Questions tagged [margin]

The CSS margin properties define the space around elements.

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Align a div to center

I want to float a div to center. Is it possible? text-align: center is not working in IE.
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jQuery.css() - marginLeft vs. margin-left?

With jQuery.css() I've been told I can use the following two functions for the same results: $(".element").css("marginLeft") = "200px"; $(".element").css("margin-left") = "200px"; I've always used marginLeft as this is what is used in the…
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app:layout_marginBottom is not working well with android constraint layout

Is there any reason why the following layout_marginBottom is not working? However, if I use layout_marginTop on the second view it does work well
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How do I add a margin to a CSS webkit scrollbar?

I'd like to create a gap between the scrollbar and the right edge of the screen. How do I achieve this?
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Using margin / padding to space from the rest of the

Ive got a block of text, and i want to write the authors name and date bellow it in small italics, so i put it in a block and styled it, but i want to space the name out a little bit so i applided margin (also tried padding) to the block but…
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Add bigger margin to EditText in Android AlertDialog

I have an EditText inside an AlertDialog. It looks like this. See where it says tddjdjck and how it is indented quite a lot. That is what I want (I used setPadding with left and right set to 50), but I also want the blue line under it to be…
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Why doesn't margin get filled with background color in CSS?

I have this simple piece of HTML. Why doesn't the background color fill the entire #footer element's background - specifically, including the margin?