The CSS margin property is used to set the margin area around the selected element around its borders. The margin property is a shorthand for margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, and margin-left.
Syntax
The syntax of CSS margin property is as follows −
Selector {
margin: /*value*/
}The following examples illustrate CSS margin property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body * {
display: flex;
float: left;
margin: 10px 15px;
border: thin solid;
text-align: center;
width: 40%;
border-radius: 5%;
box-shadow: 0 0 4px 1px grey;
}
p {
font-family: "Sim Sun", monospace;
background-color: lightcyan;
}
div {
font-family: Impact, cursive;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>First demo text</p>
<div>A demo line goes like this..</div>
</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, table * {
margin: 5% 30%;
border: 12px double red;
padding: 0.5rem;
border-radius: 30px;
}
td:nth-child(even) {
background-color: lightblue;
}
td:nth-child(odd) {
background-color: lightgreen;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output −
