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h1 {margin: 10px}
 
h1 {margin: 10px}
 
all four margins will be 10px
 
all four margins will be 10px

Revision as of 14:04, 8 December 2006

Summary

The margin property is used for setting the four margins in one declaration.

Inherited: No

Syntax

TARGET_ELEMENT {margin: 10px}

Legal Values

Values can be specified as pixels (px) or percentage (%)


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).

Negative values are allowed.

Mozilla Recommended Values

Usage Examples

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

Notes

Specification Conformance

Browser Compatibility

See Also