CSS padding-top Property
Padding is the space between its content and border. The padding-top property in CSS is used to set the width of the padding area on the top of an element.
Syntax:
padding-top: length|percentage|initial|inherit;
Property Values:
- length: This mode is used to specify the size of padding as a fixed value. The size can be set in form of px, cm etc. The default value is 0. It must be non-negative.
- percentage: This mode is used to set the top padding in percentage of the width of the element. It must be non-negative.
- initial: It is used to set the padding-top property to its default value.
- inherit: It is used to inherit the padding-top property from its parent element.
Example: In this example, we are using padding-top: length; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > padding-top Property </ title > < style > .geek { padding-top: 100px; width: 50%; font-size: 18px; border: 1px solid black; } </ style > </ head > < body > < h2 > padding-top Property </ h2 > <!-- padding property used here --> < p class = "geek" > This paragraph has a padding-top: 100px; </ p > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Example: In this example, we are using the padding-top: percentage (%) property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > padding-top Property </ title > < style > .geek { padding-top: 10%; width: 50%; font-size: 18px; border: 1px solid black; } </ style > </ head > < body > < h2 > padding-top Property </ h2 > <!-- padding property used here --> < p class = "geek" > This paragraph has a padding-top: 10%; </ p > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Example: In this example, we use padding-top: initial; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > padding-top Property </ title > < style > .geek { padding-top: initial; width: 50%; font-size: 18px; border: 1px solid black; } </ style > </ head > < body > < h2 > padding-top Property </ h2 > <!-- padding property used here --> < p class = "geek" > This paragraph has a padding-top: initial; </ p > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by padding-top property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1.0
- Edge 12.0
- Internet Explorer 4.0
- Firefox 1.0
- Safari 1.0
- Opera 3.5
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