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padding
This property is a shorthand property to define the padding area on all sides of an element.
Example
| Initial value | Initial value of all properties that this property is shorthand of. Check individual properties. |
| Applies to | all elements, except table-row-group, table-header-group, table-footer-group, table-row, table-column-group and table-column. |
Syntax
padding: 1em;
Values
The size of the padding as a fixed value.
The size of the padding as a percentage, relative to the width of the containing block.
Browser support
| padding | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3.5 | 1 |