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CSS Box Model Demystified: Understanding Layout and Spacing

CSS Box Model :-
The CSS Box model defines how elements are rendered and how their dimensions are calculated.
It describes the structure of an element as a rectangular box that has content, padding, a border, and a margin.
The box model consists of four main components.
- Components:
- Content Area
- Padding
- Border
- Margin


1. Content:-
-The innermost component of the box model is the actual content of
the element. It can be text, image, video, etc.
-The content area is defined by the width and height properties.
- width
- height


2. Padding:-
-The space between the actual content and the border of the element is the padding.
-The padding area is defined by the property padding. For more details, follow the CSS Padding tutorial.
- padding-top
- padding-right
- padding-bottom
- padding-left
- shorthand: padding



3. Border:-
-The border surrounds the content and padding and gives the visual border of the element.
-The border properties can be controlled using the border keyword. For more details, follow the CSS Borders tutorial.
- border-width
- border-style
- border-color
- shorthand: border


4. Margin:-
-The margin is the space outside the element that separates it from other elements in the layout.
-he margin of the element is controlled by the margin property. For more details, follow the CSS Margin tutorial.
- margin-top
- margin-right
- margin-bottom
- margin-left
- shorthand: margin

questions
List the four main components of the CSS Box Model.

What properties define the dimensions of the content area in the CSS Box Model?

How does padding affect the layout of an element in the CSS Box Model?

What is the difference between padding and margin in the CSS Box Model?

Which properties can be used to control the border of an element in the CSS Box Model?

How do the padding and margin properties differ in terms of the space they create around an element?

What does the shorthand padding property do in CSS?

Explain how the border property can be customized using different attributes.?

How do margins affect the spacing between elements on a webpage?
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Tejas Ingole

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