files/en-us/web/css/reference/properties/margin-inline-start/index.md
The margin-inline-start CSS property defines the logical inline start margin of an element, which maps to a physical margin depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the {{cssxref("margin-top")}}, {{cssxref("margin-right")}}, {{cssxref("margin-bottom")}}, or {{cssxref("margin-left")}} property depending on the values defined for {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}, {{cssxref("direction")}}, and {{cssxref("text-orientation")}}.
{{InteractiveExample("CSS Demo: margin-inline-start")}}
margin-inline-start: 20px;
writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
margin-inline-start: 20px;
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
margin-inline-start: 20%;
writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
direction: rtl;
<section id="default-example">
<div id="container">
<div class="col">One</div>
<div class="col transition-all" id="example-element">Two</div>
<div class="col">Three</div>
</div>
</section>
#container {
width: 300px;
height: 200px;
display: flex;
align-content: flex-start;
justify-content: flex-start;
}
.col {
width: 33.33%;
border: solid #ce7777 10px;
background-color: #2b3a55;
color: white;
flex-shrink: 0;
}
#example-element {
border: solid 10px #ffbf00;
background-color: #2b3a55;
unicode-bidi: bidi-override;
}
/* <length> values */
margin-inline-start: 10px; /* An absolute length */
margin-inline-start: 1em; /* relative to the text size */
margin-inline-start: 5%; /* relative to the nearest block container's width */
margin-inline-start: anchor-size(block);
margin-inline-start: calc(anchor-size(--my-anchor width, 30px) / 4);
/* Keyword values */
margin-inline-start: auto;
/* Global values */
margin-inline-start: inherit;
margin-inline-start: initial;
margin-inline-start: revert;
margin-inline-start: revert-layer;
margin-inline-start: unset;
It relates to {{cssxref("margin-block-start")}}, {{cssxref("margin-block-end")}}, and {{cssxref("margin-inline-end")}}, which define the other margins of the element.
The margin-inline-start property takes the same values as the {{cssxref("margin-top")}} property.
{{cssinfo}}
{{csssyntax}}
<div>
<p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>
div {
background-color: yellow;
width: 120px;
height: 120px;
}
.exampleText {
writing-mode: vertical-lr;
margin-inline-start: 20px;
background-color: #c8c800;
}
{{EmbedLiveSample("Setting_inline_start_margin", 140, 140)}}
{{Specifications}}
{{Compat}}