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padding-inline-start

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Thepadding-inline-start CSS property defines the logical inline start padding of an element, which maps to a physical padding depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation. It corresponds to the padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom, or padding-left property depending on the values defined for writing-mode, direction, and text-orientation.

It relates to padding-block-start, padding-block-end, and padding-inline-end, which define the other paddings of the element.

/* <length> values */
padding-inline-start: 10px;   /* An absolute length */
padding-inline-start: 1em;    /* A length relative to the text size */

/* <percentage> value */
padding-inline-start: 5%;     /* A padding relative to the block container's width */

/* Global values */
padding-inline-start: inherit;
padding-inline-start: initial;
padding-inline-start: unset;
Initial value 0
Applies to all elements
Inherited no
Percentages logical-width of containing block
Media visual
Computed value as <length>
Animation type discrete
Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

Values

The padding-inline-start property takes the same values as the padding-left property.

Formal syntax

<'padding-left'>

Example

HTML Content

<div>
  <p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>

CSS Content

div {
  background-color: yellow;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
}

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-lr;
  padding-inline-start: 20px;
  background-color: #C8C800;
}

Specification

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 22 No

41

38 — 513

34

No Yes1 32
Feature Android webview Chrome for Android Edge mobile Firefox for Android IE mobile Opera Android iOS Safari
Basic support Yes1 Yes1 No

41

38 — 513

34

No Yes1 Yes1

1. Supported as -webkit-padding-end.

2. Supported as -webkit-padding-start.

3. From version 38 until version 51 (exclusive): this feature is behind the layout.css.vertical-text.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.

4. Supported as -moz-padding-start.

See also

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