# How to remember margin/border/padding in css

Remembering which is which for margin/border/padding in the css box model is tricky when you start learning css.  Here is my tip worth 2 cents.

From outside to inside, it is margin -> border -> padding.

Again, **M**argin, **B**order, **P**adding, in order.
M.B.P., which by accident happens to be the same acronym for MacBook Pro.
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Happy Coding!