Padding is the space between its content and its border. The padding-left property in CSS is used to set the width of the padding area on the left of an element.
Syntax:
padding-left: length|percentage|initial|inherit;
Property values:
- length: This mode is used to specify the size of padding as a fixed value. The default value is 0. It must be non-negative.
- percentage: This mode is used to specify the left padding in percent of the width of the element. It must be non-negative.
- initial: This property is used to set padding-left to its default value. : This property is used to set padding-left to its default value.
Example 1: In this example, we are using padding-left: length; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>
padding-left Property
</title>
<style>
.geek {
padding-left: 90px;
color: white;
background: green;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green;
text-align:center">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<h2 style="text-align:center">
padding-left Property
</h2>
<!-- padding-left property used here -->
<p class="geek">
This paragraph has a padding-left: 90px;
</p>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Example 2: In this example, we are using padding-left: percentage; property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>
padding-left Property
</title>
<style>
.geek {
padding-left: 25%;
color: white;
background: green;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green;
text-align:center">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<h2 style="text-align:center">
padding-left Property
</h2>
<!-- padding-left property used here -->
<p class="geek">
This paragraph has a padding-left: 25%;
</p>
</body>
</html>
|
Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by padding-left property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1.0 and above
- Edge 12.0 and above
- Internet Explorer 4.0 and above
- Firefox 1.0 and above
- Opera 3.5 and above
- Apple Safari 1.0 and above