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CSS CSS Basics (2014) The Box Model Margins

Posted by Osama Awan
Osama Awan
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Padding instead of Margin

Can't we use padding for creating some space instead of margin in h2 and h3.

1 Answer

Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Sure you can.

But imagine that the h2 and h3 have borders around them. Lets say 5px would be more than enough.

And now imagine you want to give them a little more space between them.

If you add padding to the elements the borders will still stick together. But by giving them a margin property you separate them from each other.

With padding you expand/decrease the space between the h2 or h3 element to the border. With margin you expand/decrease the space between the h2 or h3 element to the next element in the document flow.

LINK here the bo model is explained and presented.

Hope this helps.