CSS GUIDE PADDING LEFT

Summary

This property controls the size of the left padding of an element's rendering box. Negative values are not allowed.

• Initial value: 0
• Applies to: all elements
• Inherited: no
• Percentages: n/a
• Media: visual
• Computed value: 0

Syntax

Ext/Doc: element { padding-left: value }
In-Line: <blockquote STYLE="padding-left: value">This is a test document</blockquote>

Legal Values

inherit

• Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent.

length

• Refers to either an absolute measurement or a relative measurement based on the current element's font size.

percentage

• Refers to a percentage of the width of the current element's containing block.

Usage Examples

Ext/Doc: blockquote { padding-left: 3em }
In-Line: <blockquote STYLE="padding-left: 3em">This is a test document</blockquote>

Specification Conformance

• CSS 2
• CSS 2.1
• CSS 3

See Also

• Blooberry Padding-Left