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CSS padding-right property

padding-right property

CSS padding-right property sets the right padding of a box.

Syntax:

padding-right: width | inherit

Values

width: Width of the right padding. The following table shows the values used to set width:

Type Description
Length If specified, a fixed width is set.
Percentage Using percentage sign followed by a number, a percentage value is set. The percentage is represented with respect to the width of the box.

inherit : If set, the associated element takes computed value of its parent element's padding-right property.

Initial value

0

Applies to

padding-right property can be applied to all elements except elements with table display types other than table-caption, table and inline-table.

Inherited

No.

Percentages

With reference to the width of the containing block.

Media

visual.

Computed value

Either a percentage or absolute value.

Browser compatibility

Browser Version
Internet Explorer 4.0 and above
Firefox (Gecko) 1.0 and above
Opera 3.5 and above
Safari (WebKit) 1.0 and above

Example of padding-right property

CSS code:

.w3r {
padding-right: 50px;
}

HTML code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>CSS padding-right example - w3resource</title>
<link rel='stylesheet' href='padding-right.css' type='text/css' />
</head>
<body>
<p  class="w3r">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.</p>
<p>Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</body>
</html>

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Example of padding-right property.

 

Pictorial presentation

css-padding-right

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