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padding-right

The padding-right CSS property sets the width of the padding area on the right of an element.

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An element's padding area is the space between its content and its border.

Note: The padding property can be used to set paddings on all four sides of an element with a single declaration.

Syntax

/* <length> values */
padding-right: 0.5em;
padding-right: 0;
padding-right: 2cm;

/* <percentage> value */
padding-right: 10%;

/* Global values */
padding-right: inherit;
padding-right: initial;
padding-right: revert;
padding-right: revert-layer;
padding-right: unset;

The padding-right property is specified as a single value chosen from the list below. Unlike margins, negative values are not allowed for padding.

Values

<length>

The size of the padding as a fixed value. Must be nonnegative.

<percentage>

The size of the padding as a percentage, relative to the inline size (width in a horizontal language, defined by writing-mode) of the containing block. Must be nonnegative.

Formal definition

Initial value 0
Applies to all elements, except table-row-group, table-header-group, table-footer-group, table-row, table-column-group and table-column. It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line.
Inherited no
Percentages refer to the width of the containing block
Computed value the percentage as specified or the absolute length
Animation type a length

Formal syntax

padding-right = 
<length-percentage [0,∞]>

<length-percentage> =
<length> |
<percentage>

Examples

Setting right padding using pixels and percentages

.content {
  padding-right: 5%;
}
.sidebox {
  padding-right: 10px;
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
padding-right 1 12 1 4 3.5 1 ≤37 18 4 14 1 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/padding-right