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Aprende Adding Space with Margins and Padding | The CSS Box Model & Spacing Elements
CSS Fundamentals
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CSS Fundamentals

CSS Fundamentals

1. Getting Started with CSS
2. Styling Text in CSS
3. The CSS Box Model & Spacing Elements
4. Mastering Flexbox for Layouts
5. Adding Decorative Effects with CSS

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Adding Space with Margins and Padding

The margin, padding, and border properties help us add more space to elements, improving the web resource's appearance, readability, and usability. Let's take a closer look at each of them.

margin and padding Properties

padding

padding refers to the space between an element's content and its border.

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We have multiple ways to give a value to padding.

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Each padding Separately

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margin

margin refers to the space between an element and the adjacent elements. It is the area outside the element's border.

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We can give margin in a couple of ways.

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Each margin Separately

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border Property

border refers to the line that surrounds an element's padding and content. It is the area that separates the element's content from its margin.

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It means that the border of all sides will look the same. Their width is 4px, style is solid, and color is brown.

Let's consider the following example and figure out the possible border styles:

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Each border Separately

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1. What is the difference between margin and padding in CSS?

2. What is the purpose of the border property?

3. How can we apply different margin values to different sides of an element?

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What is the difference between margin and padding in CSS?

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What is the purpose of the border property?

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How can we apply different margin values to different sides of an element?

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