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
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.
Initial value | 0 |
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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 |
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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 |
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
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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 |
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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