Hot To Specify the Padding Spaces of a Block Element

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Hot To Specify the Padding Spaces of a Block Element? - CSS Tutorials - HTML Formatting Model: Block, Inline and Floating Elements

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CSS offers 4 style properties to control padding spaces of a block element. You can specify them in different ways as shown in the following CSS examples:

  • {padding-top: 30px} - Specifies the top padding to 30 pixels.
  • {padding-right: 10px} - Specifies the right padding to 10 pixels.
  • {padding-bottom: 40px} - Specifies the bottom padding to 40 pixels.
  • {padding-left: 20px} - Specifies the left padding to 20 pixels.
  • {padding: 30px 10px 40px 20px;} - Specifies padding spaces on 4 sides: top, right, bottom and left.

When padding spaces are specified, the size of the content box will be reduced to give room to meet the specified padding spaces on 4 sides. The size of the content box can be calculated as:

Content width = "width" - "padding-left" - "padding-right"
Content height = "height" - "padding-top" - "padding-bottom"

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