--- title: CSS logical properties change how you code - and Chris... description: CSS logical properties replace directional terms like 'padding-left' with flow-relative equivalents like 'padding-inline-start'. While they behave identically... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/css-logical-properties-change-how-you-code---and-chris-breaks-it-down-here--lw34dhiir twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: CSS logical properties change how you code - and Chris breaks it down here. | daily.dev og:description: CSS logical properties replace directional terms like 'padding-left' with flow-relative equivalents like 'padding-inline-start'. 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While they behave identically for English left-to-right layouts, logical properties are more versatile for internationalized sites supporting different writing directions. The box model fundamentals of margin, padding, border, and outline are revisited through this lens. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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