I try to add margin values on a div inside another div. All works fine except the top value, it seems to be ignored. But why?
What I expected:
What I get:
Code:
#outer {_x000D_
width: 500px; _x000D_
height: 200px; _x000D_
background: #FFCCCC;_x000D_
margin: 50px auto 0 auto;_x000D_
display: block;_x000D_
}_x000D_
#inner {_x000D_
background: #FFCC33;_x000D_
margin: 50px 50px 50px 50px;_x000D_
padding: 10px;_x000D_
display: block;_x000D_
}
_x000D_
<div id="outer">_x000D_
<div id="inner">_x000D_
Hello world!_x000D_
</div>_x000D_
</div>
_x000D_
W3Schools have no explanation to why margin behave this way.
Not sure why what you have doesn't work, but you can add
overflow: auto;
to the outer div.
try this:
#outer {
width:500px;
height:200px;
background:#FFCCCC;
margin:50px auto 0 auto;
display:table;
}
#inner {
background:#FFCC33;
margin:50px 50px 50px 50px;
padding:10px;
display:block;
}?
Good luck
Use padding-top:50px
for outer div. Something like this:
#outer {
width:500px;
height:200px;
background:#FFCCCC;
margin:50px auto 0 auto;
display:table;}
Note: padding will increase the size of your div. In this case if the size of your div is important, I mean if it must have a specific height. decrease the height by 50px.:
#outer {
width:500px;
height:150px;
background:#FFCCCC;
margin:50px auto 0 auto;
display:table;}
Just for a quick fix, try wrapping your child elements into a div
element like this -
<div id="outer">
<div class="divadjust" style="padding-top: 1px">
<div id="inner">
Hello world!
</div>
</div>
</div>
Margin of inner
div won't collapse due to the padding of 1px
in-between outer
and inner
div. So logically you will have 1px
extra space along with existing margin of inner
div.
You can use display: flow-root
on the parent element to prevent margin collapsing through the containing element as it creates new Block Formatting Context.
Changing the value of the overflow property to auto or using flexbox will have the same effect.
Have you tried !important before all, it will force everything:
margin:50px 50px 50px 50px !important;
I guess setting the position property of the #inner div to relative may also help achieve the effect. But anyways I tried the original code pasted in the Question on IE9 and latest Google Chrome and they already give the desirable effect without any modifications.
Doesn't answer the "why" (has to be something w/ collapsing margin), but seems like the easiest/most logical way to do what you're trying to do would be to just add padding-top
to the outer div:
Minor note - it shouldn't be necessary to set a div to display:block;
unless there's something else in your code telling it not to be block.
If you add any padding to #outer
, it works.
#outer {
width:500px;
height:200px;
background:#FFCCCC;
margin:50px auto 0 auto;
display:block;
padding-top:1px;
}
What @BoltClock mentioned are pretty solid. And Here I just want to add several more solutions for this problem. check this w3c_collapsing margin. The green parts are the potential thought how this problem can be solved.
Solution 1
Margins between a floated box and any other box do not collapse (not even between a float and its in-flow children).
that means I can add float:left
to either #outer
or #inner
demo1.
also notice that float
would invalidate the auto
in margin.
Solution 2
Margins of elements that establish new block formatting contexts (such as floats and elements with 'overflow' other than 'visible') do not collapse with their in-flow children.
other than visible
, let's put overflow: hidden
into #outer
. And this way seems pretty simple and decent. I like it.
#outer{
width: 500px;
height: 200px;
background: #FFCCCC;
margin: 50px auto;
overflow: hidden;
}
#inner {
background: #FFCC33;
height: 50px;
margin: 50px;
}
Solution 3
Margins of absolutely positioned boxes do not collapse (not even with their in-flow children).
#outer{
width: 500px;
height: 200px;
background: #FFCCCC;
margin: 50px auto;
position: absolute;
}
#inner{
background: #FFCC33;
height: 50px;
margin: 50px;
}
or
#outer{
width: 500px;
height: 200px;
background: #FFCCCC;
margin: 50px auto;
position: relative;
}
#inner {
background: #FFCC33;
height: 50px;
margin: 50px;
position: absolute;
}
these two methods will break the normal flow of div
Solution 4
Margins of inline-block boxes do not collapse (not even with their in-flow children).
is the same as @enderskill
Solution 5
The bottom margin of an in-flow block-level element always collapses with the top margin of its next in-flow block-level sibling, unless that sibling has clearance.
This has not much work to do with the question since it is the collapsing margin between siblings. it generally means if a top-box has margin-bottom: 30px
and a sibling-box has margin-top: 10px
. The total margin between them is 30px
instead of 40px
.
Solution 6
The top margin of an in-flow block element collapses with its first in-flow block-level child's top margin if the element has no top border, no top padding, and the child has no clearance.
This is very interesting and I can just add one top border line
#outer{
width: 500px;
height: 200px;
background: #FFCCCC;
margin: 50px auto;
border-top: 1px solid red;
}
#inner {
background: #FFCC33;
height: 50px;
margin: 50px;
}
And Also <div>
is block-level in default, so you don't have to declare it on purpose. Sorry for not being able to post more than 2 links and images due to my novice reputation. At least you know where the problem comes from next time you see something similar.
Try using display: inline-block;
on the inner div.
#outer {
width:500px;
height:200px;
background:#FFCCCC;
margin:50px auto 0 auto;
display:block;
}
#inner {
background:#FFCC33;
margin:50px 50px 50px 50px;
padding:10px;
display:inline-block;
}
Not exactly sure why, but changing the inner CSS to
display: inline-block;
seems to work.
Source: Stackoverflow.com