CSS GUIDE MARGIN
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Summary
The margin property is used for setting the four margins in one declaration.
Inherited: No
Syntax
TARGET_ELEMENT {margin: 10px}
Legal Values
Values can be specified as pixels (px) or percentage (%)
Sets the properties for the margins. The values comes in % (defines a margin in % of the total height/width of the document), length (defines a fixed margin), and auto (the browser sets a margin).
Negative values are allowed.
Mozilla Recommended Values
Usage Examples
h1 {margin: 10px}
all four margins will be 10px
h1 {margin: 10px 2%}
top and bottom margin will be 10px, left and right margin will be 2% of the
total width of the document.
h1 {margin: 10px 2% -10px}
top margin will be 10px, left and right margin will be 2% of the total
width of the document, bottom margin will be -10px
h1 {margin: 10px 2% -10px auto}
top margin will be 10px, right margin will be 2% of the total width of
the document, bottom margin will be -10px, left margin will be set by the browser
Notes
Negative values are allowed.
