Nick Fitzsimons wrote: > On 27 Sep 2007, at 14:04, Scott Povlot wrote: > > >> If I don't have a border, what is the difference >> between using padding or margin to add space around an >> element? Is there any reason to choose one over the >> other? >> > > Vertical margins collapse; padding doesn't: > <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#collapsing-margins> > > Regards, > > Nick. > However, vertical margins do not collapse in IE6 (are you surprised) so the big difference when using padding and margin is that margins will collapse most of the time. Also if you are applying any sort of background, the background will spill into the padding but not the margin of an element.
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