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Padding Property

Padding Property

CSS padding property adds internal space between the content and border of element. You may use padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom and padding-left for specific side of element, but padding is shorthand version for all these properties. If:

  • One value is provided it will apply to all sides of element
  • Two values are provided, first value will apply top and bottom sides and second value will apply to left and right sides of element.
  • Three values are provided, first value will apply to top, second value will apply left and right, third value will apply bottom sides of element.
  • Four values are provided, values will apply in the following order: top, right, bottom, left.

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