Margin in CSS

What is margin?

The margin is the space outside the border.

what is the difference between padding margin and border

Margin Individual Sides

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Margin Inherit

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Margin Shorthand Property

We can specify different margin for each side of an element. For example, we can specify it as;

margin-top
margin-right
margin-bottom
margin-left

We can specify it in one value.

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We can specify it in two values. For example, we can specify it as;

margin: 120px 250px;

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We can specify it in three values. For example, we can specify it as;

margin: 50px 100px 160px;

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Margin Shorthand Property as auto

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Margin Collapse

Let’s see the example in which the h1 element has a bottom margin of 40px and the h2 element has a top margin of 15px. Then, the vertical margin between h1 and h2 should have been 55px (40px + 15px). However, we are collapsing the borders, so the actual margin ends up being 40px.

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