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Set an Element's Padding

By Stephen Bucaro

Padding is the space between the element's content and the element's border. Use the padding property to set an elements padding.

Padding set to 12 pixels

<span style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ffff00; padding: 12px;">Padding set to 12 pixels</span>

Use the padding-top property to set just the top padding:

Top padding set to 12 pixels

<span style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ffff00; padding-top: 12px;">Top padding set to 12 pixels</span>

Use the padding-right property to set just the right side padding:

Right padding set to 24 pixels

<span style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ffff00; padding-right: 24px;">Right padding set to 24 pixels</span>

Use the padding-bottom property to set just the bottom padding:

Bottom padding set to 12 pixels

<span style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ffff00; padding-bottom: 12px;">Bottom padding set to 12 pixels</span>

Use the padding-left property to set just the left side padding:

Left padding set to 24 pixels

<span style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ffff00; padding-left: 24px;">Left padding set to 24 pixels</span>

Use a shortcut to set the padding for all four sides to different values

padding:10px 20px 5px 25px;

<span style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ffff00; padding: 10px 20px 5px 25px;">padding:10px 20px 5px 25px;</span>

• Note that the order of values for the shortcut is not the standard left, top, right, bottom. Instead it's: top, right, bottom, left.

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• Set the Font Slant
• position:fixed
• Use Image for List Item Bullets
• Set the Text Case
• Set the Background Color
• CSS Units of Measurement
• Set the Border Width
• Set the Background Properties