CSS box model

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Shows the box-model areas and computed cascade result, but stops short of explaining the full cascade process.

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The CSS box model represents an element as content surrounded by padding, border, and margin areas.

The CSS box model represents an element as content surrounded by padding, border, and margin. The browser Inspector lets you view and adjust these areas while experimenting with CSS. section 7.3

Inspect and adjust spacing

Select an element in the Inspector, open the Computed tab, and use the box model view to inspect or directly edit its padding, border, and margin. Changes are temporary experiments rather than permanent stylesheet edits. section 7.3

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paddinghas part · Padding is the addition of extra space, values, or data around or within a structure to satisfy size, alignment, layout, or processing requirements.
borderhas part · A CSS border is the visual edge surrounding an element’s content and padding areas, defined by properties such as width, style, and color.
marginhas part · Margin is a borrowing arrangement that allows an investor to purchase securities with funds supplied by a brokerage and secured by those securities.
box-sizingconfigured by · The CSS box-sizing property determines whether an element’s specified width and height include its padding and border areas.
content areahas part · The content area is the innermost region of a CSS box containing an element’s text, images, or other rendered content, excluding padding and borders.
margin propertyhas part · The CSS margin property specifies the outer space around an element’s border, separating it from neighboring content.

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