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Asked: 2026-05-26T20:01:05+00:00

I use padding in many of my projects, and it would be handy if

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I use padding in many of my projects, and it would be handy if I could substract the padding from the width, it is possible ?

if: 

width:100%;

and 

padding: 20px;

= 

100% - 40px ?
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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use box-sizing: border-box to make the padding be counted as part of the width.

    div {
    -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
    -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

    Here’s a quick demonstration: http://jsfiddle.net/thirtydot/DNs2u/

    More info:

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