Padding all-in-one spec
padding
Use this property to specify padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom, and padding-left.
Property values
This property is used to set each of the four padding properties, which may also be set one by one:
- padding-top
- padding-right
- padding-bottom
- padding-width
This property expects anywhere from one to four values, with their interpretation as follows:
| number of values | sides effected |
|---|---|
| 1 value | Sets all four sides: top, right, bottom, left |
| 2 values | 1st value: top and bottom padding 2nd value: right and left padding |
| 3 values | 1st value: top padding 2nd value: right and left padding 3rd value: bottom padding |
| 4 values | 1st value: top padding 2nd value: right padding 3rd value: bottom padding 4th value: left padding |
Use any of these font-relative typographic units to set the size of the padding:
| em | em | The font-size of the current font |
| rem | relative em | The font-size of the <html> element |
| lh | line height | The line-height of the current font |
| rlh | relative line height | The line-height of the <html> element |
| cap | cap height | The nominal height of the current font's capital letters |
| ex | "x" | The height of the current font's "x" glyph |
| ch | "0" | The advance measure (the width) of the current font's "0" glyph |
| ic | ideograph count | The advance measure (the width) of the current font's "水" ideograph |
Or use any of these fixed size units which are independent of the current font:
| in | inch | A size equal 96px |
| px | pixels | A size equal to 1/96 inch |
| pt | point | A size equal 1in/72 = 1.33px |
| pc | pica | A size equal 1in/6 = 12pt = 16px |
| cm | centimeter | A size equal to 96px/2.54 = 37.8px |
| mm | millimeter | A size equal to 96px/25.4 = 3.8px |
| Q | quarter millimeter | A size equal to 96px/1016 = 0.94px |
Examples
/* 1rem padding top and bottom, 2rem padding left and right */
padding: 1rem 2rem;