margin-block-end

The margin-block-end CSS property defines the logical block end margin of an element, which maps to a physical margin depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation.

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Syntax

/* <length> values */
margin-block-end: 10px;  /* An absolute length */
margin-block-end: 1em;   /* relative to the text size */
margin-block-end: 5%;    /* relative to the nearest block container's width */

/* Keyword values */
margin-block-end: auto;

/* Global values */
margin-block-end: inherit;
margin-block-end: initial;
margin-block-end: unset;

It corresponds to the margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, or margin-left property depending on the values defined for writing-mode, direction, and text-orientation.

It relates to margin-block-start, margin-inline-start, and margin-inline-end, which define the other margins of the element.

Values

The margin-block-end property takes the same values as the margin-left property.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

<'margin-left'>

Examples

Setting block end margin

HTML

<div>
  <p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>

CSS

div {
  background-color: yellow;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
}

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
  margin-block-end: 20px;
  background-color: #c8c800;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• The mapped physical properties: margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, and margin-left
• writing-mode, direction, text-orientation