Difference between revisions of "CSS:BoxModel"
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When using CSS, every element can be thought of as an object with several different boundaries. The "content" is separated from the "border" by "padding", and the "border" is seperated from the next object by the "margin." Each of these boundaries are controllable through CSS. The picture below demonstrates the concept well: | When using CSS, every element can be thought of as an object with several different boundaries. The "content" is separated from the "border" by "padding", and the "border" is seperated from the next object by the "margin." Each of these boundaries are controllable through CSS. The picture below demonstrates the concept well: | ||
| − | [[Image:boxmodel. | + | [[Image:boxmodel.gif|The box model - from http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/box.html]] |
Revision as of 12:42, 5 September 2007
The box model
When using CSS, every element can be thought of as an object with several different boundaries. The "content" is separated from the "border" by "padding", and the "border" is seperated from the next object by the "margin." Each of these boundaries are controllable through CSS. The picture below demonstrates the concept well:
