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53 lines
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title: Padding
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---
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# Padding
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The `padding` CSS property sets the padding area on all four sides of an element. This property can be used to generate space around content (inside the border). It is a shorthand to set all individual paddings at once: `padding-top`, `padding-right`, `padding-bottom`, and `padding-left`. Values are defined in the clockwise direction.
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Padding values are set using lengths or percentages or `inherit` keyword, and cannot accept negative values. The initial, or default, value for all padding properties is 0. While you can use `inherit` keyword but it can not be used along with a length value.
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## Syntax
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```css
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.element {
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padding: [padding-top] || [padding-right] || [padding-bottom] || [padding-left];
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}
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```
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This property may be specified using one, two, three, or four values.
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- When one value is specified, it applies the same padding to all four sides.
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- When two values are specified, the first padding applies to the top and bottom, the second to the left and right.
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- When three values are specified, the first padding applies to the top, the second to the left and right, the third to the bottom.
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- When four values are specified, the paddings apply to the top, right, bottom, and left in that order (clockwise).
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```css
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/* em refers to the current font size of an element */
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/* Apply to all four sides */
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padding: 1em;
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/* top and bottom | left and right */
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padding: 5% 10%;
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/* top | left and right | bottom */
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padding: 1em 2em 2em;
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/* top | right | bottom | left */
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padding: 5px 1em 0 1em;
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```
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## Where in box model
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The padding property in CSS defines the innermost portion of the box model, creating space around an element's content, inside of any defined margins and/or borders.
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## Browser Support
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It is effectively supported in all browsers (since IE6+, Firefox 2+, Chrome 1+ etc)
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### More Information
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- <a href='https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-box/#the-padding' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>W3C Working Draft</a>
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- <a href='https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/box.html#propdef-padding' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>W3C CSS Level 2</a>
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- <a href='https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/#padding' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>W3C CSS Level 1</a>
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- <a href='https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/padding' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>MDN Web Docs</a>
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- <a href='https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/p/padding/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>CSS Tricks</a>
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