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Margins and Padding Properties

CSS margins are the amount of space between an element and the elements that surround it. Padding is the amount of space between the content and the border of an element.

Units of Measurement

Units of measurement, when applied to margins and padding, may either be relative or absolute. Absolute units have no real meaning on a computer screen so are not covered here. Relative units include ...

em, en and ex are units historically based on metal type. In style sheets they act as multiples of a default size e.g. If the default size were 10 pixels then 2em would be 20px.
px is straightforwardly a size in pixels which will show as a different physical size on different screen resolutions.

Example of Setting the Margins and Padding Properties of a Class

.element_class_name {
margin: 8px;
padding: 4px;
}

Property	Description	Values
margin	Sets the size of all margins around the element. If length is used it must be set to units of measurement.	auto length percentage
margin−top	Sets the size of the top margin of the element. If length is used it must be set to units of measurement.	auto length percentage
margin−right	Sets the size of the right margin of the element. If length is used it must be set to units of measurement.	auto length percentage
margin−bottom	Sets the size of the bottom margin of the element. If length is used it must be set to units of measurement.	auto length percentage
margin−left	Sets the size of the left margin of the element. If length is used it must be set to units of measurement.	auto length percentage
padding	Sets the size of all padding within the element. If length is used it must be set to units of measurement.	auto length percentage
padding−top	Sets the size of the top padding within the element. If length is used it must be set to units of measurement.	auto length percentage
padding−right	Sets the size of the right padding within the element. If length is used it must be set to units of measurement.	auto length percentage
padding−bottom	Sets the size of the bottom padding within the element. If length is used it must be set to units of measurement.	auto length percentage
padding−left	Sets the size of the left padding within the element. If length is used it must be set to units of measurement.	auto length percentage

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