--- title: Day 9: the inset shorthand property | daily.dev description: The CSS `inset` shorthand property combines `top`, `right`, `bottom`, and `left` into a single declaration using the same multi-value syntax as `margin`. For... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/day-9-the-inset-shorthand-property-aa2vhvarx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Day 9: the inset shorthand property | daily.dev og:description: The CSS `inset` shorthand property combines `top`, `right`, `bottom`, and `left` into a single declaration using the same multi-value syntax as `margin`. For... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/day-9-the-inset-shorthand-property-aa2vhvarx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aA2VHVarx.png og:image:alt: Day 9: the inset shorthand property og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Day 9: the inset shorthand property **[Manuel Matuzović](https://daily.dev/sources/matuzo)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The CSS `inset` shorthand property combines `top`, `right`, `bottom`, and `left` into a single declaration using the same multi-value syntax as `margin`. For writing-mode-aware layouts, `inset-inline` and `inset-block` logical shorthands should be used instead, as `inset` does not respect reading direction. Part of a 100-day series on modern CSS features. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [text-decoration-inset is Like Padding for Text Decorations](https://daily.dev/posts/text-decoration-inset-is-like-padding-for-text-decorations-iqx9mivxu) · CSS-Tricks · 6 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/day-9-the-inset-shorthand-property-aa2vhvarx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Day 9: the inset shorthand property","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-9-the-inset-shorthand-property-aa2vhvarx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-9-the-inset-shorthand-property-aa2vhvarx"},"datePublished":"2026-06-22T14:42:55.060Z","dateModified":"2026-06-22T14:44:23.964Z","description":"The CSS `inset` shorthand property combines `top`, `right`, `bottom`, and `left` into a single declaration using the same multi-value syntax as `margin`. For...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/875d089412909552befb69b5dcc2b593?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/875d089412909552befb69b5dcc2b593?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Manuel Matuzović","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Manuel Matuzović","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--EstFG5yE--/f_auto,q_auto/v1782139307/logos/matuzo","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/matuzo"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-9-the-inset-shorthand-property-aa2vhvarx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"css","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Manuel Matuzović","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/matuzo"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Day 9: the inset shorthand property"}]} ```