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The margin property

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The margin property is a shorthand property for setting all of the properties for the four margins in one declaration.

Note: Negative values are allowed.

Inherited: No

Example

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

Possible Values

Value Description NN IE
margin-top
margin-right
margin-bottom
margin-left
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). 4.0 4.0

Browser Notes

Note in IE 4.0+:
  • This property does not work with inline elements
  • The "margin-bottom" property does not work with table cells

Note in IE 5.5 Beta 1:

  • This property works with inline elements

Notes in Netscape 4.0+: 

  • This property does not work properly with inline elements, input fields, images, and list items
  • This property ignores negative values


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