CSS border length and spacing

On 8/6/2007 7:50 AM, brucegooglegroups wrote:
> On Aug 6, 4:01 am, Rik <luiheidsgoe... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:20:39 +0200, brucegooglegroups
>>
>> <brucegooglegro... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> How do I limit the length of the border on a web page?
>> By limiting the width/height of the container it's a border of?
>>
>>> Also, how do I specify the white space within a border- above, below
>>> and besides the words enclosed in the border?
>> Padding?
>> --
>> Rik Wasmus
>
> Hi Rik,
> I want to limit the length of the two border horizontal lines:
> ____________________
>
> Also, how do I adjust the amount of empty space between the two
> horizontal lines, the two vertical lines and the words inside the
> border?
>
> Thanks.
> Bruce l
>
>
>

If they are truly borders, then they are part of a box. You limit the
size of the box, not the borders. Space within the box is then
determined by the padding properties of the box. See
<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1#formatting-model>.

If they are merely horizontal rules created by <hr>, you can set the
width as a property and the spacing as margins:
hr { width: 90%; margin-top: 2em; margin-bottom: 2em }

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On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:20:39 +0200, brucegooglegroups
<brucegooglegroups.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

> How do I limit the length of the border on a web page?

By limiting the width/height of the container it's a border of?

> Also, how do I specify the white space within a border- above, below
> and besides the words enclosed in the border?

Padding?
--
Rik Wasmus