CSS 2.

Box Model

CSS BOX Model

All HTML elements can be considered as boxes. In CSS, the term "box model" is used when talking about
design and layout.

Box model

Borders & Outline

Margin & Padding

Height and width

CSS Borders:
Property

Description

border

Sets all the border properties in one declaration

border-width

Sets the width of the four borders

border-color

Sets the color of the four borders

border-style

Sets the style of the four borders. (Values are listed below)

border-left

Sets all the left border properties in one declaration

border-top

Sets all the top border properties in one declaration

border-right

Sets all the right border properties in one declaration

border-bottom

Sets all the bottom border properties in one declaration

border-bottom-color

Sets the color of the bottom border

border-bottom-style

Sets the style of the bottom border

border-bottom-width

Sets the width of the bottom border

border-left-color

Sets the color of the left border

border-left-style

Sets the style of the left border

border-left-width

Sets the width of the left border

border-right-color

Sets the color of the right border

border-right-style

Sets the style of the right border

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border-right-width

Sets the width of the right border

border-top-color

Sets the color of the top border

border-top-style

Sets the style of the top border

border-top-width

Sets the width of the top border

The border-style Property:

groove: Border looks as though it is carved into the page.
ridge: Border looks the opposite of groove.
inset: Border makes the box look like it is embedded in the page.
outset: Border makes the box look like it is coming out of the canvas

The border-style property can have from one to four values.

border-style: dotted solid double dashed;

top border is dotted

right border is solid

bottom border is double

left border is dashed

border-style: dotted solid double;

top border is dotted

right and left borders are solid

bottom border is double

border-style: dotted solid;

top and bottom borders are dotted

right and left borders are solid

border-style: dotted;

all four borders are dotted

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Border Outline:
An outline is a line that is drawn around elements (outside the borders) to make the element "stand out".

outline-color

outline-style: Same values as border-style

outline-width

outline: <color> <style> <width>

CSS Margins:
The margin property defines the space around an HTML element. It is possible to use negative values to overlap
content.
Property

Description

margin

A shorthand property for setting the margin properties in one declaration

margin-bottom

Sets the bottom margin of an element

margin-left

Sets the left margin of an element

margin-right

Sets the right margin of an element

margin-top

Sets the top margin of an element

Examples:
<p style="margin: 15px; border:1px solid black;">All four margins will be 15px </p>

<p style="margin:10px 2%; border:1px solid black;">Top and bottom margin will be 10px, left and right margin will
be 2% of the total width of the document. </p>

<p style="margin: 10px 2% -10px; border:1px solid black;"> Top margin will be 10px, left and right margin will be
2% of the total width of the document, bottom margin will be -10px </p>

<p style="margin: 10px 2% -10px auto; border:1px solid black;">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 </p>

CSS Padding:
The padding clears an area around the content (inside the border) of an element. The padding is affected by the
background color of the element.
Property
padding

Description
A shorthand property for setting all the padding properties in one declaration
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padding-bottom

Sets the bottom padding of an element

padding-left

Sets the left padding of an element

padding-right

Sets the right padding of an element

padding-top

Sets the top padding of an element

Examples:
<p style="padding: 15px; border:1px solid black;">All four padding will be 15px </p>

<p style="padding:10px 2%; border:1px solid black;"> Top and bottom padding will be 10px, left and right padding
will be 2% of the total width of the document. </p>

<p style="padding: 10px 2% 10px; border:1px solid black;"> Top padding will be 10px, left and right padding will be
2% of the total width of the document, bottom padding will be 10px </p>

<p style="padding: 10px 2% 10px 10px; border:1px solid black;">Top padding will be 10px, right padding will be 2%
of the total width of the document, bottom padding and top padding will be 10px </p>

CSS Dimensions
The CSS dimension properties allow you to control the height and width of an element.

The height property is used to set the height of a box.

The width property is used to set the width of a box.

The line-height property is used to set the height of a line of text.

The max-height property is used to set a maximum height that a box can be.

The min-height property is used to set the minimum height that a box can be.

The max-width property is used to set the maximum width that a box can be.

The min-width property is used to set the minimum width that a box can be.

Example:
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