Padding Borders and Margin
padding-top
Defines the amount of space in the top edge between the content and border of an element and the edge of the background. The percentage is based on the width of the containing element.
Example
padding-top: 4em; Browser support
IE5.5+, FF1+, SA1.3+, OP9.2+
Values
| em | Relative length value. A em unit is equal to the font-size value of the element used. |
| Percentage value | The regular format of a percentage value. |
| px | Pixel, a pixel unit represents a single dot on the screen. |
Related properties
- border
- border-bottom-width
- border-color
- border-style
- border-top border-right border-bottom border-left
- border-top-color border-right-color border-bottom-color border-left-color
- border-top-style border-right-style border-bottom-style border-left-style
- border-top-width border-right-width border-bottom-width border-left-width
- border-width
- margin
- margin-bottom
- margin-left
- margin-right
- margin-top
- outline
- outline-color
- outline-style
- outline-width
- padding
- padding-bottom
- padding-left
- padding-right
Can be used with..
- a
- abbr
- acronym
- address
- area
- b
- base
- bdo
- big
- blockquote
- body
- br
- button
- caption
- cite
- code
- col
- colgroup
- dd
- del
- dfn
- div
- dl
- dt
- em
- fieldset
- form
- h1-h6
- hr
- html
- i
- img
- input
- ins
- kbd
- label
- legend
- li
- link
- map
- noscript
- object
- ol
- optgroup
- option
- p
- param
- pre
- q
- samp
- select
- small
- span
- strong
- sub
- sup
- table
- textarea
- tt
- ul
- var
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