The display property is used to set how an element should be displayed within the page layout. Values include block, inline, inline-block, and many more. See the CSS Resource on the display property for the full list.
The following discusses the “big 3” of display.
display: block
- Takes up all the horizontal space the element can
- Respects width and height properties
- Respects margin and padding properties
.foo {
display: block;
}
display: inline
- Takes up ONLY the horizontal space of the item itself
- DOES NOT respect width and height properties
- DOES NOT respect padding-top and padding-bottom properties
- DOES NOT respect margin-top and margin-bottom properties
- DOES respect padding-left and padding-right properties
- DOES respect margin-left and margin-right properties
.foo {
display: inline;
}
display: inline-block
- Takes up ONLY the horizontal space of the item itself
- DOES respect width and height properties
- DOES respect all padding properties
- DOES respect all margin properties
.foo {
display: inline-block;
}
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- In CSS there are many ways to express a color value in a property
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