CSS margin-top property

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margin-top property

CSS margin-top property sets the top margin of a box.

Syntax

margin-top: width | inherit

Values

width : Width of the top margin. The following table shows the values used to set width:

Type	Description
Fixed width	Using px, cm, em units, a fixed width is set.
Percentage	Using percentage sign followed by a number, a percentage value is set. The percentage is represented with respect to the width of the box.
auto	User agent sets the width by itself.

inherit : If set, the associated element takes computed value of its parent element's margin-top property.

Initial value

Applies to

margin-top property can be applied to all elements except elements with table display types other than table-caption, table and inline-table.

Inherited

No.

Percentages

With reference to the width of the containing block.

Media

visual.

Computed value

Either a percentage or absolute value.

Browser compatibility

Browser	Version
Internet Explorer	4.0 and above
Firefox (Gecko)	1.0 and above
Opera	3.5 and above
Safari (WebKit)	1.0 and above

Example of margin-top property

CSS code:

.w3r {
margin-top: 50px;
}

HTML code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>CSS margin-top example - w3resource</title>
<link rel='stylesheet' href='margin-top.css' type='text/css' />
</head>
<body>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
<p  class="w3r">Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</body>
</html>

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Example of margin-bottom property.

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