CSS - padding-left

The padding-left CSS property of an element sets the padding space required on the left side of an element. The padding area is the space between the content of the element and it's border. A negative value is not allowed.

Example

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.content { padding-left: 5%; }
.sidebox { padding-left: 10px; }

Syntax

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/* <length> values */
padding-left: 0.5em;
padding-left: 0;
padding-left: 2cm;

/* <percentage> value */
padding-left: 10%;

/* Global values */
padding-left: inherit;
padding-left: initial;
padding-left: unset;

Values

<length>: Specifies a positive fixed width. See <length> for details.
<percentage>: A percentage with respect to the width of the containing block.

Formal syntax

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<a href="css/length" title="Possible values: a number followed by'em', 'ex', 'ch', 'rem', 'px', 'cm', 'mm', 'in', 'vh', 'vw', 'vmin', 'vmax', 'pt', 'pc' or 'px', like 3px, 1.5cm, -0.5em or 0"><length></a> <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> <a href="css/percentage" title=""><percentage></a>

Description

Initial value	`0`
Applies to	all elements, except `table-row-group`, `table-header-group`, `table-footer-group`, `table-row`, `table-column-group` and `table-column`. It also applies to `::first-letter`.
Inherited	no
Percentages	refer to the width of the containing block
Media	visual
Computed value	the percentage as specified or the absolute length
Animation type	a length
Canonical order	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Basic Box Model The definition of 'padding-left' in that specification.	Working Draft	No change
CSS Transitions The definition of 'padding-left' in that specification.	Working Draft	Defines `padding-left` as animatable.
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) The definition of 'padding-left' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change
CSS Level 1 The definition of 'padding-left' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Desktop
Mobile

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari (WebKit)
Basic support	1.0	1.0 (1.0)	4.0	3.5	1.0 (85)

Feature	Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Phone	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	?	?	?	?	?

License

© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/css/padding-left

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