Padding vs. margin in CSS
- Padding is the distance of the element from the elements inside it.
- Margin is the distance of the element from the adjacent elements.
Both of these properties are used to set up gaps on a page, but their methods are different.
- Padding creates the gap by either increasing its own size or decreasing the size of the contents inside it.
- Margin creates the gap by pushing adjacent elements away from it.
- Padding is used when the contents inside the container should not be touching the border of the container.
- Margin is used when the two elements should be separated enough that they don’t touch each other.
- Padding is used to increase the size of an element.
- Margin is used to bring an element to the center.
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