Margin Properties

Comments:  These properties let you specify where an element gets placed within its "box."
Property Description Values Example
margin-top Places the top margin of the element; you can use negative values.

**NOTE: For some reason, IE4.0 treats this style command like the padding properties, i.e. it will add space to the top of every cellif done with a table. With <div> the property works normally.

XX units
%
auto 		div {margin-top: 2em}

Displays the top margin of the division 2 em spaces down the page.

margin-bottom Places the bottom margin of the element; you can use negative values.

**See the note for margin-top

XX units
%
auto 		div {margin-bottom: 10%}

Places the bottom margin of the div element 10 percent down the page and diplays the element from the bottom up.

margin-left Places the left margin of the element; you can use negative values. XX units
%
auto 		div {margin-top: 6em}

Displays the left margin of the division 6 em spaces from the left of the page.

margin-right Places the right margin of the element; you can use negative values. XX units
%
auto 		div {margin-right: 1em}

Displays the right margin of the division 1 em space from the right edge of the page.