CSS shape-margin Property

Description

The shape-margin CSS property adds a margin to a shape-outside. This defines a new shape that is the smallest contour (in the shrink-wrap sense) that includes all the points that are the shape-margin distance outward in the perpendicular direction from a point on the underlying shape.

Initial value: 0
Applies to: Floats
Inherited: No
Media: Visual
Computed value: as specified, but with relative lengths converted into absolute lengths
Animatable: Yes
CSS Version: Candidate Recommendation
JavaScript syntax: object.style.shapeMargin

Syntax

shape-margin = <length-percentage>

Values

<length-percentage>Sets the margin of the shape to a <length> value or to a <percentage> of the width of the element's containing block.

Example

HTML

<section>

<div class="shape"></div>

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CSS

section {
  max-width: 400px;
}
.shape {
  float: left;
  width: 150px;
  height: 150px;
  background-color: maroon;
  clip-path: polygon(0 0, 150px 150px, 0 150px);
  shape-outside: polygon(0 0, 150px 150px, 0 150px);
  shape-margin: 20px;
}

Result