 25px 10px; – Top and bottom have a padding of 25 pixels and Right and left have a padding of 10 pixels.
padding: 25px 10px 20px; – Top is 25px, Left and right are 10px, and Bottom is 20px.
padding: 25px 10px 20px 25px; – Top is 25px, Right is 10px, Bottom is 20px, and Left is 25px.