padding-left Attribute | paddingLeft Property

Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the left border of the object and the content.

Syntax

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

Possible Values

sPadding

String that specifies one of the following 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

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.

Negative values are not allowed.

Example

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

This example uses TD as a selector in an embedded style sheet to set the left padding for all table cells to 1 centimeter.

Sample Code

<STYLE>
    TD { padding-left:1cm }
</STYLE>

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This example uses inline scripting to set the cell's left padding to 1 centimeter when an onmouseover event occurs.

<TD onmouseover="this.style.paddingLeft='1cm'"
    onmouseout="this.style.paddingLeft=''">
    <IMG src="sphere.jpg">
</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, TD, TEXTAREA, TH, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP