CSS margin Property

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Definition and Usage

The margin shorthand property sets all the margin properties in one declaration. This property can have from one to four values.

Examples:

• margin:10px 5px 15px 20px;
  • top margin is 10px
  • right margin is 5px
  • bottom margin is 15px
  • left margin is 20px
  
  
• margin:10px 5px 15px;
  • top margin is 10px
  • right and left margins are 5px
  • bottom margin is 15px
  
  
• margin:10px 5px;
  • top and bottom margins are 10px
  • right and left margins are 5px
  
  
• margin:10px;
  • all four margins are 10px

Note: Negative values are allowed.

Browser Support

The margin property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: No versions of Internet Explorer (including IE8) support the property value "inherit".

Property Values

Related Pages

CSS tutorial: CSS Margin

HTML DOM reference: margin property

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