Padding Styles

CSS Padding properties allows us to specify space around elements within their boundaries.

 

The following are 4 types of padding properties :

padding-top

padding-left

padding-right

padding-bottom

 

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<style>

div {

  border: 1px solid black;

  background-color: lightblue;

  padding-top: 50px;

  padding-right: 30px;

  padding-bottom: 50px;

  padding-left: 80px;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

 

<h2>Using individual padding properties</h2>

 

<div>This div element has a top padding of 50px, a right padding of 30px, a bottom padding of 50px, and a left padding of 80px.</div>

 

</body>

</html>

 

Shorthand property Padding

All the value for padding for four sides can be given using this shorthand property

 

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<style>

div {

  border: 1px solid black;

  padding: 25px 50px 75px 100px;

  background-color: lightblue;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

 

<h2>The padding shorthand property – 4 values</h2>

 

<div>This div element has a top padding of 25px, a right padding of 50px, a bottom padding of 75px, and a left padding of 100px.</div>

 

</body>

</html>

 

Padding with 3 values

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<style>

div {

  border: 1px solid black;

  padding: 25px 50px 75px;

  background-color: lightblue;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

 

<h2>The padding shorthand property – 3 values</h2>

 

<div>This div element has a top padding of 25px, a right and left padding of 50px, and a bottom padding of 75px.</div>

 

</body>

</html>

 

Padding with two values

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<style>

div {

  border: 1px solid black;

  padding: 25px 50px;

  background-color: lightblue;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

 

<h2>The padding shorthand property – 2 values</h2>

 

<div>This div element has a top and bottom padding of 25px, and a right and left padding of 50px.</div>

 

</body>

</html>

 

Padding with one value

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<style>

div {

  border: 1px solid black;

  padding: 25px;

  background-color: lightblue;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

 

<h2>The padding shorthand property – 1 value</h2>

 

<div>This div element has a top, bottom, left, and right padding of 25px.</div>

 

</body>

</html>

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