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Overview

The CSS margin property gives an element space around its content, OUTSIDE of any defined borders. Each side of the element can be given its own margin value separately from the others, or all can be set as one.

For example, the text element below has the margin on all four sides set at 20px, pulling it away from the elements to its top, bottom, and both sides. A border has been applied to help visualize the margin, but even without a border, the margin would be the same.

Note

The following are basic examples. Towards the bottom of this page you’ll find a complete list of all applicable properties, where you can find more information on the properties discussed, and sometimes find more involved properties not discussed on this page.

The first example below sets the margin on all four sides to the same value, 20px. The second example individually sets all the sides to varying margin values.

/* set all 4 sides to 20px */
div {
    margin: 20px;
}
/* top, right, bottom, left margin */
div {
    margin: 10px 5px 20px 25px;
}

Margin Properties

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