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).
CSS has properties for specifying the margin for each side of an element:
All the margin properties can have the following values:
Tip: Negative values are allowed.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<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>
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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:
So, here is how it works:
Use the margin shorthand property with four values:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<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>
Result View Example
p {
margin: 25px 50px 75px;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
border: 1px solid black;
margin: 25px 50px 75px;
background-color: lightblue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The margin shorthand property - 3 values</h2>
<div>This div element has a top margin of 25px, a right and left margin of 50px, and a bottom margin of 75px.</div>
<hr>
</body>
</html>
Result View Example
p {
margin: 25px 50px;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
border: 1px solid black;
margin: 25px 50px;
background-color: lightblue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The margin shorthand property - 2 values</h2>
<div>This div element has a top and bottom margin of 25px, and a right and left margin of 50px.</div>
<hr>
</body>
</html>
Result View Example
p {
margin: 25px;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
border: 1px solid black;
margin: 25px;
background-color: lightblue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>The margin shorthand property - 1 value</h2>
<div>This div element has a top, bottom, left, and right margin of 25px.</div>
<hr>
</body>
</html>
Result View Example
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.
div {
width: 300px;
margin: auto;
border: 1px solid red;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
width: 300px;
margin: auto;
border: 1px solid red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Use of margin: auto</h2>
<p>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:</p>
<div>
This div will be horizontally centered because it has margin: auto;
</div>
</body>
</html>
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This example lets the left margin of the <p class="ex1"> element be inherited from the parent element (<div>):
div {
border: 1px solid red;
margin-left: 100px;
}
p.ex1 {
margin-left: inherit;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
border: 1px solid red;
margin-left: 100px;
}
p.ex1 {
margin-left: inherit;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Use of the inherit value</h2>
<p>Let the left margin be inherited from the parent element:</p>
<div>
<p class="ex1">This paragraph has an inherited left margin (from the div element).</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Result View Example
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