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Negative values are not allowed.
 
Negative values are not allowed.
 
== Specification Conformance  ==
 
== Specification Conformance  ==
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[http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1#padding CSS 1]
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[http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#propdef-padding CSS2.1]
  
 
== Browser Compatibility ==
 
== Browser Compatibility ==
  
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==

Revision as of 03:09, 12 December 2006

Summary

This property is a shorthand method of setting all of the padding properties in one declaration.

  • Inherited: No

Syntax

TARGET_ELEMENT {padding: value;}

Legal Values

Values can be specified as length i.e pixels (px), centimetres (cm) or inches (in) or as a percentage (%)


Mozilla Recommended Values

Usage Examples

h1 {padding: 10px}
the padding will be 10px on all four sides
h2 {padding: 10px 2%;}
top and bottom padding will be 10px, left and right padding will be 2% of the width of the closest
element.
h3 {padding: 10px 2% 15px;}
top padding will be 10px, left and right padding will be 2% of the width of the closest element,
bottom padding will be 15px.
h4 {padding: 10px 2% 15px 20px;}
top padding will be 10px, right padding will be 2% of the width of the closest element, bottom 
padding will be 15px, left padding will be 20px

Notes

Negative values are not allowed.

Specification Conformance

CSS 1 CSS2.1

Browser Compatibility

See Also