CSS padding-inline-start Property
Example
Set the padding at the start in the inline direction:
div {
padding-inline-start: 50px;
}
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Definition and Usage
An element's padding-inline-start is the space from its border to its content, at the start in the inline direction.
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-start 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.paddingInlineStart="100px" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| padding-inline-start | 87.0 | 87.0 | 41.0 | 12.1 | 73.0 |
CSS Syntax
padding-inline-start: auto|value|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Value | Description | Demo |
|---|---|---|
| auto | Default. The element's default padding-inline-start 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:
div {
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
padding-inline-start: 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:
div {
direction: rtl;
padding-inline-start: 100px;
}
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Related Pages
CSS direction property: CSS Direction property
CSS padding-inline property: CSS Padding-inline property
CSS padding-inline-end property: CSS Padding-inline-end 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