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Posted by Dhruv Gomber
Dhruv Gomber
Courses Plus Student 628 Points

What does a margin of -5px do?

Please help?

2 Answers

Isaac Asante
Isaac Asante
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Isaac Asante
Isaac Asante
4,752 Points

Hello Dhruv,

margin-top: -5px; will push your element further up by 5px, instead of pushing it down.

margin-right: -5px; will push your element further to the right by 5px, instead of moving it away from the right.

margin-bottom: -5px; will push your element further down by 5px, instead of lifting it up.

margin-left: -5px; will push your element further to the left by 5px, instead of moving it away from the left.

I hope you understand :)

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Is it hard to tell what does -5px do? It will move backwards direction 5px.