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The CSS padding properties are used to generate space around an element's content, inside of any defined borders. With CSS, you have full control over the padding. There are properties for setting the padding for each side of an element (top, right, bottom, and left).
The CSS box model is essentially a box that wraps around every HTML element. It consists of: content, padding, borders and margins. The image below illustrates the box model: Explanation of the different parts: Content - The content of the box, where text and images appear. Padding - Clears an area around the content.
Definition and Usage. An element's padding is the space between its content and its border. The padding property is a shorthand property for: padding-top. padding-right. padding-bottom. padding-left. Note: Padding creates extra space within an element, while margin creates extra space around an element.
The padding property is used to create padding space on all the sides of an element’s content. Padding values are set using lengths or percentages. Negative values are not valid. CSS padding property is a shorthand for the following properties: padding-top. padding-bottom. padding-left. padding-right.
CSS provides various properties to specify how much space should be between your HTML element and its boundary. In this chapter, you will learn about the CSS padding properties that are implemented to provide padding.
Use CSS padding property (top, bottom, left, right) to set the padding for each side of an HTML element. See examples.
Demo of the different values of the padding property. Click the property values below to see the result:
