CSS Padding:
Padding is the space between its content and border. The padding-top property in CSS is used to set the width of the padding area on the top of an element.
syntax:
Padding-top:
length|percentage|initial|inherit;
Property Values:
»length:
This mode is used to specify the size of padding as a fixed value. The size can be set in form of px, cm etc. The default value is 0. It must be non-negative.
»percentage:
This mode is used to set the top padding in percentage of the width of the element. It must be non-negative.
»initial:
It is used to set the padding-top property to its default value.
»inherit:
It is used to inherit the padding-top property from its parent element.
CSS padding properties:
| padding | It is used to set all the padding properties in one declaration. |
| padding-left | It is used to set left padding of an element. |
| padding-right | It is used to set right padding of an element. |
| padding-top | It is used to set top padding of an element. |
| padding-bottom | It is used to set bottom padding of an element. |
| padding | It is used to set all the padding properties in one declaration. |
| padding-left | It is used to set left padding of an element. |
| padding-right | It is used to set right padding of an element. |
| padding-top | It is used to set top padding of an element. |
| padding-bottom | It is used to set bottom padding of an element. |
Example: In this example, we are using padding-top: length; property
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
padding-top Property
</title>
<style>
. course {
padding-top: 100px;
width: 50%;
font-size: 18px;
border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>
padding-top Property
</h2>
<!-- padding property used here -->
<p class="course">
This Medium has a padding-top: 200px;
</p>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Padding-top Property
This Medium has a Padding-top:200px;
