CSS padding

What exactly is padding? Why is it used? Just curious.

Thanks.

_chris

padding is the space from the INSIDE of the element where as margin is the the space that is on the OUTSIDE of the element. Do some simple examples.


<p style="padding:10px;margin:0;border:1px solid #000;">There is some text in here spaced out 10px from the inside of the borders edge.</p>




<p style="margin:10px;border:1px solid #000;">There is a 10px margin around this paragraph.</p>