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tag/attrib/value description
margin: 23 43  Open space outside box edge
Margin-width{1,4} 23 43 
inherit 2- -- 
margin-left, margin-right, margin-top, margin-bottom: 13 43  Open space outside box edge
Margin-width 13 43 
inherit 2- -- 
Margin-width 13 43 
Length 13 43 
Percentage 13 43 
auto 13 43 
border: 14143  Open space inside box edge
[ border-width || 14 43 
border-style || 14 43 
border-color ] 14 43 
inherit  - -- 
border-left, border-right, border-top, border-bottom: 141-3  Open space inside box edge
border-xxx-width 14 -3 
border-xxx-style 14 -3 
border-xxx-color 14 -3 
inherit  - -- 
border-width: 14143  Width of border
[ Border-width{1,4} | 14 43 
inherit ] 2- -- 
border-left-width, border-right-width, border-top-width, border-bottom-width: 14143  Width of border
[ Border-width | 14 43 
inherit ] 2- -- 
Border-width 14 43  Width of border
[ thin | 14 43  Thin border
medium | 14 43  Medium border
thick | 14 43  Thick border
rWidth ] 14 43  Width of border
border-style: 24143  Style of border
[ Border-style{1,4} | 24 43 
inherit | 2- -- 
border-left-style, border-right-style, border-top-style, border-bottom-style: 241-3  Style of border
[ Border-style | 24 -3 
inherit ] 2- -- 
Border-style 14 43  Style of border
[ none | 14 43  No border
hidden | 2- -3  Forces no border
dotted | 15.5 -3  . . . . .
dashed | 15.5 -3  - - - - -
solid | 14 43  ---------
double | 14 43  =========
groove | 14 43  3-D carved border
ridge | 14 43  3-D upset border
inset | 14 43  Box goes down
outset ] 14 43  Box comes up
border-color: 14143  Color of border
[ Border-color{1,4} | 14 43 
inherit ] 2- -- 
border-left-color, border-right-color, border-top-color, border-bottom-color: 241-3  Color of border
[ Border-color | 24 -3 
inherit ] 2- -- 
Border-color 14 43  Color of border
[ Color | 14 43  Color of border
transparant ] 2- --  No color
padding: 14 43 
[ Padding-width{1,4} | 14 43 
inherit ] 2- -- 
padding-left, padding-right, padding-top, padding-bottom: 14 43 
[ Padding-width | 14 43 
inherit ] 2- -- 
Padding-width 14 43  Open space inside box border
[ Length | 14 43 
Percentage ] 14 43