A quick CSS question

Shaun's picture

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Hello guys, long time no see.
I've been learning CSS and it's coming along excellently. I just can't seem to find a solution to my problem though. Maybe you guys can help.
I've got my borders set up, but the text inside goes too far to the edge of the border than I want. It slightly touches the border, is there anyway of setting a two pixel margin or something inside the border? Or do I just have to live with it and just format my text differently?
Thanks in advance,
I also like the new design here, much better : P

JeevesBond's picture

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Hi Shaun, welcome back Wink

There is something called padding in the box model that will do exactly what you want.

Beware the ie box model bug though. Especially if you're setting the widths/heights of your boxes.

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Shaun's picture

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That's the site I've been revising, I should've went through it with more detail.
Thanks Jeeves~

JeevesBond's picture

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No problems! Glad to be of service Smiling

Anyway, it's always easy when you know the answer!

Shaun's picture

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Joined: Nov 2005

Heh, yeah. That solution seems to work, I don't know why I never learnt CSS earlier :/
I achieve something in CSS in two seconds which I used to do in photoshop taking me almost half an hour. A real life saver if you ask me : )
However, what do you call those 'non tables' you use when using them? That site calls them 'borders' but I keep refering to them as tables >.<
Thanks,

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