CSS | padding-top Property
Padding is the space between its content and border. The padding-top property in CSS is used to set the width of the padding area on the top of an element.
Syntax:
padding-top: length|percentage|initial|inherit;
Property Values:
- length: This mode is used to specify the size of padding as a fixed value. The size can be set in form of px, cm etc. The default value is 0. It must be non-negative.
Syntax:
padding-top: length;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<
html
>
<
head
>
<
title
>
padding-top Property
</
title
>
<
style
>
.geek {
padding-top: 100px;
width:50%;
font-size:18px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
</
style
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
h2
>
padding-top Property
</
h2
>
<!-- padding property used here -->
<
p
class
=
"geek"
>
This paragraph has a padding-top: 100px;
</
p
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
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- percentage: This mode is used to set the top padding in percentage of the width of the element. It must be non-negative.
Syntax:
padding-top: percentage (%)
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<
html
>
<
head
>
<
title
>
padding-top Property
</
title
>
<
style
>
.geek {
padding-top: 10%;
width:50%;
font-size:18px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
</
style
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
h2
>
padding-top Property
</
h2
>
<!-- padding property used here -->
<
p
class
=
"geek"
>
This paragraph has a padding-top: 10%;
</
p
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
chevron_rightfilter_noneOutput:
- initial: It is used to set padding-top property to its default value.
Syntax:
padding-top: initial;
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<
html
>
<
head
>
<
title
>
padding-top Property
</
title
>
<
style
>
.geek {
padding-top: initial;
width:50%;
font-size:18px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
</
style
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
h2
>
padding-top Property
</
h2
>
<!-- padding property used here -->
<
p
class
=
"geek"
>
This paragraph has a padding-top: initial;
</
p
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
chevron_rightfilter_noneOutput:
- inherit: It is used to inherit padding-top property from its parent element.
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by padding-top property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1.0
- Internet Explorer 4.0
- Firefox 1.0
- Safari 1.0
- Opera 3.5