Comments on: When to Use Margins and Padding http://www.cssnewbie.com/margins-and-padding-use/ Web Development Tutorials, Tips & Techniques Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:51:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ابن اليمنhttp://www.cssnewbie.com/margins-and-padding-use/comment-page-1/#comment-9989 ابن اليمن Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:58:14 +0000 http://www.cssnewbie.com/margins-and-padding-use/#comment-9989 thanks for these information thanks for these information

]]> By: tieTYThttp://www.cssnewbie.com/margins-and-padding-use/comment-page-1/#comment-471 tieTYT Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:37:51 +0000 http://www.cssnewbie.com/margins-and-padding-use/#comment-471 I think this is one of those issues where a picture is worth a thousand words. Take a look at this image I made: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=902k91&s=3 I think this is one of those issues where a picture is worth a thousand words. Take a look at this image I made: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=902k91&s=3

]]> By: Niels Matthijshttp://www.cssnewbie.com/margins-and-padding-use/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Niels Matthijs Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:46:58 +0000 http://www.cssnewbie.com/margins-and-padding-use/#comment-381 Hmmm, I've been working on a series myself, exploring the differences between paddings and margins.Your article explains the obvious differences, but doesn't explore the situation where it doesn't make any difference what you use.You say that margins create space between elemetns, which is true for elements on the same level. On the other hand, paddings create space within an element. Judging from that, I'd say you'd pad the parent and use margins on it's children. As far as I've seen, that's probably not the best method. Hmmm, I’ve been working on a series myself, exploring the differences between paddings and margins.

Your article explains the obvious differences, but doesn’t explore the situation where it doesn’t make any difference what you use.

You say that margins create space between elemetns, which is true for elements on the same level. On the other hand, paddings create space within an element. Judging from that, I’d say you’d pad the parent and use margins on it’s children. As far as I’ve seen, that’s probably not the best method.

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