CSS2 » Properties » margin
Version: Level 1
Compability: IE4+ N4+
- Syntax:
- margin : length | percentage | auto
- auto
- The auto value directs the browser to automatically calculate all four margins. By declaring auto, you can ensure that any previous declaration will not effect the margins.
- percentage
- The percentage value is based upon the total width being defined as 100%.
- length
- The length value can be in any of the following seven units. Use the abbreviation.
Length Abbrev. centimeters cm ems em inches in millimeters mm picas pc pixels px points pt
The margin property is a shortcut for setting the margin-bottom, margin-left, margin-right, and/or margin-top properties in one declaration. This property is not inherited.
You can declare one, two, three or four values. If you omit one of the values, the value for that margin will be obtained from the opposite side, therefore:
If you declare one value, the size for all four margins will be that value.
If you declare two values, the top and bottom margins will be set by the first value, the right and left margins by the second.
If you declare three values, the top margin will be set by the first value, the right and left margins will be set by the second, and the bottom by the third.
If you declare four values, the order is top, right, bottom, left.
Examples
Code:
body { margin: 25mm; }
body { margin: 1.0in; }
body { margin: 15pc 25pc; }
body { margin: 36pt 24pt 36pt; }
body { margin: 11.5%; }
body { margin: 10% 10% 10% 10%; }
body { margin: auto; }Language(s): CSS2
Code:
<p style="margin: 1in 1in 1in 1in;">This sentence has a margin of one inch on all sides.</p>Output:
This sentence has a margin of one inch on all sides.
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