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CSS padding Property

Example

Set the padding of a p element:

p
{
padding:2cm 4cm 3cm 4cm;
}

The padding shorthand property sets all the padding properties in one declaration. This property can have from one to four values.

Examples:

padding:10px 5px 15px 20px;
- top padding is 10px
- right padding is 5px
- bottom padding is 15px
- left padding is 20px
padding:10px 5px 15px;
- top padding is 10px
- right and left padding are 5px
- bottom padding is 15px
padding:10px 5px;
- top and bottom padding are 10px
- right and left padding are 5px
padding:10px;
- all four paddings are 10px

Note: Negative values are not allowed.

The padding property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: No versions of Internet Explorer (including IE8) support the property value "inherit".

Value	Description
length	Specifies the padding in px, pt, cm, etc. Default value is 0px
%	Specifies the padding in percent of the width of the containing element
inherit	Specifies that the padding should be inherited from the parent element

CSS tutorial: CSS Padding

HTML DOM reference: padding property