The CSS Box Model

All HTML elements can be considered as boxes. In CSS3 and CSS3 Generator, the term "box model" is used when talking about design and layout.

The CSS box model is essentially a box that hush-up around HTML elements, and it consists of: margins, borders, padding, and the actual contented.

The box model allows us to position a border around elements and space elements in relation to other elements.

The image under the below illustrates the box model:

Explanation of the different parts:

• Margin - Clears an area around the border. The margin does not have a background color, it is completely transparent
• Border - A border that goes around the padding and content. The border is inherited from the color property of the box
• Padding - Clears an area around the content. The padding is affected by the background color of the box
• Content - The content of the box, where text and images appear

In order to set the width and height of an element correctly in all browsers, you need to know how the box model works.

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Width and Height of an Element

Important: When you set the width and height properties of an element with CSS, you just set the width and height of the content area. To calculate the full size of an element, you must also add the padding, borders and margins.

The total width of the element in the example below is 300px:

Width: 250px;
padding: 10px;
border: 5px solid gray;
margin: 10px;

Let's do the math:
250px (width)
+ 20px (left + right padding)
+ 10px (left + right border)
+ 20px (left + right margin)
= 300px

Assume that you had only 250px of space. Let's make an element with a total width of 250px:

Example

Width: 220px;
padding: 10px;
border: 5px solid gray;
margin: 0px;

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