HTML DOM | Style paddingLeft Property

Last Updated : 02 Aug, 2019

The Style paddingLeft property is used for setting or returning the left padding of an element.
The padding property inserts the user desired space within the border of an element.

Syntax :

To get the property:
```
object.style.paddingLeft
```

To set the property:

object.style.left = "auto|length|%|initial|inherit"

Property Values :

auto : It is used to let the browser set the left position.
length : It is used to define the left padding in length units.
% : It is used to define the left padding in % of the width of the parent element.
initial : It is used to set this property to its default value.
inherit : It is used to inherit this property from its parent element.

Below program illustrates the Style paddingLeft property method :

Example: Setting the left padding of a <div> element.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>Style paddingLeft in HTML</title> 
    <style> 
        #MyElement { 
            border: 1px solid black; 
            background-color: green; 
            width: 300px; 
            height: 300px; 
        } 
          
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>Style paddingLeft</h2> 
  
    <p>For setting the left padding,  
      double click the "Apply Left Padding" button: </p> 
    <br> 
  
    <button ondblclick="padding()">Apply Left Padding</button> 
  
    <div id="MyElement"> 
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    </div> 
  
    <script> 
        function padding() { 
            document.getElementById("MyElement") 
            .style.paddingLeft = "100px"; 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html>