CSS padding-inline Property
Example
Set the padding on both sides in the inline direction:
div {
padding-inline: 50px;
}
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Definition and Usage
An element's padding-inline is the space from its border to its content in the inline direction, and it is a shorthand property for the following properties:
Values for the padding-inline property can be set in different ways:
If the padding-inline property has two values:
- padding-inline: 10px 50px;
- padding at start is 10px
- padding at end is 50px
If the padding-inline property has one value:
- padding-inline: 10px;
- padding at start and end is 10px
The CSS
padding-inline and
padding-block properties are very similar to CSS properties
padding-top,
padding-bottom,
padding-left and
padding-right, but the
padding-inline and
padding-block properties are dependent on inline and block directions.
Note: The related CSS properties writing-mode and direction define inline direction. This affects where the start and end of an element is in the inline direction and the result of the padding-inline 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.paddingInline="100px 20px" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| padding-inline | 87.0 | 87.0 | 66.0 | 14.1 | 73.0 |
CSS Syntax
padding-inline: auto|value|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Value | Description | Demo |
|---|---|---|
| auto | Default. The element's default padding-inline distance. | Demo ❯ |
| length | Specifies distance in px, pt, cm, etc. Negative values are not allowed. Read about length units | Demo ❯ |
| % | Specifies distance 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 inline direction is downwards. The result is that the start of the element is moved from left side to top, and the end of the element is moved from right side to bottom:
div {
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
padding-inline: 10px 100px;
}
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Example
With the direction property value of a <div> element set to rtl, the inline direction is right to left. The result is that the start of the element is moved from left side to right side, and the end of the element is moved from right side to left side:
div {
direction: rtl;
padding-inline: 10px 100px;
}
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Related Pages
CSS direction property: CSS Direction property
CSS padding-inline-end property: CSS Padding-inline-end property
CSS padding-inline-start property: CSS Padding-inline-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