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.
- percentage: This mode is used to set the top padding in percentage of the width of the element. It must be non-negative.
- initial: It is used to set the padding-top property to its default value.
- inherit: It is used to inherit the padding-top property from its parent element.
Example: In this example, we are using padding-top: length; property.
html
<!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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Output:
Example: In this example, we are using the padding-top: percentage (%) property.
html
<!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>
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Output:
Example: In this example, we use padding-top: initial; property.
html
<!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>
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Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by padding-top property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1.0
- Edge 12.0
- Internet Explorer 4.0
- Firefox 1.0
- Safari 1.0
- Opera 3.5