XML/CSS Style/Padding

Padding and margin

   <source lang="xml">

File: Data.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="Style.css" ?> <page>

  <pageNumber>1</pageNumber>
  <paragraph>A
     <reference>B</reference>
     <keyword>X</keyword>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph>C</paragraph>

</page>

File: Style.css page {

  display:block;
  padding:10px;
  margin:10px;
  border-style:solid; 
  border-width:4px; 
  border-color:#000000;

} pageNumber {

  display:inline;
  font-style:italic;
  border-style:solid; 
  border-width:4px; 
  border-color:#CCCCCC;

} paragraph {

  display:block;
  padding:10px;
  border:solid; 
  border-width:4px; 
  border-color:#CCCCCC;

} reference {

  display:inline;
  font-style:italic;
  color:#CC3333;
  border:solid; 
  border-width:2px; 
  border-color:#CCCCCC;

} keyword {

  display:inline;
  font-weight:bold;
  color:#990000;
  border:solid; 
  border-width:2px; 
  border-color:#CCCCCC;

}

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Padding is extra space around the contents of an element but inside the border.

   <source lang="xml">

File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0" ?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="Style.css" ?> <employees>

 <name language="English">T1</name>
 <name language="Latin">T2</name>
 <projects>
   <project>project1</project>
   <project>project2</project>
   <project>project3</project>
 </projects>
 <weight>3 points</weight>
 <length>3 years</length>

</employees> File: Style.css

employees {

  display:block

} name {

  display:block;
  position:absolute;
  left:9px

} projects{

  display:block;
  border:medium dotted red;
  padding:5px

} project {

  display:block;
  position:relative;
  left:125px;
  width:340px;
  border:thin solid red;
  padding:5px

}

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padding-top

   <source lang="xml">

File: Data.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="boxes9.css"?> <facingPages>

 <pageLeft>
   <paragraph>
     Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam
      nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut
      wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ulliam corper suscipit
      lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem veleum iriure dolor
      in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel willum lunombro
      dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio
      dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te
      feugait nulla facilisi. 
    </paragraph>
 </pageLeft>
 <pageRight>
   <paragraph>
     Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam
      nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut
      wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ulliam corper suscipit
      lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem veleum iriure dolor
      in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel willum lunombro
      dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio
      dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te
      feugait nulla facilisi. 
    </paragraph>
 </pageRight>

</facingPages> File: Style.css facingPages {

 display:block;
 width:90%;
 border:solid 4px #000000;
 padding: 10px;
 margin:10px;

} pageLeft {

 position:absolute;
 top:10px;
 right:auto;
 bottom:auto;
 left:10px;
 width:40%;
 border:solid 2px #000000;
 padding: 10px;
 margin:10px;

} pageRight {

 position:absolute;
 top:10px;
 right:10px;
 bottom:auto;
 left:auto;
 width:40%;
 width:40%;
 border:solid 2px #000000;
 padding: 10px;
 margin:10px;

} paragraph {

 display:block;
 padding-top:10px;
 border:solid 2px #CCCCCC;
 padding: 10px;
 margin:10px:

}

</source>