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CSS

Posted by pietro capriata
pietro capriata
18,066 Points

What are the difference between "top - margin-top" "bottom margin-bottom"?

Have not the same results?

1 Answer

Henry Goh
Henry Goh
20,201 Points

Hi Pietro, The top attribute basically defines the y-position from the top of the browser, but also depends on what is defined in the position attribute as well. The margin-top specifies the element's top gap from another element.

Same thing goes for bottom where it starts counting the pixels or whatever units defined from the bottom, and margin-bottom defines the gap below the element.

Do correct me if I am wrong though, as I am not really an expert in front-end web development.

You can check out a better Explanation here. Or the W3School where you can just experiment with the CSS editor.