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Use Clockwise Notation to Specify the Margin of an Element

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--description--

Let's try this again, but with margin this time.

Instead of specifying an element's margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, and margin-left properties individually, you can specify them all in one line, like this:

css
margin: 10px 20px 10px 20px;

These four values work like a clock: top, right, bottom, left, and will produce the exact same result as using the side-specific margin instructions.

--instructions--

Use Clockwise Notation to give the element with the blue-box class a margin of 40px on its top and left side, but only 20px on its bottom and right side.

--hints--

Your blue-box class should give the top of elements 40px of margin.

js
const blueBox = document.querySelector('.blue-box');
const marginTop = window.getComputedStyle(blueBox)['margin-top'];
assert.strictEqual(marginTop, '40px');

Your blue-box class should give the right of elements 20px of margin.

js
const blueBox = document.querySelector('.blue-box');
const marginRight = window.getComputedStyle(blueBox)['margin-right'];
assert.strictEqual(marginRight, '20px');

Your blue-box class should give the bottom of elements 20px of margin.

js
const blueBox = document.querySelector('.blue-box');
const marginBottom = window.getComputedStyle(blueBox)['margin-bottom'];
assert.strictEqual(marginBottom, '20px');

Your blue-box class should give the left of elements 40px of margin.

js
const blueBox = document.querySelector('.blue-box');
const marginLeft = window.getComputedStyle(blueBox)['margin-left'];
assert.strictEqual(marginLeft, '40px');

You should use the clockwise notation to set the margin of blue-box class.

js
const cssCode = __helpers.removeCssComments(document.querySelector('style:not(.fcc-hide-header)').textContent);
assert.match(cssCode, /\.blue-box\s*{[\s\S]*margin[\s]*:\s*\d+px\s+\d+px\s+\d+px\s+\d+px(;\s*[^}]+\s*}|;?\s*})/);

--seed--

--seed-contents--

html
<style>
  .injected-text {
    margin-bottom: -25px;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .box {
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: black;
    border-width: 5px;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .yellow-box {
    background-color: yellow;
    padding: 20px 40px 20px 40px;
  }

  .red-box {
    background-color: crimson;
    color: #fff;
    margin: 20px 40px 20px 40px;
  }

  .blue-box {
    background-color: blue;
    color: #fff;
  }
</style>
<h5 class="injected-text">margin</h5>

<div class="box yellow-box">
  <h5 class="box red-box">padding</h5>
  <h5 class="box blue-box">padding</h5>
</div>

--solutions--

html
<style>
  .injected-text {
    margin-bottom: -25px;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .box {
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: black;
    border-width: 5px;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .yellow-box {
    background-color: yellow;
    padding: 20px 40px 20px 40px;
  }

  .red-box {
    background-color: crimson;
    color: #fff;
    margin: 20px 40px 20px 40px;
  }

  .blue-box {
    background-color: blue;
    color: #fff;
    margin: 40px 20px 20px 40px;
  }
</style>
<h5 class="injected-text">margin</h5>

<div class="box yellow-box">
  <h5 class="box red-box">padding</h5>
  <h5 class="box blue-box">padding</h5>
</div>