CSS Box Properties: Think INSIDE the Box

All elements in HTML generate a rectangular box. This is called the box. This box describes the amount of space the element and its properties occupy within the layout of the document Each element or box will influence every other box in the document. For example, if the first element is two inches tall, the element to follow it will be two inches from the top of the document. If the first element shrinks to one inch, the following element wil then be one in

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