CSS padding-left Property
Padding is the space between its content and its border. The padding-left property in CSS is used to set the width of the padding area on the left of an element.
Syntax:
padding-left: length|percentage|initial|inherit;
Property values:
- length: This mode is used to specify the size of padding as a fixed value. The default value is 0. It must be non-negative.
- percentage: This mode is used to specify the left padding in percent of the width of the element. It must be non-negative.
- initial: This property is used to set padding-left to its default value. : This property is used to set padding-left to its default value.
Example 1: In this example, we are using padding-left: length; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > padding-left Property </ title > < style > .geek { padding-left: 90px; color: white; background: green; } </ style > </ head > < body > < h1 style="color: green; text-align:center"> w3wiki </ h1 > < h2 style = "text-align:center" > padding-left Property </ h2 > <!-- padding-left property used here --> < p class = "geek" > This paragraph has a padding-left: 90px; </ p > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Example 2: In this example, we are using padding-left: percentage; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > padding-left Property </ title > < style > .geek { padding-left: 25%; color: white; background: green; } </ style > </ head > < body > < h1 style="color: green; text-align:center"> w3wiki </ h1 > < h2 style = "text-align:center" > padding-left Property </ h2 > <!-- padding-left property used here --> < p class = "geek" > This paragraph has a padding-left: 25%; </ p > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by padding-left property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1.0 and above
- Edge 12.0 and above
- Internet Explorer 4.0 and above
- Firefox 1.0 and above
- Opera 3.5 and above
- Apple Safari 1.0 and above
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