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CSS: Margins and Padding


We learned how to work with borders and apply them to the various elements in our last tutorial. In this article we will go over setting margins and working with padding to give your web pages a seamless look. There is, as always, a lot of ground to cover, so let's get started.

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By: James Payne
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March 31, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. · CSS: Margins and Padding
  2. · Top Margin Using Centimeters and Percentage
  3. · Using Padding in CSS
  4. · Working with Lists in CSS
  5. · How to Set an Image as a List Marker

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CSS: Margins and Padding - Top Margin Using Centimeters and Percentage
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Here is how you would set the individual margin properties for each side of an element.


<html>

<head>

<style type="text/css">

p.exampleone {margin-top: 5cm}

p.exampletwo {margin-top: 20%}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<p>Here is an example without margins</p>

<p class="exampleone">Here is an example using centimeters</p>

<p class="exampletwo">Here is an example using percentage.

</body>

</html>

Bottom Margin Using Centimeters and Percentage

<html>

<head>

<style type="text/css">

p.exampleone {margin-bottom: 5cm}

p.exampletwo {margin-bottom: 20%}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<p>Here is an example without margins</p>

<p class="exampleone">Here is an example using centimeters</p>

<p class="exampletwo">Here is an example using percentage.

</body>

</html>

Right Margin Using Centimeters and Percentage


<html>

<head>

<style type="text/css">

p.exampleone {margin-right: 5cm}

p.exampletwo {margin-right: 20%}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<p>Here is an example without margins</p>

<p class="exampleone" style="text-align:right">Here is an example using centimeters</p>

<p class="exampletwo" style="text-align:right">Here is an example using percentage.

<p>Note that I used right-aligned text to better demonstrate the effect of adjusting the right margin.</p>

</body>

</html>

Left Margin Using Centimeters and Percentage


<html>

<head>

<style type="text/css">

p.exampleone {margin-left: 5cm}

p.exampletwo {margin-left: 20%}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<p>Here is an example without margins</p>

<p class="exampleone">Here is an example using centimeters</p>

<p class="exampletwo">Here is an example using percentage.

</body>

</html>


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