padding Attribute | padding Property

Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the object and its margin or, if there is a border, between the object and its border.

Syntax

HTML { padding: sPadding }

Scripting object.style.padding [ = sPadding ]

HTML	{ padding: sPadding }
Scripting	object.style.padding [ = sPadding ]

Possible Values

sPadding String that specifies up to four of the following space-delimited values:

length Floating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, pc, or px) or a relative units designator (em or ex). For more information about the supported length units, see CSS Length Units.

percentage Integer, followed by a %. The value is a percentage of the width of the parent object.

The property is read/write with a default value of 0; the cascading style sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

This is a composite property that specifies up to four padding values, in the following order: top, right, bottom, left. If one width value is specified, it is used for all four sides. If two width values are specified, the first is used for the top and bottom borders, and the second is used for left and right borders. If three width values are specified, they are used for top, right/left, and bottom borders, respectively. Negative values are not allowed.

To use this property, inline elements must have an absolute position or layout. Element layout is set by providing a value for the height property or the width property.

Example

The following examples use the padding attribute and the padding property to change the padding of the object.

This example uses TD as a selector and padding1 as a class in an embedded style sheet to set the padding for the TD object.

Sample Code
<STYLE>
    TD { padding:3mm 8mm }
    .padding1  { padding:1cm }
</STYLE>
</HEAD> 
<BODY> 
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR>
    <TD onmouseover="this.className='padding1'"
    onmouseout="this.className=''" ALIGN=middle>
    <IMG src="sphere.jpg">
    </TD>
</TR> 
</TABLE> 
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This example uses inline scripting to set the cell's top and bottom padding to 0.5 centimeters and its left and right padding to 0.2 centimeters when an onmouseover event occurs.
<TD onmouseover="this.style.padding='0.5cm 0.2cm'"
    onmouseout="this.style.padding=''" ALIGN=middle>
    <IMG src="sphere.jpeg">
</TD>
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Applies To

[ Object Name ]

Platform Version

Win16:

Win32:

Mac:

Unix:

WinCE:

Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, custom, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, Hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, NEXTID, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP