The CSS padding properties define the space between the element border and the element content.
The padding clears an area around the content (inside the border) of an element. The padding is affected by the background color of the element.
The top, right, bottom, and left padding can be changed independently using separate properties. A shorthand padding property can also be used, to change all paddings at once.
In CSS, it is possible to specify different padding for different sides:
To shorten the code, it is possible to specify all the padding properties in one property. This is called a shorthand property.
The shorthand property for all the padding properties is "padding":
The padding property can have from one to four values.
All the padding properties in one declarationThis example demonstrates a shorthand property for setting all of the padding properties in one declaration, can have from one to four values.
Set the left paddingThis example demonstrates how to set the left padding of a p element.
Set the right paddingThis example demonstrates how to set the right padding of a p element.
Set the top paddingThis example demonstrates how to set the top padding of a p element.
Set the bottom paddingThis example demonstrates how to set the bottom padding of a p element.
The number in the "CSS" column indicates in which CSS version the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
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