: CSS spaces, top element or bottom element? Whenever I format a website according to a PSD file, I always wonder if the space should be from the top element or the bottom one. So if I

@Dunderdale272

If it's always the same two elements as siblings (for example, a header div followed by a menu div at the top of each page), then there is no difference between adding margin-bottom (or padding) to the top vs. adding margin-top to the bottom.

OTOH, if the elements in question sometimes appear elsewhere in the document (for example, an H2 can be an article title followed by a byline in one place or a subheading followed by a paragraph elsewhere), then the answer will depend on how you need them to behave in each of the places.

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@Margaret670

I would typically add it to the upper element as padding-bottom:10px (or whatever whitespace size you need.

I find that I typically want "any content after this" to be a certain distance away. very rarely do I find the reverse ideal. (although its an easy modification if needed)

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