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CSS Margins


Margins are used to create space around elements, outside of any defined borders.


This element has a margin of 70px.

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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

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 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;}
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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;
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;}
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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;}
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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;}
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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;}
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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;}
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The inherit Value
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;}
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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














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Reference: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_margin.asp