CSS padding-top Property

February 10, 2021 12:37 pm IST

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CSS padding-top Property

CSS padding-top property sets the top padding (space) between its content and its border.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> div{ border: 1px solid black; width: 200px; padding-top: 50px; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS padding-top Property</h1> <div> This div has 50px top space for its content. </div> </body> </html>

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Syntax

Using CSS

element{ padding-top: 25px; }

Using Javascript

object.style.paddingTop="25px";

Animatable

Yes, padding-top property is animatable. CSS Animatable Properties Reference.

Default Value

Default value for CSS padding-top property is 0.

Property Value

The following table provides a list of values for CSS padding-top property.

Value	Explanation
length	Allows you to define the padding-top of the element in any CSS length unit. Must be nonnegative.
%	Allows you to define the padding-top of the element in % of the width of the containing block. Must be nonnegative.

Using Percentage

In the following example, we will use percentage value to set padding-top for an element (div).

Example

HTML Online Editor

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> div{ border: 1px solid black; width: 200px; padding-top: 5%; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS padding-top Property</h1> <div> This div has 5% top space for its content. </div> </body> </html>

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Using JavaScript

In the following example, we will demonstrate how to change the CSS padding-top property of an element using JavaScript.

Example

HTML Online Editor

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> div{ border: 1px solid black; width: 200px; margin-bottom: 20px; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS padding-top Property</h1> <div>This is div.</div> <button onclick="myFunction()">Click Me</button> <script> var x = document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0]; function myFunction(){ x.style.paddingTop = "50px"; } </script> </body> </html>

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