shape-margin
The shape-margin
CSS property sets a margin for a CSS shape created using shape-outside
.
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The margin lets you adjust the distance between the edges of the shape (the float element) and the surrounding content.
Syntax
css
/* <length> values */
shape-margin: 10px;
shape-margin: 20mm;
/* <percentage> value */
shape-margin: 60%;
/* Global values */
shape-margin: inherit;
shape-margin: initial;
shape-margin: revert;
shape-margin: revert-layer;
shape-margin: unset;
Values
<length-percentage>
-
Sets the margin of the shape to a
<length>
value or to a<percentage>
of the width of the element's containing block.
Formal definition
Initial value | 0 |
---|---|
Applies to | floats |
Inherited | no |
Percentages | refer to the width of the containing block |
Computed value | as specified, but with relative lengths converted into absolute lengths |
Animation type | a length, percentage or calc(); |
Formal syntax
shape-margin =
<length-percentage>
<length-percentage> =
<length> |
<percentage>
Examples
Adding a margin to a polygon
HTML
html
<section>
<div class="shape"></div>
We are not quite sure of any one thing in biology; our knowledge of geology is
relatively very slight, and the economic laws of society are uncertain to
every one except some individual who attempts to set them forth; but before
the world was fashioned the square on the hypotenuse was equal to the sum of
the squares on the other two sides of a right triangle, and it will be so
after this world is dead; and the inhabitant of Mars, if one exists, probably
knows its truth as we know it.
</section>
CSS
css
section {
max-width: 400px;
}
.shape {
float: left;
width: 150px;
height: 150px;
background-color: maroon;
clip-path: polygon(0 0, 150px 150px, 0 150px);
shape-outside: polygon(0 0, 150px 150px, 0 150px);
shape-margin: 20px;
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
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CSS Shapes Module Level 1 # shape-margin-property |
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