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Ramzy Rashaun Arief
3,922 Pointscan someone tell me what is the different between padding and margin on css?
i'm confused
2 Answers
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsA brief description:
Padding is for putting space around elements.
Margin is for moving elements.
I hope you understand now :)
Tomasz Halaczkiewicz
21,845 PointsPadding is a space added inside of an element, margin is a space outside of an element that seperates the element from other elements.
Johnathon Hill
6,074 PointsJohnathon Hill
6,074 PointsIf you think of elements on a page as 'boxes' , padding adds space within the element's 'box' and margin adds space on the outside of the element's 'box'.