CSS Margins
The CSS margin properties are used to create space around elements,
outside of any defined borders.
With CSS, you have full control over the margins. There are properties for
setting the margin for each side of an element (top, right, bottom, and left).
Margin - Individual Sides
CSS has properties for specifying the margin for each side of an element:
margin-top
margin-right
margin-bottom
margin-left
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
border: 1px solid black;
margin-top: 100px;
margin-bottom: 100px;
margin-right: 150px;
margin-left: 80px;
background-color: lightblue;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Using individual margin properties</h2>
<div>This div element has a top margin of 100px, a right margin of 150px, a
bottom margin of 100px, and a left margin of 80px.</div>
</body>
</html>
Margin - Shorthand Property
To shorten the code, it is possible to specify all the margin properties in one
property.
The margin property is a shorthand property for the following individual
margin properties:
margin-top
margin-right
margin-bottom
margin-left
So, here is how it works:
If the margin property has four values:
margin: 25px 50px 75px 100px;
o top margin is 25px
o right margin is 50px
o bottom margin is 75px
o left margin is 100px
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
border: 1px solid black;
margin: 25px 50px 75px 100px;
background-color: lightblue;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The margin shorthand property - 4 values</h2>
<div>This div element has a top margin of 25px, a right margin of 50px, a
bottom margin of 75px, and a left margin of 100px.</div>
<hr>
</body>
</html>
CSS Padding
Padding is used to create space around an element's content, inside of
any defined borders.
Padding - Individual Sides
CSS has properties for specifying the padding for each side of an element:
padding-top
padding-right
padding-bottom
padding-left
All the padding properties can have the following values:
length - specifies a padding in px, pt, cm, etc.
% - specifies a padding in % of the width of the containing element
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: lightblue;
padding-top: 50px;
padding-right: 30px;
padding-bottom: 50px;
padding-left: 80px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Using individual padding properties</h2>
<div>This div element has a top padding of 50px, a right padding of
30px, a bottom padding of 50px, and a left padding of 80px.</div>
</body>
</html>
Padding - Shorthand Property
To shorten the code, it is possible to specify all the padding properties in one
property.
The padding property is a shorthand property for the following individual
padding properties:
padding-top
padding-right
padding-bottom
padding-left
So, here is how it works:
If the padding property has four values:
padding: 25px 50px 75px 100px;
o top padding is 25px
o right padding is 50px
o bottom padding is 75px
o left padding is 100px
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 25px 50px 75px 100px;
background-color: lightblue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The padding shorthand property - 4 values</h2>
<div>This div element has a top padding of 25px, a right
padding of 50px, a bottom padding of 75px, and a left
padding of 100px.</div>
</body>
</html>
