CSS padding-block Property
Example
Set the padding on both sides in the block direction:
p {
padding-block: 35px;
}
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Definition and Usage
An element's padding-block is the space from its border to its content in the block direction, and it is a shorthand property for the following properties:
Values for the padding-block property can be set in different ways:
If the padding-block property has two values:
- padding-block: 10px 50px;
- padding at start is 10px
- padding at end is 50px
If the padding-block property has one value:
- padding-block: 10px;
- padding at start and end is 10px
The CSS
padding-block and
padding-inline properties are very similar to CSS properties
padding-top,
padding-bottom,
padding-left and
padding-right, but the
padding-block and
padding-inline properties are dependent on block and inline directions.
Note: The related CSS property writing-mode defines block direction. This affects where the start and end of a block is and the result of the padding-block property. For pages in English, block direction is downward and inline direction is left to right.
| Default value: | auto |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | yes. Read about animatable Try it |
| Version: | CSS3 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.paddingBlock="100px 50px" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| padding-block | 87.0 | 87.0 | 66.0 | 14.1 | 73.0 |
CSS Syntax
padding-block: auto|value|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Value | Description | Demo |
|---|---|---|
| auto | Default. The element's default padding-block value. | Demo ❯ |
| length | Specifies padding-block in px, pt, cm, etc. Negative values are not allowed. Read about length units | Demo ❯ |
| % | Specifies padding-block in percent relative to size of parent element in the inline direction. | Demo ❯ |
| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
More Examples
Example
With the writing-mode property value of a <div> element set to vertical-rl, the start of the element is moved from top to right side, and the end of the element is moved from bottom to left side of element:
div {
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
padding-block: 10px 50px;
}
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Related Pages
CSS padding-block-end property: CSS Padding-block-end property
CSS padding-block-start property: CSS Padding-block-start property
CSS padding-bottom property: CSS Padding-bottom property
CSS padding-inline property: CSS Padding-inline
CSS padding-left property: CSS Padding-left
CSS padding-right property: CSS Padding-right
CSS padding-top property: CSS Padding-top
CSS writing-mode property: CSS Writing-mode property
