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What is the difference between margin-left: 10px; and position: relative; left: 10px;?
It seems to produce the same result
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Left is the position of your entire element, margin-left is the amount of your left margin.
Defines the space outside the element, on the left side. default margin-left: 0; Removes any margin on the left.
The margin-left CSS property sets the margin area on the left side of an element. A positive value places it farther from its neighbors, while a negative value places it closer.
The margin-right property in CSS is used to set the right margin of an element. It sets the margin-area on the right side of the element. Negative values are also allowed. The default value of margin-right property is zero.
The simplest way I can explain it is that margin-left moves the element itself, whereas left (with position: relative) pushes other elements away. Although that's not, perhaps the clearest description.
With pictures, though:
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+ | | | +------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | +------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | position | | | | | | <--Left---->|<---margin--->|<---padding-->|<------------width----------->|<---padding-->|<---margin--->| | | | | | | | | +------------------------------+ | | | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------+ | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ With position: absolute left also serves to define the distance between the element itself and the left boundary of whatever object the element is positioned against.
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