CSS margin-block Property
Example
Set the margin for both sides in the block direction:
div {
margin-block: 35px;
}
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Definition and Usage
The margin-block property specifies the margin at the start and end in the block direction, and is a shorthand property for the following properties:
Values for the margin-block property can be set in different ways:
If the margin-block property has two values:
- margin-block: 10px 50px;
- margin at start is 10px
- margin at end is 50px
If the margin-block property has one value:
- margin-block: 10px;
- margin at start and end is 10px
The CSS
margin-block and
margin-inline properties are very similar to CSS properties
margin-top,
margin-bottom,
margin-left and
margin-right, but the
margin-block and
margin-inline properties are dependent on block and inline directions.
Note: The related CSS property writing-mode defines block direction. This affects where the start and end of a block is and the result of the margin-block property. For pages in English, block direction is downward and inline direction is left to right.
| Default value: | auto |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | yes. Read about animatable Try it |
| Version: | CSS3 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.marginBlock="50px 20px" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| margin-block | 87.0 | 87.0 | 66.0 | 14.1 | 73.0 |
CSS Syntax
margin-block: auto|value|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Value | Description | Demo |
|---|---|---|
| auto | Default. The element's default margin-block value. | Demo ❯ |
| length | Specifies margin-block in px, pt, cm, etc. Negative values are allowed. Read about length units | Demo ❯ |
| % | Specifies margin-block in percent relative to size of parent element in the inline direction. | Demo ❯ |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
More Examples
Example
With the writing-mode property value of a <div> element set to vertical-rl, the start of the element in the block direction is moved from top to right side, and the end of the element is moved from bottom to left side of element. A change in writing-mode also changes the effect from margin-block:
#parentDiv {
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
}
#myDiv {
margin-block: 10px 50px;
}
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Related Pages
CSS margin-block-end property: CSS Margin-block-end property
CSS margin-block-start property: CSS Margin-block-start property
CSS margin-bottom property: CSS Margin-bottom property
CSS margin-inline property: CSS Margin-inline
CSS margin-left property: CSS Margin-left
CSS margin-right property: CSS Margin-right
CSS margin-top property: CSS Margin-top
CSS writing-mode property: CSS Writing-mode property