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The CSS margin properties define the space around elements.

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How do negative margins in CSS work and why is (margin-top:-5 != margin-bottom:5)?

A common trick for vertical positioning elements is to use the following CSS: .item { position:absolute; top:50%; margin-top:-8px; /* half of height */ height: 16px; } When seen in the metric view as in Chrome this is what you…
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Why can't I center with margin: 0 auto?

I have a #header div that is 100% width and within that div I have an unordered list. I have applied margin: 0 auto to the unordered list but it won't center it within the header div. Can anybody please tell me why? I thought that if I define the…
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margin-top only when the flex item is wrapped

I have a flex container with two flex items. I want to set a margin-top on the second one, but only when it's wrapped and not at the first flex line. If possible, I want to avoid using media queries. I thought margin-bottom on the first element…
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CSS Cell Margin

In my HTML document, I have a table with two columns and multiple rows. How can I increase the space in between the first and second column with css? I've tried applying "margin-right: 10px;" to each of the cells on the left hand side, but to no…
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jQuery How to Get Element's Margin and Padding?

Just wondering - how using jQuery - I can get an elements formatted total padding and margin etc ? i.e. 30px 30px 30px 30px or 30px 5px 15px 30px etc I tried var margT = jQuery('img').css('margin'); var bordT = jQuery('img').css('border'); var…
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How to align two elements on the same line without changing HTML

I have two elements on the same line floated left and floated right.
element 1 markup
element 2…
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Auto margins don't center image in page

In this example the image is not centered. Why? My browser is Google Chrome v10 on windows 7, not IE.
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Remove all padding and margin table HTML and CSS

I have this table :
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Setting Margin Properties in code

MyControl.Margin.Left = 10; Error: Cannot modify the return value of 'System.Windows.FrameworkElement.Margin' because it is not a variable
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Does bootstrap have builtin padding and margin classes?

Does Bootstrap have built-in padding and margin classes like pad-10, mar-left-10 or I have to add my own custom classes? For example, similar to the ones here at padding and margin tabs.
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How to remove padding around Android CheckBox

I need to put check to the right hand top corner of my imageview. But when I do this I noticed a default margin around my checkbox. Is there a way to remove this??
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How to get margin value of a div in plain JavaScript?

I can get height in jQuery with $(item).outerHeight(true); but how do I with JS? I can get the height of the li with document.getElementById(item).offsetHeight but i will always get "" when I try…
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How do I force a vertical scrollbar to appear?

My site has both very short and longer pages. Since I center it in the viewport with margin: 0 auto, it jumps around a few pixels when switching from a page that has a scrollbar to one that hasn't and the other way around. Is there a way to force…
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Flutter Layout Container Margin

I have a problem with my Flutter Layout. I have a simple container with a Margin right and left of 20.0 Inside this container i have another container. But this container does not fit to the parent container only on the left side. I dont know why…
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UIButton Text Margin / Padding

I have the following layout, and I'm trying to add a padding to the left and right.. The controls are a disabled UIButton. My code for creating a button is this: UIButton *buttonTime = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(90, 10, 50, 20)];…
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