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CSS Box Model The CSS box model module defines the rectangular boxes, including their padding and margin, that are generated for elements and laid out according to the visual formatting model. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Box_Model https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Box_Model/Introduction_to_the_CSS_box_model
Box width width + padding-left + padding-right + border-left + border-right https://css-tricks.com/the-css-box-model/
Box height height + padding-top + padding-bottom + border-top + border-bottom https://css-tricks.com/the-css-box-model/
Content The content of the box, where text and images appear https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_boxmodel.asp
Padding Clears an area around the content. The padding is transparent https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_boxmodel.asp
Border A border that goes around the padding and content https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_boxmodel.asp
Margin Clears an area outside the border. The margin is transparent https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_boxmodel.asp