CSS Padding

The padding clears an area around the content (inside the border) of an element. The padding is affected by the background color of the element.

Padding - Shorthand property

The padding property can have from one to four values.

• padding:25px 50px 75px 100px;
• top padding is 25px
• right padding is 50px
• bottom padding is 75px
• left padding is 100px

• padding:25px 50px 75px;
• top padding is 25px
• right and left paddings are 50px
• bottom padding is 75px

• padding:25px 50px;
• top and bottom paddings are 25px
• right and left paddings are 50px

• padding:25px;
• all four paddings are 25px

All CSS Padding Properties

The number in the "CSS" column indicates in which CSS version the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).

Property	Description	Values
padding	A shorthand property for setting all the padding properties in one declaration	padding-top padding-right padding-bottom padding-left
padding-bottom	Sets the bottom padding of an element	length %
padding-left	Sets the left padding of an element	length %
padding-right	Sets the right padding of an element	length %
padding-top	Sets the top padding of an element	length %