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CSS padding-block Property


Example

Set the padding on both sides in the block direction:

p {
  padding-block: 35px;
}
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More "Try it Yourself" examples below.


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.

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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