CSS - padding-left Property

Description

The padding-left property is used to set the padding space on the left side of an element's content box.

Example

Here is an example where all the different values that can be passed to the padding-left property:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>CSS - Padding - padding-left</title>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    </head>
    <body>
        <h3>padding-left property</h3>
        <div>
            <p style="padding-left: 50px; border: 1px solid #0b0b0b;">This element has a left padding of 50px.</p>
            <p style="padding-left: 10%; border: 1px solid #0b0b0b;">This element has a left padding of 10%.</p>
            <p style="padding-left: 30pt; border: 1px solid #0b0b0b;">This element has a left padding of 30pt.</p>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

inherit - when you want the left padding of a child element to match the left padding of its parent element, use the property inherit.

Note: inherit value can be used only on child elements and not on parent element.

Here is an example where the padding-left of a child element is inherited from the parent element−

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>CSS - Padding - padding-left</title>
      <meta charset="UTF-8">
      <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
      <style>
         .container {
            padding: 50px;
            border: 1px solid #4CAF50;
         	}
         .box {
            padding-left: inherit;
			   border: 1px solid #4CAF50;
         	}
      </style>
   </head>
   <body>
      <h4>padding-left property - inherit</h4>
        <div class="container">
            <div class="box">
                <p>The padding is 50px for parent element.</p>
                <p class="example">
                    A child element where the left padding is inherited from the parent (p) and is 50px.
                    A child element where the left padding is inherited from the parent (p) and is 50px.
                </p>
            </div>
        </div>
   </body>
</html>
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